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US to raise Iranian missile test at UN Security Council

A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and Washington will raise it at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department said on Oct. 13. 

Iran said it tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile on Oct. 11, signaling an apparent advance in Iranian attempts to improve the accuracy of its missile arsenal. 

Kurds launch offensive against ISIL in north Iraq

Kurdish forces attacked the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in northern Iraq on Sept.30 in the latest of several offensives aimed at driving the militants away from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. 

The assault began in the early morning to capture the al-Gurra heights to the west of Kirkuk in the direction of the ISIL bastion of Hawijah, Kurdish military sources said. 

Foreign Minister’s scheduled meetings on sidelines of 70th UN General Assembly

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, accompanying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will participate in the proceedings of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, which will take place from 25 September to 2 October 2015, in New York City.

UN Security Council urges calm, restraint at Al-Aqsa

The UN Security Council appealed for calm and restraint Sept. 17 after three days of clashes this week at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound between Israeli police and Muslim protesters.

In a unanimous declaration, the 15-member panel also expressed its "grave concern" and called for maintaining the rules governing the sensitive site seen as holy by both Muslims and Jews.    

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