Iran's defense ministry said the top scientist was seriously wounded after attackers targeted his car and exchanged fire with his bodyguards in Absard, to the east of capital Tehran. Fakhrizadeh later died from his injuries in hospital.

Yemen’s popular Ansarullah forces have hit back hard very deep inside Saudi Arabia. Yemen’s latest reprisal attack has once again reminded the oil rich kingdom that it cannot hit and run any more since Yemen’s capabilities to respond to the Saudi-led war have been improving fast.

The RCEP, the new multilateral trade agreement, which is expected to further strengthen America’s arch rival, has been hailed as the most far reaching trade deal in history.

Iran is now free to purchase anything from tanks to warplanes and naval vessels without the need for UN approval or US interference.