Iranian Energy Ministry spent over $135 million on repairs in power plants in quarter to late June.

The global military expenditure has reached an all-time high, passing $2 trillion in 2021. That’s according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). It says military spending has increased for the seventh consecutive year.

Iranian government says it has avoided borrowing to finance its budget needs for another month.

Subsidies paid for basic goods and energy products in Iran reached nearly $60 billion in year to March.

The British government will be exposed to financial risks for decades over the estimated £372 billion it spent on pandemic-containing measures, according to two reports by UK parliament's Public Accounts Committee.

Campaigners say the world's nine nuclear-armed states have continued to swell their spending on nuclear weapons amid the pandemic.

The US government sent nearly $1.4 billion to deceased Americans as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic, a watchdog says.