TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered that any level and kind of threat from the "enemies" must be met with an "immediate and effective" response without geographical limitations, according to a statement published on the leader's website on Saturday.
He made the remarks at a meeting with the Iranian armed forces' senior commanders, including Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Ali Abdollahi, Army's Chief Commander Amir Hatami, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Ahmad Vahidi, the statement said. (Iran-Supreme Leader-Order)
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WARSAW -- Polish President Karol Nawrocki called for urgent talks with parliamentary groups early on Saturday to restore constitutional order, as a leadership dispute at the country's Constitutional Tribunal sparked protests and clashes with police.
Nawrocki's chief of staff, Pawel Szefernaker, read out the president's statement outside the Constitutional Tribunal, accusing those involved in the dispute of "forcibly occupying" the court and urging them to leave the building, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. (Poland-President-Constitutional Tribunal Crisis)
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SAN FRANCISCO -- One person was killed and six others wounded on Friday in a shooting at a shopping mall in Fairfield, California, local police said.
Fairfield police said officers responded to a shooting at the Spirit Halloween store inside the Solano Town Center at 8:30 p.m. local time (0330 GMT Saturday). (US-California-Shooting)
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YEREVAN -- Over 100 countries reached agreements at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, after marathon negotiations spanning roughly 12 hours from Friday night through Saturday morning.
The closing plenary marked a breakthrough in efforts to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, even as divisions over biodiversity finance, harmful subsidies and scientific evidence persisted. (COP17-Armenia-Yerevan Pathway) ■
