With the onset of the rainy season in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the provincial office of the Department of Environment has launched measures to dredge and unblock Hamoun Wetlands' tributaries.…

For the past month, hardly a day has gone by without Khuzestan Province making the news for all the wrong reasons: Cancelled flights, power outages, closed schools, and many more.

Unexpectedly high rainfall in southern Iran over the past few months has partly revived the central area of Jazmourian Wetland, said a senior environment official in Kerman Province.

"The…

Cloud seeding projects are primarily aimed at increasing rainfall in Iran and cannot directly help alleviate air pollution, said an official at the National Cloud Seeding Research Center. …

Humans are driving the warming of the Earth 170 times faster than natural forces, according to a new mathematical formula.

Scientists in Australia and Sweden have developed the equation,…

London's mayor has called for the government to adopt a diesel scrappage fund to tackle air pollution there. Sadiq Khan's plans include £3,500 each for up to 70,000 polluting van and minibus…

People in Switzerland have voted to relax the country’s strict citizenship rules, making it easier for third-generation immigrants to become Swiss.

Being born in Switzerland does not…

Palestinian resistance group Hamas has decried an Israeli bill to ban the Muslim call to prayer being broadcast through loudspeakers. 

On Sunday, the Israeli Ministerial Committee for…

Six journalists have been detained in Ivory Coast for “encouraging revolt and disseminating false stories”, local media reported on Monday.

Six editors and three media publishers were…

Civilians, mostly women and children, were killed last week in air raids by NATO forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, an initial United Nations inquiry suggested.

On Thursday and…

The United States, Japan and South Korea have requested urgent diplomatic talks at the United Nations on Monday over North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, with Seoul condemning what it…

Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested on Sunday against US President Donald Trump, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and his pledges to make their country pay for his “big, beautiful”…

Russia, Turkey and Iran are working on a new meeting between the Syrian government and the opposition, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with NTV on Sunday.

There…

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has secured a third term in office by winning a widely-expected landslide in Sunday’s election, preliminary results showed on Monday. Berdymukhamedov…

Cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma and his ensemble Silk Road, in which Iranian Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor is a member, won a Grammy award for ‘Sing Me Home’ album on Sunday. 

The 59th…

Actor, screenwriter and director of TV series Iraj Tahmasb, 57, best known for co-creating the popular puppet character ‘Kolah Qermezi’ (Red Hat), has brought out a collection of his stories.

A play titled ‘Five Finger Exercise’ written by Peter Shaffer (1926-2016), the English writer of several award-winning plays, is now available in Persian.

Two translators, Ali Reza…

The Association of Iranian Painters will hold its annual sale from February 17-March 3 at Mellat Cineplex in Tehran.

The sale will showcase a large exhibition of paintings at the venue…

A documentary series on Zayandehroud, the largest river in the Iranian Plateau, is being produced in collaboration with 12 documentarians.

The series titled ‘Symphony of Zayandehroud’…

‘Haam,’ a play that narrates the history of Tehran City Theater is underway at Sayeh Auditorium of the theater complex.

“Is Tehran City Theater haunted by jinn? Is the theater surrounded by…

Around 31,200 tons of dried tea leaves were produced in Iran during the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016), registering a 60% rise compared with last year, according to the head of Iran…

The fourth edition of Iran Automotive Industry International Conference opened Sunday morning in Tehran’s Milad Tower Conference Hall. 

The two-day event brought together major auto…

Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16 on replacing its parliamentary system with the stronger presidency long sought by incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, electoral authorities announced on…

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Union’s powerful commission, said on Saturday he would not seek a second term when his tenure expires in 2019.

“It was a fine election…

Empowering the Iranian banking system in terms of lending, capital buffer and bad debt recovery took center-stage at the latest major economic conference focused on investment and financing, which…