
ENERGY
Putin may visit Tehran for key gas summit
Russia says President Vladimir Putin may visit Iran next month to attend a summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

Russia says President Vladimir Putin may visit Iran next month to attend a summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

The US navy is set to raise the stakes with Beijing over the South China Sea.

A UN official confirms that the world body has sent a cargo of expired biscuits to Syria.

The Ansarullah leader says Saudi Arabia has launched the aggression against Yemen on behalf of the US and Israel.

UK business leaders have called on the government to take urgent action to tackle cyber-crime following the recent cyber-attack on TalkTalk, a British telecommunications firm.

A planned refugee home in Sweden is set on fire in a suspected arson attack.

The IMF says Saudi Arabia may run out of assets within the next five years if the government maintains its current policies.

Head of investment at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) says Iran is the “the world’s cheapest country” for oil production as international energy companies are gearing up for a return to the energy superpower.

Israeli military forces have fatally shot another young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.

Iran denounces terrorist bomb attacks the in Pakistani provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.

The Maldivian vice president is arrested in connection with a recent blast on the presidential boat.

Afghan forces end Taliban’s control of a district in the country’s northern province of Faryab.

John Kerry has met with Mahmoud Abbas, as Israelis have increased violent attacks against Palestinians.

Indonesia readies warships to evacuate haze victims.

Donetsk bans MSF and some UN agencies from continuing their activities in the eastern Ukranian region.

A luxury train company connecting world capitals plans to launch a tour service between Moscow and Tehran after running a successful first-ever adventure from Hungary to the Iranian capital.

US Senate Democrats say the 11-hour Republican grilling of Hillary Clinton over the 2012 Benghazi attack has put her in the White House.

The Hezbollah chief says the Iraqi people should not pin their hopes on the US in the fight against Daesh Takfiris.