
ECONOMY
US jobs report 'concerning': Fed chief
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the US jobs report issued on Friday for the month of May was "concerning" and "disappointing."

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the US jobs report issued on Friday for the month of May was "concerning" and "disappointing."

Human Rights Watch urges the Egyptian judiciary to drop charges against a lawyer and two senior judges.

Brazil's top prosecutor requests permission to detain several officials with the ruling party, reports say.

Some 50,000 people flee a town in southeastern Niger following a deadly attack by Boko Haram terrorists.

Iran’s Taban Airlines has reportedly launched a direct flight route from Tehran to Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan.

The UN says over 10,000 refugees have been killed trying to cross the Mediterranean since 2014.

California and five other US states are set to vote Tuesday in the presidential primary elections.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Brexit campaigners of misleading the public on the dangers of staying in the EU.

Iran condemns Tuesday's terrorist bomb blast in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Iran’s IRISL and IOOC have reportedly placed orders worth $2.4 billion with South Korean shipyards for construction of ships – mainly those used to carry oil and petrochemicals.

A senior Iranian diplomat says the Middle East crises should be solved through rationality and diplomacy.

China urges the US to avoid taking sides in the South China Sea dispute.

Iran's parliament speaker has dismissed as “fake” documents recently released by the BBC.

A car bomb explodes in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, killing a least five people and wounding eleven others.

The governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency in 34 of the state’s 67 counties as Tropical Storm Colin makes a landfall.

Naval forces from the US, India and Japan are to stage a major drill in the Western Pacific region.

Moscow once again slams the Western military alliance's war games in Europe.

National Iranian five-a-side football team is placed second at the 5th edition of International Blind Football Challenge in Brazil.