The country's GDP growth is projected to dip to 1.6 percent, the ministry said in a statement, down from 2.4 percent last year

Peace talks between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war and fully reopen the vital strait have so far proven inconclusive since a ceasefire came into force.

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media.

Seventy-three boys and 47 girls were killed in the February 28 strike on an Iranian elementary school in Minab, state broadcaster IRIB and local media reported.

The Jakarta Search and Rescue agency put the death toll at seven on Tuesday morning, with 85 people hospitalised.

Latest Iranian plan would set aside nuclear issue until after war ends, Iranian sources say

Speaking afterward to reporters, Iravani complained that countries only criticized Iran and not a naval blockade declared by the United States

There is no evidence that the Trump administration orchestrated Saturday's attack

Adamawa state is a hotspot for violence by jihadists and local criminal gangs known as bandits

Suspect Cole Allen could face life sentence if convicted

Reuters uncovered a broader‑than‑previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections, historically run locally, in at least eight states – using investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID

The US military said Sunday that three men were killed when it struck a boat “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” in the Eastern Pacific ocean.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid announced Sunday they will run on a joint list in this year’s elections, in a move aimed at unseating incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.

Britain’s King Charles III began a state visit to the United States yesterday, as transatlantic tensions simmer over the Iran war, and despite a shooting two days earlier at a dinner attended by his host, President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at a black-tie gala on Saturday night was a “pretty sick guy” who had been flagged to law enforcement by family members.

Global military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th consecutive year of growth, researchers said yesterday, as insecurity and rearmament fuelled defence budgets.

A Syrian court conducted the first hearing Sunday in the trial of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and senior figures from his government, one of whom appeared in person.

Iran has made a new proposal to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, postponing nuclear negotiations to a later stage to break the deadlock in the high-stakes talks, reports said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz yesterday said Iran’s leadership was humiliating the United States and getting US officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.

The European Union yesterday extended its sanctions against Myanmar until at least May 2027, in an effort to maintain pressure on the country’s military rulers more than five years after their coup toppled an elected government.