
ENERGY
Oman offers to calm Iran-Saudi oil row
Oman’s Oil Minister Mohammed Al Rumhy has offered to narrow differences between Saudi Arabia and Iran over efforts to stabilize the global crude market.

Oman’s Oil Minister Mohammed Al Rumhy has offered to narrow differences between Saudi Arabia and Iran over efforts to stabilize the global crude market.

Western interventions led by the US is the major reason for the current situation in Iraq and Syria, says an analyst.

A Ukrainian court sentences two Russian soldiers to 14 years in prison for alleged acts of terror.

The US is going to expand its military presence in Iraq by sending 200 more troops there, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter says.

Syria’s opposition engaged in talks with government has asked the UN to halt peace negotiations.

At least four Syrian nationals, including three children, are killed as mortars hit Turkish town near the Syria border.

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is accurate in comparing Bill and Hillary Clinton to the country’s oligarchy, says Wayne Madsen.

Militants launch fresh attacks against government forces in the northwest of the country.

The Iranian Parliament speaker hails the successful parliamentary elections in Syria.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh says a plan to implement a freeze on the output of key oil producers is a “new sanction” against Iran's oil industry.

The US will strongly respond to North Korea’s fifth nuclear test, says a senior US officials.

Over three dozen people are killed due to heavy rains and flooding in northern parts of Afghanistan.

There are no secret talks between Russia and the US on Syria, Lavrov says.

At least 20 people are injured in a bus explosion in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has once again accused the US political system as “rigged and corrupt.”

South Korean President Park Geun-hye will make a state visit to Iran on May 1.

Iranian female taekwondo practitioner Kimia Alizadeh secures a place at Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Death toll from Ecuador's powerful earthquake rises to 350.