TEHRAN, July 27 - A shortage of raw materials has reportedly tripled the prices of plastic products in Iran with traders blaming a more expensive US dollar which they say is encouraging suppliers of petrochemicals to prefer exports over domestic demand.
TEHRAN, July 27 - A recent study has revealed that far-right Eurosceptic parties have gained influence in the European Union and could make efforts to break the bloc.
TEHRAN, July 27 -The military coalition led by the Saudi regime has conducted heavy airstrikes on the Yemeni city of Hudaydah, which has become a flash point where cluster bombs earlier dropped by the coalition warplanes killed one person and injured three others.
TEHRAN, July 27 -Police used tear gas against protesters in Warsaw on Thursday, during scuffles at a demonstration outside the Presidential Palace against constitution changes aimed at making it easier for the ruling party to name the next chief of the Supreme Court.
TEHRAN, July 27 - Iraq’s senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged the formation of a new government as soon as possible in the wake of protests against alleged government corruption and poor public services in southern cities.
TEHRAN, July 27 -Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has invited his American counterpart Donald Trump to Moscow for talks on a range of issues but that all conditions needed to be right for such a meeting to take place.
TEHRAN, July 27 -British voters are increasingly dissatisfied with Prime Minister Theresa May and her government, and more British voters favor a second referendum on the final terms of any Brexit deal, according to a new opinion poll.
TEHRAN, July 27 - Speculations are rising that an ambitious plan for economic reforms attributed to the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman may not progress as desired due to a range of “unprecedented” issues – most importantly a lack of adequate national and international investments.
TEHRAN, July 26 - Over 400 refugees have scaled the razor wire topped border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, as they attempted to make it onto Spanish soil.
TEHRAN, July 26 - Syrian army troops and their allied forces have raised the national flag in Quneitra in the southwest of the Arab country, as government soldiers continue their push to retake full control of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a strategic Syrian territory that borders Jordan.
TEHRAN, July 26 - Bahrain’s top Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, has come out of the intensive care unit (ICU) after undergoing a “successful” operation at a London hospital, his entourage says.
TEHRAN, July 26 - Former star cricketer Imran Khan has declared victory in Pakistan's general elections against the party of jailed ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif amid accusations of vote rigging.
TEHRAN, July 26 - A Turkish court has moved an American pastor, who has spent almost two years in prison on terrorism and espionage charges, from jail to house arrest in a controversial case that has mounted tensions between Ankara and Washington.
TEHRAN, July 26 - Thousands of residents in Southern California were forced from their homes by a raging wildfire which remained unchecked early on Thursday as it pushed toward their mountain resort communities.
TEHRAN, July 26 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended Washington's foreign policy regarding North Korea while speaking before the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington DC on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, July 26 -Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced the removal of five zeroes from the national currency as the crisis-ridden Latin American country grapples with hyperinflation.
TEHRAN, July 26 -Britain’s Royal Air Force has scrambled jets from a base in Romania to intercept a Russia plane flying near NATO airspace in Eastern Europe.
TEHRAN, July 26 - United Nations human rights experts have called on the Bahraini government to put an end to the repression of activists, restrictions on freedom of speech and discrimination against women.
TEHRAN, July 25 - Speculations are rising that US President Donald Trump would endorse a new Congress bill that would authorize Washington to file antitrust lawsuits against oil producers over allegations of "price fixing".
TEHRAN, July 25 - The United Kingdom has allowed a fracking project in North West England, turning a blind eye on widespread controversy surrounding its plans for shale gas exploration.