President Trump tweeted Sunday morning that his burgeoning trade wars with China and other countries will have a very specific benefit to the US: bringing down the national debt.
About 17% of US banks have eased standards and terms on business loans to large firms in the second quarter, according to senior bank loan officers surveyed by the federal reserve. More than 10…
Greece received on Monday the final €15 billion payment from its eight-year bailout program in what creditors hailed as proof that tough austerity measures were “paying off”.
The payout…
The recent acceleration in wage growth in the eurozone is a harbinger of higher future inflation, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday.
The German government has said it wants to be able to intervene earlier if a non-EU investor acquires 15% of a German company. Berlin has been wary of Chinese and US investors moving to take…
Hungary’s preliminary unadjusted industrial output grew by an annual 4.2% in June, somewhat overshooting a 3.95% forecast, after a 0.4% expansion in May, the Central Statistics Office, KSH, said…
The government has eased foreign exchange rules and allowed money exchangers to resume work at open market rates, as part of the latest rescue package intended to calm the volatile market.…
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Iran's top engineering and energy enterprise MAPNA Group signed an agreement on Monday with the National Iranian South Oil Company on developing Paranj and Parsi oilfields in Khuzestan Province…
Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador over alleged interference in the kingdom's domestic affairs after Ottawa's foreign ministry rebuked Riyadh for jailing human rights activists.
US President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-…
At least 40 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend during the seven hours from midnight Saturday to early Sunday morning, with four fatalities, city police said on Sunday, a stark violent…
A strong earthquake has struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, killing at least 98 people and shaking neighboring Bali. Evacuation efforts are continuing to transport the thousands of…
Authorities detained six people suspected of using explosives-laden drones in a failed bid to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, officials said on Sunday.
Interior Minister…
North Korea believes there is a “strong possibility” of a second summit between the country’s leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, according to an official with close knowledge of…
South Sudan’s government has reached a power-sharing agreement with the country’s main rebel group. President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed the deal in neighboring Sudan, BBC…
As the Trump administration readies to re-impose sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord, America's European allies fear greater regional instability.
President…
Following a motion put forward by 80 lawmakers to question President Hassan Rouhani about his administration's poor handling of mounting economic challenges, officials have reflected on the…
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that negotiating with the Trump administration is hard to imagine after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
Interacting…
European leaders said Monday that they were working to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran despite renewed US sanctions against Tehran as the European Commission brought into enforce a so-…
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi held separate talks with the military attachés of Japan and Pakistan in Tehran on Monday.
Enhancing bilateral ties between Iran and China can help neutralize US unilateral sanctions, said Chinese Ambassador to Iran Pang Sen.
He made the remarks on Sunday in Tehran in a…
The Foreign Ministry in a message Monday sympathized with the people and government of Indonesia after strong earthquakes that left scores of people dead and injured. Expressing sorrow…
Iran’s housing sector will soon slid back into recession in view of ongoing volatilities in the foreign exchange market, which have rocked prices during the past few months, the deputy of Tehran…
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for active control over liquidity rise and banking woes.
“The problem of the banking system must be addressed…
