Pakistan’s prime minister on Saturday picked Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa to replace outgoing army chief Raheel Sharif, a popular military leader credited for improving security and…

Norway’s Supreme Court has rejected Edward Snowden’s request to enter the country without the risk of being extradited to the US. He had hoped to receive an award for outstanding efforts for…

Former prime minister Francois Fillon looked on Friday to be in a strong position to claim his center-right party’s nomination to contest next year’s French presidential election as he and rival…

Lufthansa’s pilots’ union has said it rejected the airline’s latest pay offer, only hours after it was made. But the union added it has no plans now for further strikes beyond Saturday. The new…

Some two million people are expected to join nationwide protests in South Korea to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye, organizers say. They estimate 1.5 million will gather in Seoul…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of fabricating drug trafficking allegations against two nephews of his wife, Cilia Flores. A court in New York last week found Efrain…

While South Africa’s (Baa2 negative) government has consistently met its expenditure ceilings and is close to bringing the primary fiscal balance into surplus, low growth, revenue shortfalls and…

Greece’s bailout performance review is progressing well and its timely conclusion will be a key factor in including the country’s bonds in the ECB’s asset buying scheme, European Central Bank…

Finland may need to cut public spending by a further €1 to 2 billion next year, Finnish Finance Minister Petteri Orpo said on Saturday, Reuters reported. Orpo said in an interview with newspaper…

The International Monetary Fund said the Indonesian economy will remain stable in the medium term, and expects the country to be able to weather easily increasing uncertainties in the global…

Youth unemployment in Saudi Arabia is expected to increase from 33.5% last year to over 42% in 2030 as the Middle East continues to struggle to create enough jobs for its growing population,…

China’s economy remains steady this month even amid efforts to cool property markets, according to some of the earliest private economic indicators.

The UN Security Council’s five veto powers are close to approving new sanctions on North Korea to cut the isolated state’s earnings from exports by more than a quarter, principally by targeting…

Veteran documentarian and photographer Farshad Fadaian will participate in the Non-Competition section of Cinema Verite with three new films.

An exhibition of Persian calligraphies by two Iranian women artists Mitra Osanloo and her daughter Mehrafarin Akbari was held in Budapest, Hungary, last week.

The commemoration ceremony of the late Morteza Momayez (1935-2005), the renowned pioneer of graphic design in Iran, on the occasion of his 11th death anniversary was held at the Iranian Artists…

Iranian painter Azadeh Razaqdoust’s first solo exhibition in the UK is underway at Sophia Contemporary Gallery in Mayfair, London.

The exhibit presents 15 recent paintings by Razaqdoust,…

About 30% of Iranians are dealing with anxiety disorders, said the head of the third International Anxiety Congress. “A pilot program to reduce and eliminate anxiety in the society is underway by…

Data released by the Tehran-based University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in 2016, shows that 36% of children working in the capital are Afghan nationals.

Education is a…

The State Welfare Organization has launched a program to house the homeless in Tehran city overnight during the cold seasons. “Under the program night and day shelters to people without homes will…

The Food and Drug Administration is executing a protocol which obliges domestic and imported personal care consumer goods (toiletries) to patch tests for safety and dermatitis. “About 50% of all…

The first phase of a plan to augment household food security in seven provinces will be implemented in Chabahar city in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan from early December, said Zahra…

Interested in becoming a better parent? There’s an app for that. And, according to an Oxford University study of families who downloaded the games designed to encourage child development, it works…

Iranian entrepreneur Fatemeh Moqimi was announced winner of the 1st Asia-Pacific Women Entrepreneur Award by the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI).

Over the past week, emergency aid has been provided by the Iranian Red Crescent Society to people trapped in heavy snow and blizzard in 13 provinces across the country. “A total of 11,400 people…