Kuwait's finance minister and acting oil minister Anas al-Saleh sees crude oil prices at $50 to $60 a barrel within the next 15 months, Reuters reported on Sunday. Saleh made his comments in an…

Ratings agency Fitch cut its outlook for Italy, saying weak growth, high debt and the uncertain outcome of a planned referendum posed risks to the eurozone’s third-largest economy.

India has seen several instances of banking cyber fraud over the years. If you haven’t received at least one call purportedly from the Reserve Bank asking to reset your PIN, you haven’t really…

Outstanding loans by Chinese financial institutions to small and micro businesses stood at 19.92 trillion yuan ($2.97 trillion) by the end of September, up 15.9% year on year, according to the…

The Nordic region’s only euro member is still struggling with austerity. After being stripped of its top AAA credit grade at all three major ratings companies, the government is asking Finns to…

The growing political backlash against trade in the advanced economies has raised a crucial question: does globalization need to be rolled back in order to preserve an open world economy? If…

S&P raised its outlook on France’s “AA” long-term sovereign credit rating to “stable” from “negative”, citing labor and tax reforms introduced in the last two years, in a boost to President…

Nigeria’s overnight interbank rate fell after the central bank repaid matured treasury bills and cash meant for government’s capital projects reached the system, traders said.

Charities said they’re worried about the safety of minors and vulnerable adults ahead of the dismantling of the French migrant camp. Police fired smoke grenades as people grew angry at the “Jungle…

The battle for control of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensified on Sunday with airstrikes, ground offensives and shelling, the morning after a resurgence in fighting ended a Russian…

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sana’a at dawn on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen’s war expired, residents in the capital said.

The Colombian government and FARC rebels met in Cuba on Saturday to begin fresh talks to rewrite a peace deal that was narrowly defeated in a referendum earlier this month. Both sides remain…

A group of Somali pirates has released 26 hostages after holding them captive for over four-and-a-half years. The men all worked on a fishing ship when they were attacked near the Seychelles.

The Iraqi Army has said it has captured the town of Hamdaniyah, near Mosul, as the offensive to drive out the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group continues. Fumes from a nearby sulfur…

Multiple blasts in a park area of the Japanese city of Utsunomiya have killed at least one person and injured at least two, emergency services say. The explosions took place almost simultaneously…

Iran produces over 8 million tons of hazardous waste annually which is alarming given the poor state of waste treatment plants in the country, according to Iran’s top environment official.

The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world’s main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United Nations confirmed on Sunday, as the Taliban…

The Tehran University of Medical Sciences is planning to set up the country’s biggest medical facility for burn injuries.

“The facility will be equipped with the largest research center in…

A 35-year-old woman died after being struck by a subway train at Karaj Metro Station on Metro Line 5, Saturday night. The victim had crossed the platform’s cautionary yellow line and was leaning…

The National Health Carnival comprising 10 cyclists and a number of artists and athletes has begun touring across the country. The group arrived in Yazd Province Sunday morning. The carnival aims…

The latest report by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (LMO) released on Sunday (Oct. 23) says that in the first five months of the current year (started March 20), 521 people lost their…

A total of 1.2 million people were added to the country’s population in the past Iranian year (ended March 19). “Last year, the national population increased by 1.2 million, and the same trend is…

The Iran Health Insurance Organization is moving towards electronic registration of data.

The plan to eliminate paper booklets is currently on trial in seven provinces and will be…

Nine projects from Iran were among the winners of the second 2A Asia Architecture Award which were announced at a ceremony in Vienna last week.

The top medal in the field of culture and art at the 7th International Congress of Professor Yalda Foundation was awarded to Professor Jalal Khaleghi Motlagh for his global contribution to…