
ENERGY
Iran seals GTL deal with South Africa
Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement over the production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran.

Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement over the production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran.

At least 12 people have been killed in fresh rounds of attacks on civilians and security forces across Syria.

Iranian skiers Navid Meghdid and Hossein Seid win two gold medals at the ISMF European Series Kamchatka Race 2016 in Russia.

Three Ukrainian soldiers are killed in new clashes with pro-Russians in the country’s restive east, the Ukrainian military says.

President Obama is using his trip to Germany to build momentum for a controversial trade deal between the US and the European Union.

Saudi king dismisses the minister for water and electricity amid anger on price hikes.

The former Qatari prime minister’s bombshell in a recent interview with the Financial Times largely went unnoticed but Arab observers are calling for explanations about the Saudi role in the Syria crisis.

Iranian snooker player Amir Sarkhosh receives a bronze medal at the 32nd edition of ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in Qatar.

Iraqi volunteer forces are reportedly engaged in clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in the country’s north.

Turkey arrests a Dutch journalist for a tweet deemed critical of Turkish President Erdogan.

The presidents of Iran and South Africa urge intelligence and political cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

The third day of UN-brokered peace negotiations in Kuwait between delegates from Yemeni warring sides winds up inconclusively.

President Obama says it would be a mistake for the US and its allies to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

A senior Taliban commander is killed by security forces in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan.

Over 2,500 senior doctors in the UK support their junior colleagues’ decision to go on an all-out strike.

An explosion rocks Egypt's volatile Sinai Peninsula, killing three Egyptian military forces.

Israel is set to confiscate 1,250 acres of Palestinian land for the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Jalud.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani officially welcomes his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma in Tehran.