
DEFENSE
Iran Navy foils pirate attack on tanker
Iranian naval forces successfully thwart a pirate attack on an Iranian oil tanker in high seas.

Iranian naval forces successfully thwart a pirate attack on an Iranian oil tanker in high seas.

UK's trade association warns the government that the steel industry of the country is at a critical crossroads.

A decision by the US to sail a warship past one of China’s artificial islands may lead to a “dangerous confrontation."

Russia slams 'outrageous' claims by the West that the Russian military is bombing civilian targets in Syria.

The NAM urges reforms in the UN structure in conformity with the body’s and Charter.

Iran's minister of economic affairs and finance says Tehran and Brasilia are planning to boost the volume of bilateral trade to USD 5 billion a year.

Spain's prime minister says Madrid will use 'all means' to block the Catalan independence bid.

Two more Palestinians are shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.

The death toll from a quake that hit some regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan reaches 339.

Two Daesh militants have been sentenced by an Azerbaijani court in Baku to 14 years in jail for 'fighting in Syria and Iraq'

A dozen people are killed after a helicopter is shot down near the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has unveiled the revised campaign strategy in Iraq and Syria.

Two Turkish lawmakers reveal that Ankara was linked to the use of chemical agents by militants in Syria.

Global oil prices fall after Saudi oil minister says the kingdom has no plan to intervene in the market.

A senior Iranian official says Saudi Arabia is plotting acts of terrorism in Muslim countries.

Iran's oil minister says Brazil has indicated its willingness to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Iran.

An Israeli court hands down a jail term to a senior Muslim cleric over al-Aqsa tensions in 2007.

A British court has heard the case of three police officers who stole money after a raid.