Brazil received a record 6.6 million foreign tourists in 2016, boosted by visitors attending the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to figures released on Wednesday by the country´s…

Iran's ethnic and cultural diversities stand out in the region, giving the country an advantage over its neighbors in the ever-expanding tourism market.

"Iran's multiculturalism is a great…

The government owes 16 trillion rials ($400 million) to domestic airlines, according to the head of Iranian Airlines Association.

Speaking to ISNA, Maqsoud As'adi Samani added that clearing…

The number of foreign tourists visiting Thailand rose nearly 9% to 32.6 million in 2016, bringing in 1.64 trillion baht ($45.9 billion) worth of business, up nearly 13% from 2015, according to…

Microsoft is not building its own connected car — but it is launching a new Azure-based cloud platform for car manufacturers that want to use the cloud to power their own connected-car services.…

Only 25% of 4 billion Persian web pages have original value and  the remaining 75% is either copied or spam content, says the executive director of Iranian-made search engine Parsijoo.

Chinese brands took their largest ever slice of the $10-billion Indian smartphone market in late 2016, accounting for more than one in every two phones sold - a growing market share that ate into…

A broader range of activities online has been made easier with 100 government services added to the National Information Network, says a deputy at the Information Technology Organization, Reza…

Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital technology that will be closely watched by other countries…

Tejarat Bank’s chief executive has called for Iranian banks and payment service providers to prepare the grounds for using Bitcoin in the country.

Speaking at a meeting on crypto-…

World Bank Group in its latest analysis of Iran’s economy has forecast Iran’s economy to grow at an annual average rate of 4.5% in 2016–18.

A joint bank between Iran and Pakistan will be established and become operational before the current fiscal year is out, announced Iran’s ambassador to the South Asian country.

The US State Department said on Tuesday it does not believe Kim Jong Un has the capability to place a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.

The statement comes a few days after the North…

Afghanistan's National Defense and Security Forces have killed 58 militants, including two local Taliban commanders and 10 members of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, the country's…

Big US banks are set on getting Congress this year to loosen or eliminate the Volcker rule against using depositors' funds for speculative bets on the bank's own account, a test case of whether…

New enemies of the open society are emerging regularly in the developed world.

Recently, two main symbols of the free market, the UK and the US, have seen the respective rise of nationalism…

Iran is home to 1,728 endemic medicinal plants, twice as many as all of Europe’s. This remarkable diversity made Iran one of the key traders of medicinal plants in the past.

The total length of Iran’s suburban rail network is 11,000 kilometers whereas the country needs 25,000 kilometers by 2025 as per the goals of the 20-Year Vision Plan (2005-25), said the chairman…

Sri Lankan officials are setting up a business delegation to send to Iran, as President Maithripala Sirisena is scheduled for a visit to Tehran later this month to expand relations with the…

A delegation of Indian rice producers headed by President of All-India Rice Exporters Association Mohinder Pal Jindal are scheduled to visit Tehran on January 27 to pave the way for increased rice…

About $8.5 billion in foreign direct investment have been made in Iran’s industrial sectors so far since Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran's president in August 2013, the minister of industries,…

The construction of Iran’s biggest rail bridge will be completed in a fortnight, a deputy minister of roads and urban development announced.

Kheirollah Khademi added that the project has…

A lawmaker underscored the need for thorough monitoring to ensure the ceasefire will hold in Syria so the peace talks between the warring sides would come to fruition.

"By closely…

US Republican lawmakers hope to impose new penalties on Iran over a series of charges, including its alleged destabilizing actions in neighboring Middle East nations, within the next few months.…

Tehran’s prosecutor said as many as 70 convicts are serving time over spying activities in the province’s prisons for compromising sensitive national intelligence. “These people betrayed the…