
ECONOMY
Brexit not as harmful as first thought: EU
The European Union acknowledges that the damaging impact of Brexit will be less severe than originally thought.

The European Union acknowledges that the damaging impact of Brexit will be less severe than originally thought.

Watch drone footage of Iran’s biggest solar power plant project recently launched in the country's western province of Hamadan.

“Unhappiness” rises in the Trump administration, says a senior White House official as pressure mounts on the president to dismiss Michael Flynn over Russia contact.

Electricity is restored throughout most of Iran’s Khuzestan province, says the National Disaster Management Organization.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he cannot “lecture” President Donald Trump over his controversial travel ban on seven Muslim–majority countries.

At least 13 Daesh commanders are killed in airstrikes by the Iraqi Air Force, with reports of Baghdadi possibly being injured.

The Pentagon says Washington’s commitment to protecting the homeland and its allies against North Korea is "ironclad."

An Iranian MP says 8 Iranian sailors, freed from captivity in Somalia, are now in Senegal.

Turkey again urges a safe zone in northern Syria, saying it should include a “no-fly” zone.

The Iranian president is to set off for a day-long visit to Oman and Kuwait later this week.

Japan’s Sojitz Corporation has signed a basic agreement with Iran to study the production of steel sheets in the country’s southeastern port of Chabahar.

A commentator says US president Donald Trump is not going to represent a significant qualitative change in foreign policy because he is bound with the politics of the deep state as his predecessor was.

Netanyahu is likely to succeed in convincing Trump for forming a united front against Iran, Scottish writer John Wight says.

Thousands of Bahrainis are preparing for mass anti-regime demonstration to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2011 popular uprising.

South Korean prosecutor's office says four more Samsung executives have been identified as suspects in a corruption scandal.

At least 20 people are killed in clashes between Ansaruallh fighters and Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists in western Yemen.

Wintery weather and a cold snap hit many parts of Iran and shut down schools and educational institutions.

Dozens of US military helicopters arrive at a port in northern Germany as NATO continues boosting its combat presence in Eastern Europe.