TEHRAN, December 24 - India is working toward a single national sales tax rate which could be a mid-point between 12 and 18 percent, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday, in an effort to simplify the tax structure.
TEHRAN, December 01 - UK universities and science minister Sam Gyimah has resigned from his job in protest at Prime Minister Theresa May’s “naive” plan to take the country out of the European Union (EU), becoming the seventh minister to step down over the issue.
TEHRAN, November 18 - Britain's former Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday that Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was fatally flawed but she could still change course.
TEHRAN, November 09 - Britain's junior Brexit minister told a German media outlet he was optimistic that Britain and the European Union would reach a Brexit deal soon, adding that he hoped this would happen in the next three weeks.
TEHRAN, November 04 - An effigy of the UK's ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson was set ablaze in Edenbridge, Kent, on Saturday, as part of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society's celebrations of November 5.
TEHRAN, October 31 -South Korea's major opposition Liberty Korea Party has submitted a request to National Assembly to fire a minister in charge of North Korea-related affairs, saying the minister pushed ahead inter-Korean projects that could cause a financial burden to the country.
TEHRAN, October 11 -The oldest Lebanese newspaper an-Nahar released a blank edition on Thursday to protest the ongoing political stalemate in the Arab country, where political parties have failed to form a new government.
TEHRAN, October 09 - Britain’s Security Minister Ben Wallace has warned that the country is closer than ever to chemical weapons attack targeting ordinary citizens on the streets.
TEHRAN, August 21 -Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday the country had good reason to expect better days ahead after formally exiting its last financial bailout, putting an epilogue to a dramatic nine-year debt crisis.
TEHRAN, August 21 -India said Facebook-owned WhatsApp had pledged on Tuesday to develop tools that would combat fake messages, to help the country crack down on people whipping up public anger through mass message forwards on social media.
TEHRAN, August 18 -Jordan has condemned Israel’s recent move to shut down the al-Aqsa mosque, which forced Muslim worshipers out of the compound in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
TEHRAN, August 14 - Former Brazil finance minister Guido Mantega was indicted Monday on money laundering and other charges as part of the corruption scandal that has rocked the country's business and political elites.
TEHRAN, August 12 -Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says the United States is in no position to tell Berlin with which countries it can do business, vowing support for companies doing business with Iran.
TEHRAN, August 9 - Iran should entirely "disappear" from the world, that's what Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan had to say when asked about US President Donald Trump's decision on Monday to re-impose anti-Iran sanctions that were lifted under a historic nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers.
TEHRAN, June 13 -Italy's new economy minister Giovanni Tria postponed a meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on Wednesday as a diplomatic row spiraled over Rome's refusal to take in an overcrowded migrant ship.
TEHRAN, June 11 -France’s farm minister said on Monday that a decision by farmers to launch a blockade of oil refineries and fuel depots to protest a government decision to allow Total to use imported palm oil at a biofuel plant was illegal.
TEHRAN, June 06 - Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will visit North Korea from Thursday to Friday, the Singapore government said in a statement, days before it plays host to the leaders of North Korea and the United States at a summit.