The Israeli military said the assailant was an Egyptian police officer.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says experts from Tehran and the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal may convene a meeting in New York.

Yerevan has called on big powers to pay further attention to the growingly serious situation.

Ukraine says the United States will finance projects and procure hardware, including surveillance and monitoring equipment, to strengthen its borders with Russia and Belarus, amid tensions between the West and Moscow.

Russia has also voiced readiness to continue assisting both the central Asian nations in maintaining stability in the region.

Russian media say Armenia has asked Moscow to help defend its territorial sovereignty against attacks by Azerbaijani forces, amid renewed border clashes between the two sides.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has played down as propagandistic the Israeli military chief’s recent threat of another war on the Gaza Strip in response to a new wave of anti-Israel demonstrations there.