President Hassan Rouhani will make the first visit to Japan by an Iranian head of state for two decades Friday, as Tokyo seeks to mediate between Tehran and Washington amid spiralling nuclear tensions. The trip comes after violent protests last month over petroleum price hikes in Iran,...

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are expected to cost some 1.35 trillion yen ($12.6 billion), organisers said Friday, unveiling a final budget showing increased revenue balancing out extra costs including countermeasures against heat. However, officials admitted the budget does not yet include...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian Central Bank has accused exchange and money transfer companies with supporting terrorism, which led to their closure with the promise to put the owners under trial following formal and thorough investigations. On Thursday morning, the Central Bank published...

The Pentagon said Thursday it had conducted background checks on all Saudi military personnel currently training in the United States and found no "immediate threat scenario," two weeks after a deadly shooting rampage by a Saudi air force officer. Defense Department officials had...