
ECONOMY
US lawmakers propose ban on Iran trade
Republican lawmakers in the US state of Wisconsin have introduced a bill that would prohibit business with Iran.

Republican lawmakers in the US state of Wisconsin have introduced a bill that would prohibit business with Iran.

Iranian wushu fighter Farshad Arabi clinches a silver medal at the 13th edition of World Wushu Championships in Indonesia.

The death toll from a landslide in eastern China rises to 25.

At least six people are killed and several others injured in Burundi.

The British premier says security forces have thwarted seven terror attacks in the UK since June.

Police in Belgium reportedly arrest a suspect in connection with the recent terrorist attacks in France.

Iran and Sri Lanka have begun new talks to resume oil shipments to the Asian country, head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Roknoddin Javadi says.

The torture of inmates at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is the “greatest shame and war crime” in American history.

The US seeks to put French and Turkish special forces on the ground in Syria, says a report.

Two Palestinians are killed and three others wounded in clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s probe into the recent plane crash in Egypt is in its final stage.

The US military has reportedly launched an attack on hundreds of Daesh trucks in Syria’s Deir al-Zour region.

The defense ministers of the US and France have agreed on "concrete steps" to intensify cooperation against Daesh.

At least one civilian is killed and four others injured in fresh clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK militants.

Iran’s economic growth will outperform most of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries in 2016 when sanctions are lifted, a Washington-based finance industry body says.

Another mass grave containing the bodies of Izadi Kurds murdered by Daesh terrorists is found in Iraq.

Hacker group Anonymous declares war on the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says more attacks are being prepared not just against France but also elsewhere in Europe.