The Iranian security body still reviews the Iran Petroleum Contract model. In January, Iran chose 29 companies as being allowed to claim to oil and gas projects under the IPC, which Tehran hopes will underpin production.
The Norwegian police conducted a controlled explosion of a bomb-like device in Oslo on Sunday and detained a suspect, but declined to provide information on his identity.
Turkey confirmed its commitment to a ceasefire in Syria, but urged Russia to stop insisting that Bashar al-Assad should remain as a leader of the country, the Turkish Foreign Minister said.
The Indonesian police killed six suspected Islamic State terrorists in Indonesia's East Java province on Saturday.
The chief of China's insurance regulator Xiang Junbo is under probe for suspected disciplinary violations, said anti-corruption authority on Sunday.
Eighteen militants were killed and eight injured on Saturday after air strikes in the northern Kunduz province in Afghanistan.
The US military deployed a navy strike group towards the Korean peninsula, amid concerns about missile tests in North Korea.
China created 1.88M new jobs in January and February, while the unemployment rate remained stable at around 5% in the 30 largest Chinese cities.
The economy of Ecuador expanded 1.5% year-on-year in the last three months of 2016, the first increase after five consecutive quarters of contraction.
China's economy is likely to expand 6.8% in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period the previous year, according to a forecast from Goldman Sachs.
China and Sri Lanka vowed to deepen cooperation to further improve the partnership between the two nations after a visit of the Chinese top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng to the island.
On Saturday, Michelle Howard, the US Navy Admiral, justified the recent attack on the Syrian air base by explaining that the attack would prevent further chemical warfare in the region.
On Saturday, Talal Barazi, the governor of Syria's Homs province, said that the recently-attacked by the US Syrian air base is once again operational.
The US Department of Labor has accused Internet search giant Google of discrimination, saying it had evidence of "systemic" compensation disparities against women.
The night after the US military launched missiles into a Syrian air base, protests brewed across the country. People spoke out against the President Donald Trump's show of power.
Pakistani police said at least 10 militants were killed during a gun battle in Lahore, just a few days after a bomb attack rocked the city, killing several people and wounding nearly 20 others.
A 203M tonne reserve of manganese ore, the largest in Asia valued at $14.5B, has been discovered in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has dramatically cancelled plans to visit Moscow just hours before he was due to fly amid escalating tensions over Syria.
Swedish police are confident they have caught the right man who is responsible for a truck attack in Stockholm, but could not rule out the possibility that other people might be involved.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a new line of credit of $5B for the implementation of projects in Bangladesh's priority sectors.
At the US-China summit, the US President Donald Trump said he had made progress in talks with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and expected them to overcome many problems.
North Korea said that the US missile strikes on Syrian airfield were "an unforgivable act of aggression", which showed their decision on nuclear weapons developing was the right choice.
Russian UN envoy has warned the US of 'extremely serious' consequences over Syria missile strike as Washington reported to take further actions.
Authorities said at least 20 people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry boat capsized in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta.