In Tehran, there were reports of a fierce clash including gunshots in a market in Tehran's Shadabad neighborhood as security forces tried to keep shopkeepers in a steel market from striking.
Kazakh authorities have banned Russian citizen and sex trainer Aleksandr Kirillov from the Central Asian country following online protests in Kazakhstan against his plans to offer training in Almaty on what he called "seducing Kazakh girls."
Nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will be able to play in next year's tournament after he confirmed on November 16 that he had been granted a visa to travel.
A court in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, has sentenced noted opposition activist Aset Abishev to 15 days in jail just days before this weekend's early presidential election.
The United States has sanctioned six senior employees of an Iranian state-run media corporation it accused of being a "critical tool" in Iran's suppression and censorship of its people.