Students at Sharif University of Technology ranked first in the 18th round of Tehran ACM ICPC 2016, a five-hour programming competition.

The student teams competed to solve 12 programming…

The 22nd round of the International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer and E-Commerce (Elecomp 2016) was held Dec. 15-18 in Tehran. One major attraction was the sector named Elecom Stars that…

Expressing disappointment over India not being part of the global pact to reduce emission in the aviation sector, global airlines grouping IATA has said it will be a "major concern" for Indian…

Foreign and private sector investors who put their money in Iranian historical buildings can get 100% tax exemption for five to 13 years, based on the scale and location of the project, said the…

About 190 billion rials ($4.7 million) have been allocated to key tourism projects in Bushehr Province to help develop the southwestern province's infrastructure and, by extension, realize Iran's…

Pana, a travel companion that organizes your plans and sends personalized trip alerts, is now making its app free to challenge rivals like TripIt, Google Trips and others.

During the first meeting of the workgroup that surveyed rural tourism schemes, 42 projects in 16 provinces managed to gain the final approval, paving the way for their implementation.

The changes in Iran's political ties with neighboring countries over the past year has negatively affected the country's inbound tourism during the first half of the current Iranian year (started…

The world is on high alert, as armed security forces patrol Christmas markets after four atrocities left 15 dead in one day.

Ankara, Berlin and Zurich have all been targeted in a series of…

Rosneft's plans for next year allow it to be flexible with production volumes, Russia's top oil producer said on Saturday, after Moscow clinched a deal with OPEC to cut production to bolster weak…

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building.

The Saudi-led coalition used Brazil-made rockets containing banned cluster munitions when it targeted two schools in the northern Yemeni city of Saada earlier this month. According to the rights…

Lawmakers have obligated the Central Insurance of Iran, the industry’s regulator, to take measures for increasing the insurance penetration rate to 7% by the end of the sixth five-year development…

The Central Bank of Iran, in a statement on Saturday, informed businesses to approach the banking system for purchasing foreign exchange.  

“Back in July, the banking system was…

The Central Bank of Iran has issued formal warnings to 10 banks for violating interest rates set by the Money and Credit Council, the bank’s deputy for supervisory affairs announced.

Iran's sovereign state fund is ready to bankroll projects involving the export of goods and techno-engineering services to Latin American countries, announced the fund's director.

New Zealand’s economy surged ahead in the third quarter as consumers spent lavishly while homebuilding and tourism boomed, cementing expectations the country’s central bank was done cutting…

India’s growth is expected to largely remain unchanged at 7.1% in the coming year and will rise sharply to 7.7% in 2018, says a report, NDTV reported. According to the Japanese brokerage firm,…

Kenyan growth eased in the third quarter of 2016 due to a slowdown in most sectors, especially agriculture, the statistics body said, AllAfrica reported. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics…

The European Central Bank has forecast that the Irish economy will grow by 3.3% next year, Business World reported. In its latest economic projections, the ECB also said that inflation here would…

The Philippines’ central bank has kept borrowing rate on hold on strong growth and low inflation. The bank saw no reason to alter monetary policy settings at its meeting, its first since the…

Kuwait’s foreign trade surplus shrank 20% from a year earlier to KD1.39 billion ($4.56 billion) in the third quarter of 2016, data from the Central Statistical Bureau shows.

However, the…

Improving confidence proved Eurozone's resilience after political events since the summer. Data so far also suggests a slightly more optimistic outlook for coming months supported by export orders…

Investment banking deal volumes in Russia rose almost 50% in 2016, with domestic advisers leading the charge, but continued sanctions and the economic contraction mean the industry remained a…

The Central Securities Depository of Iran issued 23 codes for foreigners to trade in Iran’s equity market during the Iranian month ending December 20, bringing the total number of foreign traders…