All museums managed by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will charge no admission fee on February 9 to commemorate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution,…

The iconic Louvre Museum in Paris reopened on Saturday amid heavy security, a day after a French soldier was wounded while tackling a machete-wielding attacker.

There were long queues…

Italian and Swedish investors have expressed readiness to fund the restoration of historical houses in Kashan, Isfahan province, according to a senior city official.

There are warnings that rural communities across the UK will suffer considerably after Brexit, unless the government finds an alternative for the millions of pounds that the European Union…

Amin Shokrollahi was supposed to be in Silicon Valley last week to accept an award at a prominent semiconductor conference called DesignCon. He never made it.

President Donald Trump’s…

A project targeting the development of transport layers named 'Talash 3', which is part of Iran's National Information Network expansion, was launched in a ceremony on February 4. 

The…

Iran’s largest mobile phone network, Mobile Communications Company of Iran (MCI) or referred to locally as Hamra-e-Avval (First Network), said it has successfully tested 4.5G internet in a…

Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran (TIC) will launch two new national Internet exchange points in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces.

According to CITNA, the new centers will be…

Foreign companies selling e-content via the Internet in Russia are now required to register private offices in Russia, submit information on their sales in the country, and pay an 18% value added…

A 41-year-old father with motor neuron disease (MND), who is losing his ability to speak, will be given a computer voice with a British Yorkshire accent for the first time.

Jason Liversidge…

Two Iranian short films and a short animation have won awards at the 3rd Atlas Award International Film Festival in Boston.

The movies ‘Hunting’ and ‘Silence’ both directed by Zahra Jafari…

Acclaimed Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskouei has been invited by the organizers of the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to serve as a jury member in the 36th edition of the event to be…

‘The Cat’s Become So Nice,’ a book for kids written by children’s author Farhad Hassanzadeh, 55, will soon be released by Tehran-based Elmi-Farhangi Publishing Company (EPC).

The second National Conference on Books and Publishing is to be held on February 12 in Tehran.

It is organized by Hekmat Cultural Jihad Institute under the joint auspices of Civilica, a…

Arabic studies scholar Beatrice Grundler from Germany has been announced as one of the winners of the 2017 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (abbreviated as DFG in German) for her…

Tehran City Theater is holding a scientific seminar on the interrelation between creative drama and psychology, in joint cooperation with the Art Department of Iranian Academic Center for…

The 34th edition of the National Award for the Book of the Year will conclude on Tuesday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

Selected books will be announced and writers will be…

The Philippines’ Catholic Church assailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs for creating a “reign of terror” among the poor, in sermons read out at Saturday services, which will be repeated…

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said serious efforts are required to overcome “the severe damage done to US-Russia relations under Barack Obama”.

Lavrov added that the need for dialogue,…

Centrist French politician, Emmanuel Macron, seized upon the growing momentum surrounding his presidential bid on Saturday, using a major campaign speech in Lyon to challenge rival candidates for…

A bomb blast hit Bahraini capital Manama early Sunday but caused no casualties, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. No injuries were reported in the bombing, which only damaged a number…

Almost two-thirds of British people think selling arms to Saudi Arabia—the UK’s largest defense customer—is unacceptable.

The finding comes ahead of this week’s high court case, which has…

A legal showdown was brewing Sunday after the US Justice Department appealed a temporary block on Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban, but the court rejected any immediate move to reinstate the…

Jordan said late on Saturday its warplanes bombed positions held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in southern Syria, two years after one of its pilots was captured and killed by…

The Romanian government is to withdraw a contentious corruption decree. 

Social Democrat Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced the legal order to decriminalize some graft offences…