
ECONOMY
Jobless Britons reject zero-hours contracts
A large number of unemployed Britons are against jobs being offered to them under zero-hour contracts.

A large number of unemployed Britons are against jobs being offered to them under zero-hour contracts.

The Islamic Republic welcomes the new UN peace initiative for conflict-stricken Syria.

The Norwegian oil and gas company DNO ASA says it sees itself best placed to boost recovery from Iran’s oilfields and develop new ones as interest builds up in the energy superpower after the conclusion of nuclear talks.

Police in US state of New York says a shooting on Thursday has left three people dead and four more injured.

A delegation of American merchants will visit Iran to revive trade in Persian carpets which withered under intensified US sanctions.

Iran's Navy foils pirate attacks on two foreign vessels in the Gulf of Aden.

Britain’s major care home providers warn Chancellor, George Osborne about national living wage plan

Three firefighters are killed and several more injured while battling raging flames in the US state of Washington.

Iran and Germany call for the cessation of ongoing conflicts in the Middle East region.

Thailand says there is little chance that the recent bombing in Bangkok was carried out by an international terrorist group.

South Korea has fired shells into North Korea in a reported reprisal attack.

At least nine Palestinian refugees drown off the coast of Turkey.

Paris and London agree on a deal to curb the influx of migrants into Britain from the French port city of Calais.

The Israeli regime frees a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike against his incarceration without charge or trial.

The US Air Force has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from a base in California.

After receiving enough funds, the United Nations has announced that it would reopen UNRWA schools for Palestinian refugees.

Undocumented immigrants and their children held at US immigration facilities have suffered physical and mental abuse.

Over 70 of the world’s top nuclear non-proliferation experts voice their support for the JCPOA.