Iranian government will divest its shares in main automotive companies within the next six months.

Annual trade figures show Iran exported $2.3 billion worth of engineering services in the year to March.

Kuwait’s government resigns amid a political dispute with the parliament.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan accused an unnamed "foreign power" - in a clear reference to the United States - of funding a "conspiracy" to topple his democratically elected government.

An Iranian deputy president says clock-switching may continue despite parliament motion to ban it.

Patient groups are mounting a public pressure campaign aimed at persuading the US government to loosen proposed restrictions on new Alzheimer's treatments.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has called for calm after surviving an attempted coup to overthrow him, stressing that the situation is "under control" in the West African country, which has suffered repeated military takeovers.

The Taliban's acting prime minister in Afghanistan has called on the international community, particularly Muslim nations, to officially recognize the Taliban government, amid a worsening economic crisis that has plagued the country.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has accepted the government's resignation after a wave of unprecedented protests that swept the oil-rich Central Asian country over fuel price hikes.

One in three Americans believe violence against the government can sometimes be justified, according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland.