
ECONOMY
Iran’s auto production up 40% year-on-year
Iran says its production of automobiles has already seen an increase of around 40 percent over a period of 11 months starting 21 March 2016 compared to the same period last year.

Iran says its production of automobiles has already seen an increase of around 40 percent over a period of 11 months starting 21 March 2016 compared to the same period last year.

Thousands of people in North Carolina have turned a civil rights rally into an anti-Trump event.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to turn over American whistleblower Edward Snowden to the US, says a political analyst.

An analyst says the United States is ambivalent about stopping terrorism in the Middle East and there is a tug-of-war within Trump administration in terms of sorting out their priorities.

A senior Iranian lawmaker says any US move to leak confidential documents on the JCPOA will harm the IAEA, not Iran.

The UN chief has reportedly offered Israeli lawmaker, Tzipi Livni, the senior post of under-secretary-general in what is seen as a boost to Tel Aviv's influence in the world body.

Takfiri Daesh terrorists have reportedly burned to death 15 civilians, among them children, in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk.

A commentator says Saudi Arabia is advancing the US and UK's interests in the Middle East.

Erdogan says the "ultimate goal is to cleanse a 5,000-square-km area."

Spain’s anti-establishment party Podemos re-elects hardline leftist Iglesias as chief.

Luxembourg's foreign minister will hold key talks in Iran about mutual ties and the latest regional and international issues.

An activist says North Korea conducts missile tests in response to threat it perceives from the United States.

Poland's second-biggest refiner Lotos says it is looking into sealing a long-term oil supply deal with Iran.

Iran's president says the Islamic Republic and Moldova must use their potentialities to improve relations in all fields.

US President Donald Trump has no understanding of democracy and constitution, says Senator Bernie Sanders.

The German parliamentary assembly elects former FM Steinmeier to become president.

South Korean prosecutors are to question Lee Jae-yong again.

Syria's armed opposition groups form a new delegation for an upcoming round of peace talks in Geneva, scraps Saudi-backed groups.