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ENERGY

Iran hopeful about OPEC deal on output cuts

Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh says he is hopeful that OPEC will reach a deal to cut its collection crude oil production.

9 YEARS AGO

SPORTS

Iran wins 8 more medals in Asia karate contests

Iranian male and female karate practitioners have pocketed eight more medals at the 15th edition of AKF Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championship in Indonesia.

9 YEARS AGO

Philippines targets Daesh affiliate in south

The Philippine military shelled the positions of the Maute militant group, which is affiliated to Daesh, in the south of the country on Sunday.

9 YEARS AGO

PERSIAN GULF

Opposition wins half of Kuwait parliament seats

The opposition has returned to Kuwait’s political scene after a four-year boycott.

9 YEARS AGO

INTERVIEWS

'Cubans owe prosperity to Castro's anti-imperialism'

Fidel Castro defied US imperialism right on its doorstep and turned Cuba from an impoverished country into a land with high standards of living, a political analyst says.

9 YEARS AGO

ECONOMY

Germany OKs €1.2bn loan for Iran rail plan

Iran says Germany’s state-run lender KfW IPEX will provide the country with the credit line for the development of the Tehran-Mashhad railway.

9 YEARS AGO

IRAQ

Iraq Sunni scholars hail law on Hashd al-Sha’abi

The association of Iraq’s Sunni scholars says the parliamentary vote to legalize the Popular Mobilization Units represents the nation’s will.

9 YEARS AGO

‘Thunderstorm asthma’ takes lives in Australia

A rare condition known as “thunderstorm asthma” kills six people in Australia’s Melbourne.

9 YEARS AGO

POLITICS

MPs launch new bid to interrogate Tony Blair

MPs from six parties will propose a motion calling for Tony Blair to be interrogated over the war in Iraq.

9 YEARS AGO

FRANCE

France holding presidential primary runoff

Polls show that Francois Fillon, a former prime minister, is the likely winner of the French center-right party’s nomination for the 2017 presidential election.

9 YEARS AGO