The book ‘Half Man Horn’ written by Seyyed Ali Shojaee has been translated into Chinese and published in China while the German translation of his ‘What if the Snowman Won’t Melt?’ has been…

A painting exhibition of an overview on modern Iranian art opened on Friday in Tehran, featuring the works of veteran Iranian painter of Armenian descent Garnik Der Hacopian.

The exhibition…

With his sculpture exhibition ‘It Is Autumn’ Behdad Lahouti, 39, has tried to draw the attention of visitors to the less-noticed beauties of their surrounding world.

It is Lahouti’s 6th…

A machine-vision algorithm can tell a book’s genre by looking at its cover. This paves the way for ‘AI’ systems to design the covers themselves.

The idiom “never judge a book by its cover”…

There are currently 10 traditional medicine faculties at universities of medical sciences across the country, said Mahmoud Khodadoust, deputy health minister for traditional medicine. “Twenty more…

An estimated 600,000 Iranians suffer from Alzheimer’s, says Dr. Masoumeh Salehi, head of the Iran Alzheimer’s Association.

Given that there are about 23 million families in the country, it…

Obesity and overweight among Iranians often make headlines, with some news outlets calling the country one of the most obese, and others voicing concern over the future of the stout population.

Smartphones may be hurting sleep quality, a new study revealed.

Billions of people around the world use smartphones, and it is safe to say that more than half of them use phones in bed…

All physically challenged people will be issued an international ID card by mid 2017, according to the head of the State Welfare Organization.

On the occasion of International Street Vendors Day (observed globally on November 14), a specialized seminar will be held in Tehran on November 13 at Tehran University’s Social Sciences Campus.…

The rate of antibiotic abuse is unfortunately high in the country, said Dr Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Antibiotic misuse can make medicines ineffective…

A campaign aimed to raise public awareness on diabetes, its causes, and treatment was launched at Tehran’s Friday Prayers by a number of artists and well known artistic figures in the country on…

UN-sponsored talks between Greek and Turkish leaders in Switzerland have achieved significant progress. They will resume later this month with the aim of reaching a reunification deal before the…

Japan has signed a controversial deal to sell civil nuclear power equipment and technology to India, despite resistance from campaigners, as the two countries seek to boost business and…

A deadly explosion hit Bagram Airfield, the largest and main US military airbase in Afghanistan’s central Parwan Province on Saturday, the US military said.

The attack struck just…

Donald Trump’s election risks upsetting EU ties with the US “fundamentally and structurally”, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned.

“We will need to teach the president-…

Donald Trump shook up his White House transition team, putting running mate Mike Pence in charge and naming a cohort of Washington insiders—and three of his children—to help nail down picks for…

Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in “intense” fighting with militants in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city’s outskirts to flee the violence.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday it would need the UN mission in Syria to formally confirm its ability to deliver aid to eastern Aleppo before Moscow agreed to any new humanitarian…

The UN’s special advisor on preventing genocide, Adama Dieng, said he feared escalating ethnic violence in South Sudan, as the EU offered emergency aid for the swelling number of refugees on…

As uncertainty over a possible parliamentary clash on Brexit continues, some UK lawmakers said on Friday they would vote against a British withdrawal from the EU.

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group executed dozens more people in and around Mosul this week, UN human rights spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, said on Friday.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the central bank has almost reached its goals for maximum employment and price stability, strengthening the case for raising interest rates.

Iran has gained such great missile capabilities that enemies would not contemplate attacking the country, said the chairman of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said the UN agency's latest report once again confirms Iran's full commitment to its nuclear agreement with world powers.