
ENERGY
Iran to tender major oil job
Iran says it plans to hold a major international tender for a drilling job in an oil field in the Persian Gulf waters.

Iran says it plans to hold a major international tender for a drilling job in an oil field in the Persian Gulf waters.

The US government will award millions of dollars to the Americans taken detainee at the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979.

An Anglican leader in the UK says ISIL militants hate all differences whether it is Muslims or Christians.

An explosion at a mosque in Bagmara, Bangladesh, kills one person and injures three others.

Iran has signed a deal with Armenia, Georgia and Russia to synchronize its power grid with them until 2019.

Pope Francis urges a 'dignified future' for refugees arriving in Europe.

Officials from Iran and India met in New Delhi last week to discuss a rise of oil imports from Iran as well as the outstanding oil payments to Iran.

Prime Minister al-Abadi says Iraq’s armed forces will move to free the city of Mosul once they have seized the control of Ramadi.

The US has fallen behind Russia in space technology, says an analyst.

Syria calls for an end to infiltration of militants from Turkey and Jordan.

The UK ministers are set to hold a rare Christmas Day meeting to cope with severe flood.

Indian Premier Narendra Modi arrives in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on a state visit.

The US Christian population has diminished since the beginning of President Barack Obama’s administration, poll shows.

A senior Iranian official condemns US bid to seize Iran’s frozen banking assets as “unlawful.”

People in San Francisco have urged the city’s police chief to resign over the shooting death of a black man.

Yemen's army forces reportedly kill a Saudi prince in a central Yemeni province, a report says.

Okinawa sues the Japanese government over a relocation of a US base.

The US Supreme Court is mulling a case on appropriating $2 billion of Iranian assets frozen in a bank in New York.