
ECONOMY
'Gold rush' begins for Iran business
European companies see a huge potential for business in Iran and some of them have already marked out their target markets, waiting for a nod to move in.

European companies see a huge potential for business in Iran and some of them have already marked out their target markets, waiting for a nod to move in.

Some 8,000 HIV sufferers in eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine, a UN envoy warns.

Myanmar’s army says it will respect the result of November's election.

The United States and Cuba formally restored diplomatic relations on Monday.

Greece braces for sharp price hikes as the government is raising value-added taxes.

Iraqi forces down an Israeli-made surveillance drone operated by the Takfiri ISIL terror group near Fallujah, a report says.

A rights organization denounces Egypt’s crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Burkina Faso's president sacks his security minister under mounting pressure by the West African nation's powerful military.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) endorses a resolution on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1.

Officials in Afghanistan say 10 Afghan soldiers have been killed in an airstrike carried out by the United States.

Hundreds of Americans gathered to remember an unarmed black man who was strangled by police in Mississippi.

The ISIL terrorist group is teaching children to carry out beheadings, a report says.

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has defended the conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers.

The Pentagon chief says the Iran nuclear agreement does not prevent Washington from using military force against the Islamic Republic.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected proposals to write off part of Greece's debt, yet she says Berlin is open to a flexible repayment plan.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood warns that the military-backed government is “plotting to resume the killings of political prisoners.”

An American political commentator says the United States is playing with fire in the South China Sea, which can lead to tragic consequences.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini says Iran’s nuclear conclusion works as a model to resolve other crises in the world.