
ENERGY
Iran cites progress in China refinery talks
An Iranian deputy oil minister says negotiations with China to provide $3 billion of finance for development of the Abadan oil refinery are making good progress.

An Iranian deputy oil minister says negotiations with China to provide $3 billion of finance for development of the Abadan oil refinery are making good progress.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will pay an official two-day visit to Austria for talks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says the country is at war with Western media while awaiting Turkey’s apology over the November downing of its jet.

Two more Americans, missing since Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels, have been confirmed dead.

Taliban militants kill a senior judge on a provincial appeals court in Afghanistan.

Israel is under fire for a secret plan to allow the immigration of Indian Jewish tribe to the occupied lands.

CIA-armed militias are shooting at Pentagon-armed militants in Syria, US officials have confirmed.

Pakistan will continue to expand its nuke arsenal despite pressure from the US, says the country’s former head of nuclear program.

Syrian forces recapture the entire city of Palmyra from the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

Nigerians stage nationwide protest rallies to call for the release of Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

Iran and Pakistan aim to adopt necessary strategies to increase bilateral trade volume to USD 5 billion.

Hundreds of protesters take to the streets of Glasgow in support of Scotland’s breakaway from the UK.

North Korea has threatened to launch a nuclear strike on Washington in a video if provoked.

The Bolivian president declares plans to file a legal suit at the ICJ against Chile over a water dispute.

Salah Abdeslam, a detained suspect implicated in Paris terror, was not even asked by Belgian investigators about future attacks, extracts from the transcript of his interrogation indicate.

Poland approves extensive logging in Europe's last primeval forest in a bid to combat a beetle infestation.

Why is Saudi Arabia calling for elections in Syria when it only permits limited municipal elections in its own country?

A tiny bird landed on Bernie Sanders’ podium as he was speaking at a rally on Friday, earning a standing ovation from the crowd.