Oil extended its slide, falling to the lowest in more than two decades, on concern the world is rapidly running out of places to store crude after output cuts proved insufficient to cope with plunging demand .
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to go ahead with an arms deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Israel, while healthcare workers in the country are grappling with a serious lack of masks and protective equipment in their fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
TEHRAN, Jun 18 -Growing global demand s for food and agricultural commodities are driving deforestation across the neotropics -- in Africa, as well as south and southeast Asia.
TEHRAN, Feb 23 - Some Microsoft Corp employees on Friday demand ed that the company cancel a $480 million hardware contract to supply the U.S. Army, with 94 workers signing a petition calling on the company to stop developing “any and all weapons technologies.”
TEHRAN, Jan 12 - The “yellow vest” protests are gaining momentum in France due to the fact that French authorities are not responding to the people’s “legitimate” demand s, says an analyst.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday (January 2) the island will never accept a "one country, two systems" political arrangement with China, after Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech that Beijing reserves the right to use force to bring Taiwan under its control but will strive for peaceful "reunification."
TEHRAN, October 21 - Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the European Union marched through London on Saturday in the biggest demonstration so far to demand that the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit.
TEHRAN, September 26 -War crimes investigators have called on the UN Human Rights Council to provide them with the opportunity to continue a probe into the "extremely alarming" situation in Yemen, irrespective of resistance from Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies that are involved in an atrocious military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
TEHRAN, July 12 -Demonstrators took to the streets of Kiev on Thursday to demand the release of Ukrainians currently held prisoner in the eastern territories of Ukraine, in Lugansk and Donetsk, as well as in the Russian Federation.
TEHRAN, April 15 -Britain’s foreign minister and United Nations human rights rapporteurs separately called on Thursday for the release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar, after a judge rejected a request for their case to be dismissed.
TEHRAN, February 24 - The world's appetite for oil and other liquid fuels could continue growing until around 2035, before plateauing and falling off in the run-up to 2040, UK energy major BP said in its annual outlook.
TEHRAN, November 19 -Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest rally in the Spanish city of Valencia, calling on the central government in Madrid to allocate more funding to the autonomous community of the same name.
TEHRAN, October 30 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced that President Hassan Rouhani, during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly session, refused requests by Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump.
TEHRAN, October 24 -China’s biggest state-run aluminum producer said consumption of the metal is set to increase by 9-10 percent this year on the back of strong downstream demand , and keep growing at a faster rate than the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018.
TEHRAN, June 24, YJC -Qatar says the demand s presented by Saudi Arabia and three of its allies that have imposed a blockade on Doha are not "realistic", as the unprecedented diplomatic crisis in the Persian Gulf region seems headed for a stalemate.
TEHRAN, May 29, YJC -Demonstrators gathered at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Sunday for a rally against Brazilian President Michel Temer that will feature musical performances from Brazilian artists, including Caetano Veloso and Criolo.
TEHRAN, May 17, YJC -Several Republican and Democratic lawmakers have demand ed to see a memo written by ousted FBI Director James Comey following his meeting with President Donald Trump in February.