
ECONOMY
UK wage growth, slowest since Feb.
Official figures show that wage growth in the UK in the three months to November was its slowest since February.

Official figures show that wage growth in the UK in the three months to November was its slowest since February.

Defense chiefs from seven Western countries hold a meeting in Paris to quote explore new avenues to enhance the fight against Daesh.

Russia's national currency, the ruble, hits an all-time low against the US dollar as oil prices continue to spiral down.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to face a new battle with the EU over asylum rules.

Uzbekistani goalkeeper Alexander Lobanov signs with Iran’s Persepolis Football Club.

A senior energy official has dismissed reports that Iran planned to sell its shares in the country’s frontrunner LNG scheme to foreign companies.

Persian Gulf banks are weighing re-entry into the Iranian financial system after sanctions were officially lifted on Tehran Saturday.

At least 34 Daesh Takfiri militants are killed in Iraqi army airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in the province of Anbar.

A new report lists around 574 instances of attacks against reporters by Israeli forces during the course of the last year.

The FBI is investigating an American professor for alleged involvement with the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group.

Ayatollah Khamenei says the nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers was result of endeavors of Iranian nation and scientists.

Vietnam says China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea.

A Bahraini court sentences 23 people to prison over their alleged involvement in a bomb attack against regime forces.

Two people are killed in a US drone attack in southeast of Yemen.

At least three Turkish policemen are wounded in an attack by PKK militants in the country's southeastern province of Diyarbakir.

A monitoring group says Daesh has released 270 of more than 400 civilians it had abducted from the eastern Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr.

Italy's Pessina Costruzioni signs an MoU to build five hospitals in Iran as firms scramble to steal a lead on rivals amid renewed trade heating up.

An Israeli minister says presence of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria is preferable to Iran.