US President Donald Trump spoke on Sunday by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a range of issues, including Iran, according to the White House. Netanyahu’s office…

Chairman of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri called on the Army's Ground Forces to constantly boost preparedness and keep pace with new…

An Iranian appeals court confirmed a five-year jail sentence for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual British-Iranian national, on security charges, the judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Judiciary…

Domestically-designed machines built to replace ballot boxes in the upcoming city council elections have been successfully tested, removing doubts over the implementation of electronic voting in…

Iran’s Foreign Ministry welcomed a peaceful power transfer in the Gambia hours after the West African country’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, left the country following 22 years in power.

A lawmaker dismissed fresh terror- and missile-related western allegations made against Iran in a recent meeting of the United Nations Security Council as an excuse to pressure the Islamic…

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said a delegation of Kuwaiti diplomats headed by Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah is expected to arrive in the Iranian capital Tehran "in two-…

A senior Iranian diplomat called on all parties to the Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey, to help establish a lasting ceasefire so the political process…

The proposals to raise taxes for companies and high earners which the left-wing parties have included in their election programs are out of step with current trends and should be ditched, say…

Sri Lanka’s consumer prices as measured by National Consumer Price Index rose at a steady pace of 4.2% in December from the 4.1% reported a month ago, data from the state statistics office showed…

The dollar fell to a 1-1/2 month low on Monday against an index of the world’s other top currencies, after US President Donald Trump struck a protectionist tone in his inauguration speech.

The value of Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports decreased in November 2016 by 9.1% to SR14.397 billion ($3.84 billion), compared to SR15.842 billion in November 2015. TradeArabia reported. The value…

Malta’s annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index went up to 1.06% in December, from 0.68% in November. On a monthly basis, a rate of 0.67% was registered in December 2016, up…

Hong Kong’s composite consumer price index in December rose 1.2% from a year ago against a backdrop of moderate inflation pressure, the Census and Statistics Department said Monday, MarketWatch…

China’s stimulus programs have boosted economic growth, but they’re also creating stability risks, Fitch stated in a report Monday. For the fourth quarter of 2016, China’s gross domestic product…

Globalization is changing and is slowly being replaced by a multipolar world, research by Credit Suisse Research Institute revealed.  

Close to 4,000 people lost their jobs when Plasco, a 17-floor commercial high-rise in downtown Tehran with close to 560 production units and sales outlets producing apparel, shoes and sportswear,…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines is launching a new service that will connect Iran to the French port of Le Havre.

Before nuclear sanctions, Iranian containerships called at Le…

The government of President Hassan Rouhani has invested 6 trillion rials (about $156 million) on the mechanization of rice production, said an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, describing…

Japan’s Kubota Corporation introduced Diesel Motor Bakhtar Company as its exclusive representative in Iran in a meeting held with top managers of agricultural jihad organizations of Iran’s…

An Iranian exhibition opened in Oman on Monday under the patronage of Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy and in the presence of Iranian Minister of Industries, Mining and…

After a record two years of negative inflation, consumer prices in Singapore finally rose in December last year, with headline inflation coming in at 0.2%.

India’s IT industry has warned about the adverse impact that curbs on outsourcing will have on the US economy, which lacks high-skilled workers.

South Korea’s acting president Hwang Kyo-Ahn asked the country’s businesses to aggressively boost investment and innovation to create jobs and lead an economic recovery amid uncertainties inside…

The Asia-Pacific region is at a turning point in its energy trajectory. The energy solutions that have fuelled growth in the region over the past few decades are no longer compatible with the…