A charity auction of paintings by children of labor displayed at the exhibition ‘I Painted My City Air Blue’ was held at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center on January 22.

A collective photo exhibition titled “Tehran; Identity” will open on Friday at Tehran’s Hooner House. 

A total of 17 artists have come together in creating the collection. 

Iran is in the race for an Oscar award in the foreign language film category with the psychological thriller ‘The Salesman’ directed by celebrated filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who in 2012 earned for…

A group of actors with Down syndrome will perform street theater “The Legend of the Rainless Meadow” on January 27 and January 30, as part of the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival which is…

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Mike Pompeo as CIA director and advanced the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, taking key steps toward filling President Donald Trump’s…

A hundred days into a major push to recapture Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, the Iraqi Army has said it is gearing up for an offensive to take the city’s western half,…

Russia, Iran and Turkey have announced they will establish a trilateral mechanism to support the ceasefire in Syria. 

In a joint statement issued at the end of talks in Astana, they…

Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as news of lower production by OPEC and other key exporters was balanced by reports of more drilling and higher output in the United States.

Benchmark…

Germany must carry on with legislation aimed at capping energy costs and ironing out inefficiencies in its renewable energy expansion, Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel told an energy industry…

The government will pay 450 trillion rials ($11.6 billion) of its debts to six state-owned banks by March 20, said the government’s spokesman, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, on Tuesday. The measure was…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of sanctions snapback, assuring the Iranian business community that Iran's nuclear deal with world powers reached in…

Top banking officials and pundits gathered on Tuesday to discuss matters vital to the future prosperity of the Iranian banking system and as an extension, the Iranian economy, underscoring the…

Over 50 trillion rials (about $1.3 billion) worth of different types of securities were issued in the 10 months to January 20, according to Mehdi Banani, the head of Debt Management Department at…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index marked its biggest decline in more than two months on Tuesday, after the benchmark took a 1.83% dive on November 9 after news broke that Donald Trump was elected…

Cement stocks have posted gains following the Cabinet’s decision to provide financial resources for purchasing part of the industry’s excess output, and the parliament’s approval for renovation of…

Iranians love high fashion, but luxury companies planning to tap Persian appetite for designer clothes and bags are facing stiff competition from their very own brands–albeit fake ones.

The EY ITEM Club’s winter forecast has predicted that the UK economy faces three years of relatively slow growth, with household incomes being squeezed due to a slowdown in consumer spending and a…

Governor of South Africa’s Reserve Bank Lesetja Kganyago on Tuesday announced, at the end of the first monetary policy committee meeting of the year, that the committee had kept the repo rate at 7…

Brazil’s central bank recorded a current account deficit of $23.507 billion in 2016, shrinking from the previous year and covered entirely by the $78.9 billion in foreign direct investment that…

The International Monetary Fund has projected that Nepal’s economy will grow by 5.5% in this fiscal, NewsNow reported. The outlook given by IMF is, however, a full percentage point lower than the…

Russia is expected to sell discounted rights to one of the world’s largest untapped gold deposits this week to a joint venture of miner Polyus and a state conglomerate, industry sources and…

Growth in New Zealand is tipped to remain strong but rate hikes won’t be on the cards until 2018, says HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham.

Taiwan’s economy is doomed for a slow death unless the government pushes through with reform, a scholar has warned. 

“The economy is facing a major crisis... it’s on the brink of death…

Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday they hope to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership by encouraging China and other Asian countries to join the trade pact after US President Donald Trump…

Iran’s exports to Indonesia in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016) grew by 62% compared with the similar period of last year to reach $100 million, according…