Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described his country’s airstrikes in Syria as “limited” on Thursday. The comments came during a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Australia’s approach toward migrants who arrive by boat has damaged the country’s human rights record, a UN special rapporteur has said. He also voiced concern that xenophobia and hate speech are…

Social scientists believe that imprisonment should be the last resort while dealing with several types of crimes and offences.

In many cases equally effective alternative options to…

The newly appointed Minister of Sports and Youths Affairs, Masoud Soltanifar, who took office in early November, has pledged to win the trust of the young generation and elicit their active…

The number of active rare blood donors has reached 1,000 at the national database of Immunohematology Reference Laboratory at the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization, said laboratory director Dr.…

Funding for phase one of pilot deployments of the world’s first malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa has been secured and immunization campaigns will begin in 2018, the World Health Organization…

According to figures released in 2013, from among 530,000 classrooms in the country, 211,000 (nearly 40%) didn’t have safe heating systems.

The incidence rate of cancer peaked to 14 million in 2012 from 10 million in 2000, and it is estimated to increase to 25 million by 2030, said Iraj Harirchi, the spokesperson for the Health…

During the last seven months of the current year (started March 20), 550 earthquakes were registered in the country. According to a recent study conducted by the Crisis Management Organization,…

South Korea has confirmed the country’s first outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus and has ramped up quarantine measures in response, agriculture ministry officials said on…

Plans are underway by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to launch a regular tour of Tehran’s attractions on double-decker buses.

The buses will travel regularly…

A world heritage site and home to the planet’s hottest location, Lut Desert has all the makings of a top attraction, but why is it not one?

According to Iran’s top tourism official, it is…

European Union states agreed on Thursday to waive visas for Ukrainians on short visits, but only after the bloc beefs up a mechanism to suspend visa-free agreements in an emergency.

A travel survey, taken prior to the US presidential election last Tuesday, predicted that 1 million British tourists would lose interest in travel to America were Donald Trump elected as president…

Airbnb launched a new program on Thursday called Trips to transform itself into a travel company, marking the most significant expansion since the company was founded eight years ago as a home-…

Profitability, restrictions and land prices are said to be the main concerns of foreign investors seeking to build hotels in Iran, according to a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries,…

Iran’s leading ride-hailing app, Snapp (formally TaxiYaab), co-owned by Germany’s Rocket Internet and MTN-Irancell through its holding company, Iran Internet Group, is getting mixed reviews from…

The second festival and innovation competition in biological engineering will be hosted by Royan Institute. Scheduled for January 16 to 18 inTehran, the event looks to present the best ideas that…

Telecommunications Infrastructure Company of Iran, a state-owned agency in charge of expanding the country’s telecoms industry, is to be reformed.

Affiliated to the Ministry of…

The International Telecoms Union’s Telecom World 2016 was held in Bangkok from November 14 to 17.

On the sidelines of the event, Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology…

Acer has presented its Swift 7 laptop for sale.

The launch announcement for this laptop managed to grab eyeballs from across the world, as the company claimed that it is the world’s…

Master Ebrahim Pourdavoud and Iranology’, a book by literary researcher Houshang Abbasi, 62, has been brought out by Tehran-based Avaye Kelar Publications.

A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a US auction on Wednesday for $850,000.

The two-foot (61 cm) square slab of…

Veteran actor, writer and theater director Jafar Vali, 83, is staging a play about the last day of two old men.

‘Whisper in My Sound Ear’  was scheduled for November and December, but…

The Iranian movie ‘Cyanide’ directed by Behrouz Shoaibi has started screening in Vancouver since November 16.

The political drama has been received well by the public in Iran and taken in…