
ENERGY
Shell to pay $3bn debt to Iran
Iran’s media say the Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell plans to repay a major debt of $3 billion to Iran in the near future.

Iran’s media say the Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell plans to repay a major debt of $3 billion to Iran in the near future.

Israel troops gun down two Palestinians for allegedly stabbing a soldier.

A senior US Democratic lawmaker has called on the government to tighten monitoring of social media accounts of people coming into the country.

The Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah advises all those favoring the liberation of Palestine to stage a “battle of hope.”

The Iranian men’s futsal team is to play a number of friendly matches against Tajikistan and Thailand.

A new report says the majority of people tased by British police are mentally ill.

The UK capital is reportedly among other major European cities receiving a terror warning.

Iran is following the case of its assets frozen in bank accounts in New York which the US seeks to appropriate under court rulings.

Pakistan’s army chief is in Kabul to revive peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Three people are killed and three others wounded in mine blast in eastern Myanmar.

China officially ends its one-child policy after thirty six years.

China adopts its first anti-terrorism legislation despite criticism that it could threaten privacy.

The United States and its allies, claiming to fight the Daesh terrorists in Syria and Iraq, seek to “reconfigure” the entire Middle East, says an analyst.

Iran is about to resume oil swap imminently after a gap of five years, the Mehr news agency says.

People are fleeing their homes in North England following massive downpours.

Syrian army forces kill the leader of the so-called Syria Revolutionaries Front terror group.

Some major US cities are declaring states of emergency to manage rising homeless populations.

Yemeni forces hit a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border city of Najran with a ballistic missile.