
ECONOMY
Iran’s foreign debt rising
Central Bank of Iran has announced that the country’s foreign debt has been on the rise during the first three months of the Persian calendar year.

Central Bank of Iran has announced that the country’s foreign debt has been on the rise during the first three months of the Persian calendar year.

Yemeni forces successfully capture a spy drone intact in southern Saudi Arabia, reports say.

Iran’s ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’ has been warmly welcomed at Montreal World Film Festival.

Senior Nigerian female journalist Donu Kogbara has been kidnapped by unidentified armed men in Port Harcourt .

A UN committee is reportedly set to investigate cases of disability deaths in the UK over the government’s benefit cuts.

A multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz and lobbying effort proves to be a "major bust" for opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement, says a report.

Heavily-armed gunmen injure at least five policemen, one critically, in two separate attacks across Egypt.

Seventy-five former US lawmakers are urging Congress to back the Iran nuclear accord ahead of next month's vote.

The death toll from recent explosions at a chemical warehouse in northeastern China rises to 158.

A Fatah official has described the unrest in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh as a US-Israeli plot.

Iran's foreign minister says Tunisia is a successful example of people's presence in state affairs for Muslim countries.

The British foreign secretary says the UK wants to be part of Iran’s economic development following thaw in ties between Tehran and London.

Lavrov says Syria opposition groups need unity in the talks with the government in Damascus.

A petition in the UK for the arrest of the Israeli premier during his planned September visit to Britain has gathered over 90,000 signatures.

A Ukrainian National Guard Officer dies of injuries after violent protests outside the parliament in Kiev, which injured at least 100 security forces.

A consortium of Iranian, Indian and South Korean companies seeks to set up an energy park in Iran’s Khuzestan province in a project worth $10 billion, including generation of 1,000 megawatts of solar power, the IRNA news agency says.

Japan's defense ministry asks for the largest ever military budget as it seeks to boost armed forces.

Israeli forces demolish 15 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.