
ENERGY
Iran, South Africa sign oil sale protocol
Iran and South Africa have signed an initial document for crude oil sales, pending the lifting of sanctions on Tehran for exports to resume, a senior Iranian oil official says.

Iran and South Africa have signed an initial document for crude oil sales, pending the lifting of sanctions on Tehran for exports to resume, a senior Iranian oil official says.

A Car bomb blast kills at least four people on the outskirts of the Afghan capital.

France says it is to start carrying out aerial attacks against what it calls Daesh targets in Syria.

Japanese people stage a protest against the expected approval of controversial security bills.

At least five Turkish police officers are killed in separate attacks blamed on PKK militants.

Iran has hammered out an investment package worth $25 billion to revitalize its tourism which has been under the shadow of its sprawling petroleum industry.

Republicans increasingly think that Donald Trump has the best chance of winning the 2016 US presidential election among GOP candidates.

Tokyo lodges a protest against Moscow over Japan's airspace violation by a 'Russian' jet.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemy’s infiltration is among the major threats to Iran.

A US grand jury has indicted Jesse Matthew Jr., who has already been charged with killing a student, with the abduction and murder of Morgan Harrington, a student who disappeared in 2009.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Refugees head from Serbia to Croatia to avoid Hungary’s razor-wire fence.

Israel is to broaden its forces’ mandate after clashes in and around the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

The United States tells Russia that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down to allow a political settlement.

Australian jet fighters conduct an airstrike against purported Daesh in eastern Syria.

Iran’s nuclear accord bears fruit in season for its horticulture growers who are on course to export $2 billion of citrus and other products to neighboring countries, an Agriculture Ministry official says.

The Obama administration negotiated a nuclear agreement with Iran in order to focus on other conflicts, a journalist says.

Daesh Takfiri militants kidnap 30 young men in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk.