Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif said on Friday that a vote in US Congress for more sanctions against his country will kill a likely nuclear deal with the West.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Friday warned the West against trying to topple President Vladimir Putin and said that Russians are ready to sacrifice their wealth in Mr Putin's support.

In an emotional speech on the horrors inflicted by extremist groups, US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday told an audience in Davos that in the fight against "terror", there was "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia".