
ECONOMY
Moody’s says Iran banking growth coming
Moody’s says the removal of sanctions against Iran will eventually lead to a significant growth in Iran’s banking sector.

Moody’s says the removal of sanctions against Iran will eventually lead to a significant growth in Iran’s banking sector.

At least one police officer is killed and two others are injured in a PKK attack in Turkey's eastern province of Tunceli.

The US Justice Department aims to seek liability from corporate executives rather than their corporations and employees.

Daesh militants in Afghanistan are operating prisons in the country's east, officials say.

The UN is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution which would allow the Palestinian flag to be raised at the body’s headquarters.

The United States is planning to use the nuclear accord with Iran as a framework to destabilize the country, a peace activist says.

Denmark blocks all rail links with Germany to stop the movement of asylum seekers heading to Sweden.

Takfiri Daesh militants have executed 22 fellow terrorists over 'espionage' for pro-government forces in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.

Pro-independence activists in Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia plan a massive rally ahead of a significant regional poll.

Australian bombing raids in the Middle East could go on for three years, the defense minister says.

Iran says Japan has welcomed a proposal to increase imports of Iranian oil to as high as 350,000 barrels per day (bpd).

Three US police officers will not face state criminal charges for fatally shooting a Mexican immigrant in February.

Japan orders over 100,000 people to evacuate as heavy rains cause floods.

Israeli navy forces open fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says the United States should not take in Syrian refugees.

John Kerry has told his Russian counterpart that Washington is deeply concerned about reports of Russian military buildup in Syria.

At least 26 Yemeni people have been killed and scores of others sustained injuries in Saudi Arabia’s latest airstrikes against the war-hit country.

Iraqi forces have librated parts of Fallujah and Ramadi in the western Anbar province from the Daesh.