Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran has released all crew members of the MSC Aries which it seized in Iranian territorial waters on a judicial order last month.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas secures first place in Sunday's parliamentary election by winning nearly 32 percent of the votes.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is considering deploying fighter jets and warships to Southeastern Europe, amid growing tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

The United States has given permission to three fellow-NATO member states in the Baltic region to send US-made missiles and other armaments to Ukraine, sources say, amid boiling tensions between Russia and the West over the ex-Soviet country.

Russia expels a second Estonian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move which follows the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from the Western-aligned country in mid-July over an alleged espionage charge.

Russia expels Estonia's consul in Saint Petersburg, a day after he was arrested for “embezzling” classified documents.

The Baltic country has been rocked by a massive corruption scandal involving a property developer called Porto Franco.