
ECONOMY
Devolution deal for Sheffield inked
The British government signs a £900m devolution deal with Sheffield City Region.

The British government signs a £900m devolution deal with Sheffield City Region.

An Iranian cleric says the main culprits of the Mina human crush in Saudi Arabia should face justice.

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has filed an appeal against a US court ruling to turn over Iranian funds worth $1.75 billion to alleged families of the victims of the 1983 bombing in Beirut.

At least two people are killed in a shooting outside a police headquarters in Australia.

The US Navy has deployed a more advanced aircraft carrier to Japan.

A small passenger plane in Indonesia loses contact with air traffic control, reports say.

Royal Dutch Shell and France’s Total are the first foreign companies ever to win access to Iran’s retail energy market after getting permit for 200 service stations which they will set up across the energy-rich country.

The Pentagon is considering the use of military force against Russia to protect US-trained militants in Syria, a report says.

Iraq’s senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani says the fight against Daesh is global, urging the expansion of the fight.

Israeli settlers once again attack Palestinians in the West bank, trying to set their houses on fire.

A new poll finds that the majority of Egyptian people view Israel as the most hostile regime in the world.

A senior Russian legislator says Moscow will intensify its attacks against militants in Syria.

Donald Trump says he would get out of the race for the White House if he falls behind in polls.

Iran demands transparency on the part of Saudi Arabia regarding the recent deadly crush near Mecca.

Iran is targeting purchases of 500 new commercial aircraft by 2025, some of which will enter the country before 2016, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi says.

The presidents of Russia, Germany Ukraine and France are set to meet in Paris to resume peace talks over the crisis in Ukraine.

The US is playing a “losing hand” in Syria, as the government of President Assad is not going to fall, says an anti-war activist.

Local residents in Afghanistan’s Kunduz say the northern city has not yet been fully liberated from Taliban.