‘Richard III Will Not Take Place,’ a play written by Paris-based Romanian-French playwright, poet and journalist Matei Visniec, 60, is underway at Mowlavi Theater in Tehran.

It opened on…

Well-known Bollywood actress Dia Mirza who has starred in the movie ‘Salaam Mumbai’ in the lead role next to Iranian actor Mohammad Reza Golzar arrives in Tehran today.

The Indo-Iranian…

Iranian pop singer, songwriter and composer Reza Sadeghi will take his European concert tour to Sweden, Germany and the UK in February 2017.

Sadeghi will perform in Hamburg, Germany, on…

Graphic designer and illustrator Narges Zayyani, 31, has collected 95 of her book cover designs for an upcoming solo exhibition in Tehran.

The exhibition titled ‘Chehregan’ (Visages) will…

‘Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels: A History of Graphic Narratives,’ an exploratory book on the origins of comics and graphic novels, has been translated into Persian by Mehrdad Garousi.

Choi Soon-sil, the jailed confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye denied on the first day of her trial on Monday that she used her ties to Park to extort money from big…

Jordanian security forces said they killed four “terrorist outlaws” after flushing them out of a castle in the southern city of Karak where they had holed up after a shootout that killed nine…

President-elect Donald Trump has received a majority in the US Electoral College, as votes from Texas electors put him over the 270 threshold. Monday’s result confirmed as expected Trump’s…

A man burst into a Muslim prayer hall in the Swiss city of Zurich on Monday and started shooting, injuring three men, according to police, who have launched a manhunt for the shooter.

Turkish police detained six people over the killing of the Russian ambassador, state media said on Tuesday, widening a probe to relatives of the off-duty policeman who shouted “Don’t forget Aleppo…

A lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more in what police said was a suspected terror attack.

Iranian government has proposed the allocation of 4.7 trillion rials ($145.8 million) for upgrading informal settlements on the outskirts of urban areas in the annual budget for 2017-18, said…

Iran’s economy is looking ahead to 2017 with both big prospects and hefty challenges in store.

The Central Bank of Iran is planning to launch a new regulatory body specifically for fintech firms, a CBI official announced on Sunday.

Lawmakers on Monday approved a proposal that allows for attracting an average of $30 billion in foreign direct investment annually.

The proposal aims to lift Iran’s GDP growth to an annual…

Lebanon acquired a new 30-minister government led by Saad al-Hariri, bringing together the entire political spectrum except for the Christian Phalangist party that rejected the portfolio it was…

An ambassadorial meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, the third meeting this year, has begun in Brussels.

According to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the parties will discuss a…

The US Electoral College is expected on Monday to officially select Donald Trump as the next president in a vote that is usually routine, but takes place this year amid allegations of Russian…

Iranian steelmakers are missing out on one of the most accessible and lucrative steel markets in the region: the $5 billion market in Iraq.

Iraq has been rebuilding its infrastructure ever…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 295.90 points or 0.37% to end Monday trade at 80,413.1.

More than 800 million shares valued at $38.5 million changed hands for the day.

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Close to 260 development projects with a budget allocation of 163 trillion rials (about $4.14 billion at market exchange rate) are currently under construction, the deputy minister of roads and…

Iran has finalized an agreement with Airbus to acquire 100 jetliners, the first of which is expected to be delivered in mid-January, Iran's deputy roads and urban development minister, Asghar…

Etihad Airways is cutting down its workforce as part of a restructuring scheme amid the current economic conditions, a spokesperson confirmed on Monday, Arabian Business reported. The Abu Dhabi-…

Royal Bank of Scotland says Scotland’s economy continues to improve, apart from the oil and gas downturn-hit north-east, energyvoice reported. In its latest quarterly Business Monitor, the…

The World Bank has upgraded its outlook on the Philippines over the next two years as the country’s economy emerged as one of Asia’s fastest growing, AsiaFirst reported. The World Bank now expects…