MIDDLE EAST

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Iranian media say injuries jump to 520 in Friday quake

7:03 pm November 9, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s state TV is saying the number of injured people from a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Friday has jumped to 520 from more than 300. Saturday’s report said the updated figure followed the end of rescue operations in more than 80 remote villages Tark county in Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan province, some 400 kilometers (250 […]

Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran resumes uranium enrichment at Fordow plant in new stepback from deal

6:00 pm November 7, 2019

Tehran: Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran on Thursday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant’s mothballed enrichment centrifuges in “the first minutes of Thursday”, the statement said. The suspension of uranium enrichment […]

EU warns Iran over nuclear deal after uranium claims

9:29 pm November 4, 2019

Brussels: The European Union on Monday warned its support for the Iran nuclear deal depends on Tehran fulfilling its commitments, after Iranian officials announced a major increase in enriched uranium production. Following a series of steps away from its commitments under the 2015 accord, the head of the Iranian atomic energy agency said Monday that […]

Iran announces sharp rise in enriched uranium production

8:48 pm November 4, 2019

Tehran: Iran announced Monday a more than tenfold increase in enriched uranium production following a series of steps back from commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the United States. Iran has also developed two new advanced centrifuges, one of which is undergoing testing, said Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organisation […]

Yemen rebels claim attack on Saudi oil facility in Jiddah

Saudi regulator says approves Aramco share offering

4:23 pm November 3, 2019

Riyadh: Saudi regulators on Sunday approved state energy giant Aramco’s request to make its stock market debut, firing the starting gun on the highly anticipated offering which could be the world’s largest. The Capital Markets Authority did not give any details of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) but it is expected to begin trading in […]