
ENERGY
Iran exports 7.1mn barrels of oil
Iran says it has shipped more than seven million barrels of crude oil in only two days thus setting a new record in its oil exports not seen in several years.

Iran says it has shipped more than seven million barrels of crude oil in only two days thus setting a new record in its oil exports not seen in several years.

An explosion has destroyed a Turkish cultural center in a suburb of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

The University of Texas lets students carry guns into classrooms months after state lawmakers passed a bill outlawing gun bans at public universities.

Iran hosted oil ministers of Venezuela, Qatar and Iraq on Wednesday to discuss market conditions.

Iraqi government forces make fresh gains against Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the western province of Anbar.

The US believes Daesh terrorists are responsible for chemical attacks in Syria and Iraq.

Astronomers have taken a peek into the atmosphere of a super-Earth exoplanet for the first time, finding it as dry as a bone.

Two Saudi nationals have been arrested in Britain over the alleged rape of a British woman.

Apple says it will not unlock an iPhone used by a San Bernardino terrorist as “there is no way to guarantee” the move is limited to this case.

Some 500 militants have crossed the Turkish border and are headed for a northern Syrian town, says a monitoring group.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed “serious concern” over China’s alleged militarization in South China Sea.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pardoned all military deserters.

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded its sovereign credit rating for Saudi Arabia by two further levels.

President Obama is trying to “divert attention away from the US” when he says the Syria war is “not a contest” between him and Russian President Putin.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed revenge against those responsible for a deadly blast in the Turkish capital.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says “torture works” but waterboarding is not “tough enough.”

While the US projects power across the Pacific Ocean to China's shores it condemns China for protecting its own backyard, an analyst says.

A British political analyst says London will never compromise on the territorial dispute with Argentina over Malvinas Islands know as the Falklands to Britons.