
ECONOMY
SWIFT awaits OK for Iran services
SWIFT says most Iranian banks will be able to use its services as soon as sanctions lifted.

SWIFT says most Iranian banks will be able to use its services as soon as sanctions lifted.

At least three people are killed in a bombing attack on a mosque in southern Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan summons a senior Indian diplomat over a recent ceasefire violation along the de facto border with Kashmir.

Universities across South Africa remain closed despite the government's reversal of a decision for a fee hike.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society says it is ready to dispatch relief and medical teams to quake-hit Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A new research study suggests that the planned tax credit cuts would leave British people in low-paid jobs facing tax rates of 93%.

The number of US police officers charged in deadly shootings has surged but few result in convictions, new research shows.

A senior Iranian lawmaker warns that Sheikh Nimr’s possible execution could trigger a new crisis in Saudi Arabia's Shia-populated regions.

Iran says it needs at least $250 billion in new investments to revamp its oil industry.

Florida's first bear hunt in two decades was called off Sunday after nearly 300 bears were killed in just two days.

The Kremlin rejects a HRW report that Russian airstrikes killed dozens of civilians in Syria.

The Kremlin says Iran and Russia discuss ways to solve the Syrian crisis through political approaches.

Russia's navy has launched a two-day military maneuver off the Crimean coast.

Iranian taekwondo fighter Armin Hadipour Seighalani collects a gold medal at the Kazakhstan Open Taekwondo Championships 2015.

A retired US Air Force general says Russian airstrikes in Syria are “very definitely effective” in intimidating the US-backed militants.

President Assad receives Omani foreign minister in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The death toll from a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake has kept rising across South Asia.

Iran says it plans to join an independent bank established by BRICS member states.