
ENERGY
Iran trade beckons as Swiss annul sanction
Swiss companies, including major oil traders Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura, got a major boost as their country became the first nation to lift sanctions on Iran Thursday.

Swiss companies, including major oil traders Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura, got a major boost as their country became the first nation to lift sanctions on Iran Thursday.

War against Zionists and Takfiris will continue until they are defeated, says the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah.

The Anti-Defamation League in the US has urged Congress to vote against the Iran nuclear agreement.

Egyptian authorities have frozen the assets of over 1,300 Muslim Brotherhood members in 18 months.

A group of House Democrats urges colleagues to read intelligence assessment about the Iran nuclear agreement to see why it works.

A former senior British politician appears in a London court for hearing over child sex abuse charges.

Hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan slips into a coma.

Sberbank Leasing Zao, a subsidiary of Russia’s biggest lender, has announced interest in exports of Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger planes to Iran.

A senior Iranian official slams the US army chief's comments on Iraq’s disintegration.

Russia’s growing military power is what Washington is really fearful of, says a geopolitical commentator.

The Greek parliament ratifies the country's third bailout package after an all-night debate.

Egypt is reportedly to expand a buffer zone it has created along its border with the Gaza Strip.

The Iranian parliament speaker hails Hezbollah’s victory against Israel during the 2006 war.

The Nigerian leader has ordered new military chiefs to end Boko Haram's militancy within three months.

Americans’ approval of Congress and its GOP leaders has declined, a new poll shows.

Iran rejects Bahrain’s claim of Tehran's involvement in the July blast on the island of Sitra.

The Takfiri terrorist group Daesh reportedly kills 38 tribesmen in the northern Libya city of Sirte.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says the use of torture is acceptable under some circumstances in the US.