Stock markets were mostly quiet in the past trading week that ended November 23, as Tehran Stock Exchange’s benchmark index inched 117.2 points or 0.14% to close at 79,385.6. IFX, the over-the-…

During his recent visit to Japan, Indian Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe welcomed the prospects of cooperation between the two countries for promoting peace and prosperity in the…

President Hassan Rouhani’s three-nation trip to Southeast Asia in October, which began in Vietnam and was followed by stops in Malaysia and Thailand, culminated in his address to the second Asia…

India’s decision to scrap some high-value notes will significantly disrupt economic activity, result in weaker consumption and economic growth in the immediate term but is expected to boost tax…

Japanese consumer prices fell again in October, but deflationary pressure showed some signs of softening—a positive development for beleaguered central bankers, MarketWatch reported. The core…

Fitch Ratings has revised South Africa’s outlook to negative from stable, while affirming the Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings at ‘BBB-’, CNBC reported. The issue…

Cyprus’ Central Bank chief says the island nation’s economy will grow by slightly more than 2.7% of gross domestic product in 2016 and will hover at around the same levels for the next two years,…

The (Persian) Gulf Coopertion Council countries should consider introducing a corporation tax on business profits as part of measures to boost non-oil revenue in the coming years, the…

Argentina reported its first annual trade deficit in 16 years after the new government revised data produced by the previous administration.

The International Monetary Fund forecasts Georgia’s gross domestic product will grow 2.7% in 2016 and by 4% in 2017, the IMF said on Thursday.

The IMF had earlier predicted 3.4% growth in…

Rising exports to China and Japan helped offset New Zealand’s trade deficit in October, the government statistics agency said Friday, Xinhua reported. New Zealand’s total goods exports rose 2.2%…

Police took 13 people into custody as the death toll in the collapse of a platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China rose to 74, with two others injured, state media said on…

Turkish President Erdogan has said his country will allow migrants to leave Turkey for Europe if the EU continues to push Ankara into a corner.

One day after the European Parliament …

Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official said.

Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group killed and injured over 100 people, most of them Iranian pilgrims, in a suicide bomb attack in Hilla, south of Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The…

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps denied claims that Iran has dispatched forces to neighboring Iraq to take part in a massive operation to liberate Mosul from the self-styled…

Ambassador in Baku Javad Jahangirzadeh and Azeri Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov in a meeting discussed military cooperation between the two neighbors.

“Bilateral military ties are…

Iran's UN envoy said the self-styled Islamic State militant group and its takfiri ideology is one of the most serious threats to the world the curbing of which demands collective cooperation at…

Iran's Foreign Ministry denied a report by the Wall Street Journal that Iran and other parties to last year's nuclear deal are engaged in fresh nuclear talks to modify the terms of the landmark…

Lawmakers have warned that a US decision to extend the Iran Sanctions Act would be seen as a violation of the 2015 nuclear deal and trigger retaliation from the Islamic Republic.

Ayatollah Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili was buried at the shrine of Hazrat Fatima Masumeh (AS) in Qom on Friday.  The burial ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials and prominent…

OPEC’s final push to implement the Algiers supply accord and boost oil prices shifted focus to Iran and non-members such as Russia as Iraq appeared to reverse its opposition to output cuts.

US president-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump's investments could affect any decision he makes…

Essar Oil, the top Indian buyer of Iranian crude, imported about 86% more Iranian oil in October compared to a year ago, according to tanker arrival data obtained from trade sources and ship-…

Italian oil major Eni will start working again in Iran when it has been repaid investments previously made and when it understands the type of contracts Tehran will be offering, CEO Claudio…