
ECONOMY
Iran widens cash handout cancellations
Iran has cancelled cash handouts to another one million wealthy citizens who received the monthly allowance as part of the targeted subsidy program.

Iran has cancelled cash handouts to another one million wealthy citizens who received the monthly allowance as part of the targeted subsidy program.

Mike Huckabee is trying to “butter up” Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu to get more money from the AIPAC, says a former senator.

Afghanistan says it will keep the door open for negotiations with the Taliban and other groups.

Iraqi demonstrators take to the streets to protest against the shortage of power supplies.

The Palestinian Authority files a lawsuit against Israel with the ICC over 'settler terrorism' in the West Bank.

Iran says it attaches great significance to ties with Iraq.

Israelis detain at least eight Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Former CIA contractor Steven Kelley says the Pentagon is entering a “new stage” by threatening to use air power in Syria.

US President Barack Obama has authorized using airstrikes in Syria to help defend US-trained militants.

India’s state-owned KIOCL will import one million metric tons of iron ore from Gol Gohar Mining Company of Iran, media reports say.

A senior Iranian official labels Israel as the root cause of insecurity in the Middle East.

A top Iranian commander says the nation's military is keeping a close eye on border and regional developments.

The former Greek finance minister warns Spain of a similar economic fate as that of Greece.

The Nigerian army says it has rescued 178 Boko Haram prisoners in the northeastern state of Borno.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is not concerned about Vice President Joe Biden’s possible nomination, a spokeswoman says.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Qatar to hold talks with Persian Gulf foreign ministers to allay their concerns over the Iran nuclear agreement.

A UN peacekeeper has been shot dead in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The French financial minister has rejected his German counterpart’s Grexit proposition as “wrong and unrealistic".