At least 25 people were detained in the Polish town of Elk on Sunday after they smashed up a kebab diner and clashed with police, throwing firecrackers and stones.

Up to 300 people took…

President Francois Hollande flew into Iraq on Monday and told French troops stationed there he was hoping for “a year of victory against terrorism”.

The Socialist president, whose country…

Hundreds of civilians fled a mountainous region outside the Syrian capital on Sunday where government forces battled several terrorist groups, including one excluded from a recent nationwide…

A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats expelled from the United States over Moscow’s alleged interference in the presidential election took off from Washington on Sunday, Russian news agencies…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has stopped taking orders for all foreign-made cars on its website without providing any explanation, several local websites reported on Monday.

GAZ Group, a Russian automotive conglomerate, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the municipalities of four Iranian cities for the delivery of 900 buses to renovate public…

French car sales rose 5.8% in December, according to industry data published on December 1, closing a second consecutive year of strong growth in Europe’s third-biggest auto market. Registrations…

The price of imported cars has shot up due to the increase in foreign currency rates in the past four weeks as the rial took a new drubbing.

Iran’s deputy minister of industries told…

People who consistently smoked an average of less than one cigarette per day over their lifetime had a 64% higher risk of earlier death than the never smokers, and those who smoked between one and…

Iran’s population reached 80.4 million at the end of the seven months of the current fiscal year that started in March 2016. The population growth rate that was 3.7% in 1980 decreased to 1.4% in…

Since the beginning of the current year that ends in March, 500,000 drivers were slapped with fines for driving vehicles without technical inspection labels, said Brigadier General Mohammad Reza…

A young Iranian conscript, Muhammad Baakhtar, lost one of his legs in a landmine explosion while trying to save a dog that was trapped in a barbed wire fence at his garrison.

Baakhtar, 19,…

The Technical and Vocational University (TVU) of Iran is planning to launch joint short-term technician training courses at the undergraduate level with several academic centers in Germany. “We…

A total of 1.4 trillion rials ($35 million) has been allocated so far for the annual free milk distribution program in schools for the current academic year (started September 23).

More than 80 samples of umbilical cord blood cells were stored this year at the umbilical cord blood bank of the Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research in South Khorasan…

Sixty-five new metro train coaches were added to the subway fleet in Tehran Province at a ceremony on Monday.

The capacity of the Tehran subway network is currently 3.5-4 million passengers…

Nearly 200 million rials ($5,100) has been allocated in the form of interest-free loans to every house in Mayami in Semnan Province that incurred damages in the earthquake on Wednesday.

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More than a quarter of people hugely overestimate the number of tigers living in the wild, a survey has revealed.

While just over half (54%) of the 1,000 British people quizzed in poll for…

About half a million vehicles lacking technical inspection stickers have been impounded in Tehran, according the city’s top traffic police official.

Speaking to ISNA, Brigadier General…

An environmental official has urged the parliament, particularly a lawmaker from Sistan-Baluchestan Province, not to single out the Department of Environment as the only state body responsible for…

A young conscript who lost a leg while trying to save a dog has been offered a job at the Department of Environment. Seyyed Mohammad Bakhtar, a 19-year-old who saved a dog trapped in barbed wire…

The rapid growth in wing length of a common Western Australian bird has been linked to climate change, according to a study released on Monday.

A claim by a forest expert recently about the death of 40 million boxwood trees in the past decade has been denied by the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization.

Speaking on a…

A comprehensive plan for public lighting in the capital Tehran will be devised by the end of current fiscal year in March, according to a member of the Lighting Committee of the Tehran…

Inspireli Awards, the premier global contest for aspiring architects and designers, has announced the winners of its sixth edition.