The southern state of Guerrero is a state in Mexico where inequality is a way of life. The plight of lifelong resident, Martin Visoso, is typical. Martin left his seasonal farming job to earn more…

The US Agency for International Development has ended funding for a flagship customs reform project in Ukraine’s Odessa region, as the government’s ambitious plans to tackle bribe taking at its…

Most world stocks markets finished 2016 in positive territory despite shock votes in Britain and the United States, but the outlook for 2017 is clouded by looming European elections and Brexit.…

Taiwan will spur domestic demand with a mid- to long-term infrastructure development plan, President Tsai Ing-wen said, augmenting a more conservative spending proposal released this year.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has reminded all Malaysians that despite a challenging 2016, the government is committed to building a more prosperous and equitable Malaysia, Asia News…

Iranian security and armed forces thwart 15 to 20 terrorist attempts and threats every year, a senior military official said.

President Hassan Rouhani confirmed his participation in a trilateral meeting with Russian and Turkish counterparts to be held in the Kazakh capital Astana on the Syrian crisis.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ruled out the possibility that Syrians will allow Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the upcoming Syria peace talks, but noted that Turkey can play a positive role if it…

Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani asked for the appointment of special UN human rights rapporteurs for countries that are directly and indirectly involved in…

Iran continues to produce heavy water as actively as before and the 2015 nuclear deal, despite capping Tehran's stocks of the strategic product, has helped it gain a foothold in the world market,…

With less than five months left until the three incoming polls, the body in charge of organizing them, Interior Ministry, is busy making preparations.

The presidential, city council and mid…

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Ali Mamlouk, the head of Syria's National Security Bureau, arrived in Tehran on Saturday for high-level talks on the Syria crisis.

President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the of Iranian ambassadors' task of promoting his government's policy of deeper engagement with other countries in line with his plans to jumpstart the…

Oil prices settled slightly lower on Friday, the year's last trading day, but attained their biggest annual gain since 2009, after OPEC and partners agreed to cut output to reduce a supply…

Tehran and Ashgabat reached a preliminary agreement to settle a gas dispute before approaching international arbitration, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said, adding that negotiations are…

Investors are showing no sign of turning their backs on oil heading into 2017. Money managers’ wagers on rising West Texas Intermediate crude prices are triple what they were at the end of 2015,…

The National Iranian Oil Company signed a memorandum of understanding with Tenco, a subsidiary of Khatam-al -Anbiya construction group, to study five gas and oilfields.

After an edgy 2015, marked by the historic nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the six world powers, Tehran hit the ground running last year as the nuclear deal came into force in mid-…

Adolescents who engaged in violent activities were more likely to have friends – and friends of friends – who had been violent, a new study shows.

“Violent acts tend to cluster through…

School counselors are vital for the education system. They help students in the areas of academic achievement, personal, social and career development; and ensure that students become productive…

Responding to public demands to house the homeless suffering due to the cold and inclement weather in Tehran, the Tehran Municipality and the State Welfare Organization have provided shelter to a…

Anti-narcotics police forces seized more than 2.5 tons of illicit drugs in an operation in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. Last week, specialized police forces in Nikshahr city…

In a meeting between Mohammadali Sobhan-Elahi, chancellor of Kharazmi University of Tehran, and Alaa Abdulhussein Abdulrasool, president of University of Baghdad (UoB) on Saturday, the two sides…

Around 27 teachers of a high school in Miyanroud County, Mazandaran Province, raised $6,000 ($240 million rials) to help construct a small house for the family of a 17-year-old student. The boy’s…

Over 137,000 single girls in the country are breadwinners for their families, said Habibollah Masoudi-Farid, deputy for social affairs at the State Welfare Organization. “There are more than 2.5…