
ECONOMY
UK super rich get low-interest mortgages
A British economic analyst has blamed the Tory government’s policies for the country’s worsening housing crisis, saying they favor the wealthy.

A British economic analyst has blamed the Tory government’s policies for the country’s worsening housing crisis, saying they favor the wealthy.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution grants clemency to 630 Iranian convicts.

Russia announces new surgical airstrike by Russian jet fighters against Daesh positions in Syria's northeastern city of Raqqa.

Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) says no request has been made yet for purchase of Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.

The Iraqi Health Ministry says the number of confirmed cases of cholera infection in the country has now reached 823.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says it stands ready to show a rapid and harsh reaction to Saudi Arabia.

Israeli forces storm Palestinian homes in the West Bank city of Nablus and arrest seven people.

Philippines health authorities report the death of a Saudi national in the country due to the MERS-CoV infection.

At least 18 people are killed and dozens of others injured in bomb explosions near the Nigerian capital.

Muslim rights activists filed a lawsuit in the US against Myanmar President Thein Sein over human rights abuses of minority Rohingya Muslims.

Afghan government forces kill the Taliban’s shadow governor for Badakhshan Province during an offensive in the province.

The 1st hearing session is held in the trial of Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani.

Pro-Russia forces active in Ukraine’s Lugansk start tank pullback from the frontline with Kiev troops.

A report says Russian fighter jets have carried out air raids on the main Daesh stronghold in Syria.

A Japanese national is shot dead in northern Bangladesh in an attack claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, police say.

US President Barack Obama is angry over Russia's new alignment with Iran and Syria, a political analyst says.

Yemeni army troopers and allied take control of a village in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan.

British oil major BP says it is holding talks about returning to Iran for possible investment of billions dollars in the country where it was founded more than a century ago.