Army Ground Force to stage military drill in west Iran

An Iranian Army official announced that the Army's Ground Force is set to stage a military exercise in the west of the country.

BRICS considering 15 countries as its potential partners

BRICS is considering 15 countries as its potential partners, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

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Iran, Turkey should benefit from common cultural potentials

Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi said that Iran and Turkey have a lot in common when it come to culture, adding that the common cultural ground should be benefitted from.

The Consequences of Planned Policies for Supporting Grand Parent Stocks of Arian Breed

Poultry meat production in the country has faced serious problems due to the policies of supporting the Arian breed and the industry have been coping with genetic and economic problems related to this breed.

Iran, Japan to boost cooperation for optimizing energy

EghtesadOnline: Iran and Japan will promote cooperation in energy optimization in buildings as the two companies of knowledge-based Mahsabad and AZBIL have launched cooperation in the field.

OPEC Splits Prevent Deal With Other Producers to Curb Supply

EghtesadOnline: OPEC’s internal disagreements over how to implement oil-supply cuts agreed last month prevented a deal to secure the cooperation of other major suppliers.

Iceland's Pirates see softer than expected support in early poll results

EghtesadOnline: Support for Iceland's Pirates in parliamentary elections has turned out lower than anticipated, making it less likely that the anti-establishment party will be part of a new government, early election results showed on Sunday.

Venezuela crisis, Colombia peace dominate Latin American summit

EghtesadOnline: Venezuela's fast-escalating political crisis and Colombia's stuttering peace process dominated the Ibero-American Summit on Saturday, despite an official agenda about youth, entrepreneurship and education.

Polls aside, the U.S. presidential election is far from a blowout

EghtesadOnline: Two weeks out from Election Day and it looks like the race for the White House is all but over. However, if it looks like pollsters are increasingly on the wrong side of history (Colombia’s referendum, Brexit, the 2015 British election and the Scottish referendum) it could be because they need to triple and quadruple check their assumptions before making blithe pronouncements. This is that type of thought exercise.

Shi'ite militias launch offensive to seal off western Mosul

EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Shi'ite militias launched an offensive toward the west of Mosul on Saturday, an operation that will tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold but has alarmed Turkey and could inflame tensions in the mainly Sunni area.