Iran's Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a crowded Shia mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, stressing that sponsors of terrorism will be engulfed by the backlash of…
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House, BBC reported.
Iran exported more than 66 tons of saffron worth $96.7 million during the seven months to October 21, registering a 15% and 14% increase in weight and value respectively compared with last year’s…
Iran's Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi predicted that the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group will be wiped out in the near future.
Turkey on Tuesday dismissed over 15,000 more civil servants, police officers and military personnel within the state of emergency imposed after the July failed coup, in a purge that shows no sign…
US forces backing Iraqi troops retaking Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group carried out an airstrike on a bridge spanning the Tigris River, restricting militant movements…
Oil prices rose on Tuesday to their highest this month as a growing consensus emerged in the market that OPEC would overcome internal disputes and skepticism to strike a deal that materially…
While the government’s debt to the central bank has soared significantly in the current fiscal year, head of the CBI Economic Department denied any move by the Rouhani administration that is…
Iran and the black continent signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to promote global peace and security, including through joint peacekeeping efforts.
It was signed by…
Austria’s export credit agency, OeKB, will probably start covering trade with Iran from early 2017, said Christian Benger, the economy minister of the government of Carinthia. OeKB raised the cap…
Munich Re, the world’s top reinsurance company, is prepared to offer reinsurance coverage for life insurance and non-life insurance categories to Iranian firms.
The recent €50 million cut in the minimum capital requirement to set up a bank in the free trade zones has prompted foreign investors to accept conditions set by the Central Bank of Iran and…
The US dollar bought 37,020 rials on Tuesday, jumping by 0.5% or 200 rials compared with yesterday’s close, according to Tehran Gold and Jewelry Union’s website. Central Bank of Iran’s Sana system…
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei visited senior cleric Ayatollah Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili in a hospital in Tehran on Tuesday.
The Leader was briefed on…
According to the latest Industrial Trends Survey by the Confederation of British Industry, manufacturing order books improved in November, but export order books and output growth eased. The…
Debt-cutting measures need to be a consideration for president-elect Donald Trump, as he prepares to execute on campaign promises to boost infrastructure spending, rebuild the military and slash…
Investment bank JPMorgan Chase said the yuan is relatively stable against a basket of currencies despite continued drops against the US dollar, Xinhua reported.
World stocks rode the slipstream of the first joint all-time high for Wall Street’s four main markets since 1999 on Tuesday, with commodity firms adding extra lift as they eyed an OPEC oil output…
A value-added tax, set to be introduced in early 2018 within the UAE, would positively impact the economy, an Abu Dhabi official said, IMEinfo reported. “The proposed 5% VAT will be applied to…
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to the highest in over a decade in the third quarter as more people started looking for employment, Yahoo reported. The unemployment rate rose to 27.1% in the…
The World Bank says people in Europe and Central Asia remain worried about job security despite modest economic growth.
The bank’s chief economist for Europe and Central Asia, Hans Timmer,…
Thailand’s economy grew at a slower pace last quarter on weaker private investment, putting pressure on the government to boost spending to help shield the economy from rising global risks and…
Iran has finalized a deal to finance the purchase of 77 passenger aircraft from Airbus, says a deputy minister of roads and urban development.
The prospective purchase is part of a…
Air pollution and schools’ shutdown and gray cities—the same themes run through the second half of each year (October-March) in Iran.
The Football Federation of Iran has received a fraction of its blocked money at the Federation Internationale de Football Association.
The FIFA fund was awarded to teams that reached World…
