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The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country's homegrown unmanned aerial vehicles, which are equipped with artificial intelligence, can intercept and destroy hostile naval targets sailing thousands of miles away.

Iran's nuclear chief says the country's decision last month to dismiss a number of inspectors working for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was a response to the "harsh political" positions adopted by three European countries.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry says military officials from the South Caucasus country and neighboring Iran have reached an agreement on holding a joint naval exercise in the Caspian Sea.

The commander of the Iranian Army's Air Defense Force says a home-made drone has successfully carried out the first aerial combat mission involving the targeting of another drone with missiles.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji has announced the discovery of four new oil and gas fields through exploration operations across the country.

Iraq's President Abdul-Latif Rashid says his country regards its relationship with Iran as "very important," stressing that Baghdad will not allow any harm to its "robust relations" with Tehran.

Article V of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty states the United States' "ironclad" commitment to defend all of Japan, including the Senkaku Islands and other territories, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.

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Byu Har went too far with his online criticism of Myanmar's ruling military junta in May and paid a heavy price.

Eleven businessmen from Myanmar's Shan state were reportedly arrested while visiting China's Yunnan province over the weekend, according to traders based on the border.

Indonesia's state-owned defense holdings company on Wednesday denied allegations by human rights activists that its units had sold weapons to Myanmar's military in violation of bans on arms supplies to the junta-ruled country.

Russia will analyze the market in November to decide whether to deepen its oil output cut or increase production, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday.

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The creation of a multipolar world, more honest and fair for the majority of people, is inevitable and historically necessary, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated, addressing the Third International Olympiad on Financial Security in the Sirius federal territory near Sochi on Wednesday, October 4.

Senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken were in Mexico on Wednesday for talks with Mexican officials on the drug trade and a humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border.

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Spain of PATRIOT Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.8 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

China on Thursday successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned a statement by the British Foreign Office that criticized the Islamic Republic for its recent launch of the Nour 3 satellite into space, calling it "interventionist".

Iran has robustly denounced an "interventionist" statement by the British government on the Islamic Republic's latest satellite launch.