The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands for the first time in three decades, amid China's growing influence in the Pacific region.

Participants at a cultural event in commemoration of top Iranian anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis expel US embassy delegates from the ceremony.

The IRGC says massive November 4 demonstrations would show US and Israel defeat in recent anti-Iranian plots.

The US has not issued entry visas for any member of the 56-member Russian advance team and delegation less than three weeks before the annual meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

Russia says it is expelling several American diplomats from the US Embassy in Moscow.

A senior Hezbollah says the United States is unsuccessfully trying to change the identity of a resilient, strong and patriotic Lebanon.

An explosion in downtown Abu Dhabi has prompted a warning of a possible attack following a series of retaliatory drone and missile assaults by Yemen.