Iran's top diplomat meets with Emirati leader

The United Arab Emirates says Iran's top diplomat has held talks with the US-allied nation's leader in a further sign of Tehran's outreach to its Gulf Arab neighbors.

Emirati state news agency WAM says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Wednesday with the federation's president, Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the Emirati oasis city of Al Ain. (AP)