
POLITICS
Let’s look for peace, not hostility: Iran
In his New Year message for 2016, Iran’s President Rouhani urges a global quest 'for reasons to make peace - not excuses for hostility.'

In his New Year message for 2016, Iran’s President Rouhani urges a global quest 'for reasons to make peace - not excuses for hostility.'

US President Barack Obama says he will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss ways of reducing gun violence in the US.

The head of Iran's Department of Environment invites Iranians to attend a temperature challenge to tackle air pollution.

Two students die in a grenade attack at a university in Ethiopia.

Iraqi forces continue the clean-up operation in Ramadi.

Fifteen people die in a boat incident in Egypt’s Nile River north of Cairo.

Reports say US stocks had the worst performance in 2015 in almost eight years.

Yemeni forces launch a barrage of missile at a base in Saudi Arabia's Jizan Province, killing 24 troops, reports say.

America’s planned sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program is a “flagrant breach” of the Iran nuclear deal.

Russia is suing Ukraine for failing to pay off its USD 3 billion debt.

It seems more obvious each day that the US corporate elite have chosen Hillary Clinton as their next figurehead, an American writer says.

A report says the number of rough sleepers on the UK capital's streets has more than doubled in five years.

Iran says tightened security measures vis-à-vis legitimate demands of the Bahraini people are concerning.

Violence in December killed 980 people, including more than 500 civilians, in Iraq, the UN says.

NASA is trying to develop systems to send human beings to Mars in 2030s for scientific discovery and human exploration.

NIOC chief Rokneddin Javadi says all technical preparations have been made to increase Iran's oil production by 500,000 barrels per day once the sanctions are lifted.

All licensed gun owners in the US state of Texas can begin carrying their weapons in plain sight for the first time since 1871.

Speculations are emerging in Iran's media that plunging oil prices have already cost the country at least $23.6 billion in terms of lost petrodollars.