Iran sent a senior parliamentary delegation to Damascus for a five-day visit on Aug. 31 as a sign of solidarity with the Syrian government ahead of possible punitive U.S. military action in the country, AP reported, citing Iran's ISNA news.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon will meet with British, Chinese, French, Russian and U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations on Aug. 30 after he cut short a trip to Europe, a U.N. spokesman said, AFP reported.
Representatives of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, the Congress for the Republic and Ettakatol met with mediators Aug. 30 in an effort to end a crisis triggered by the assassination of opposition lawmaker Mohammed Brahmi on July 25, AFP reported.
Iran installed approximately 1,000 advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges and intends to test them at the Natanz nuclear facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency's quarterly report said Aug. 28, Reuters and Al Arabiya reported.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met Aug. 26 in Minsk with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, Colombo Page and Adaderana reported.
U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner has said that the White House needs to consult the U.S. Congress before it responds to Syria's alleged chemical weapons attack, Al Jazeera reported Aug. 26.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit the United States in September to activate the joint defense agreement between the two countries, Al Hayat reported Aug. 26.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Pakistan on Aug. 26 for meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the stalled reconciliation process with the Afghan Taliban, a senior government official said, NBC News reported.
