A UN special rapporteur has once again lashed out at the United States for breaching international law by assassinating top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in a drone attack, warning about the repercussions of unbridled and self-willed use of armed drones.

A US military convoy carrying logistic supplies has been attacked in Iraq on the road between Samawah and Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, local media reports say.

Syria says the UN Security Council's silence has emboldened some hostile states and foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants to make vast use of unmanned aerial vehicles to launch acts of terrorism and aggression across the Arab country.

At least 50 journalists in the US have been arrested during Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the US, while dozens of others have also been injured by rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas.

Nine in 10 Americans believe that racism and police violence are problems in the country, a Guardian/Opinium Research poll found, a sign that public opinion is shifting away from the views put forward by President Donald Trump.

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian youth, who was reportedly throwing stones at them during clashes between the troops and Palestinian villagers in central occupied West Bank.

Eyewitnesses have refuted rumors circulating across various news outlets and social media platforms about explosions and power outage in and near Tehran Province.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbbas Mousavi dismissed the US claims about seizing an Iranian ship carrying weapons to Yemen.