The construction of a floating five-star hotel with 100 suites has started in Bushehr to boost the province’s tourism facilities.

The first phase of Bushehr Tourism Village is underway…

The management rights of Vakil Bazaar in Kerman Province has been transferred back to the Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places after the private company that had leased the…

Passengers on a Sunday afternoon Aeromexico flight in Mexico were shocked to see a strange passenger. The greenish serpent slithered into the cabin mid-flight, forcing an impromptu landing of…

Some 5.9 million Iranians played Clash of Clans in the last Iranian year (ended March 19, 2016), a new survey published by Iran’s Digital Games Research Center, known as DIREC, showed.

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Iran’s Higher Council for Science and Technology is currently holding a joint meeting with the Austrian Institute of Technology in Tehran for cooperation in scientific and technological fields.…

Researchers at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, the largest research university in northeastern Iran, have developed a mobile application for simulating nanotubes. One of the PhD students at…

State broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting has filed a lawsuit against Iran’s largest online video hosting website Aparat.

The move is part of a wider crackdown by IRIB that…

Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi met with his Iraqi counterpart in the Iranian capital on November 8, according to tech sources in Tehran.

Iraq’s…

The Philippines’ Supreme Court has voted to allow the body of former leader, Ferdinand Marcos, to be moved to the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila.  The decision follows months of protests, with…

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday she will withdraw her nominee for prime minister if parliament recommends a candidate and is willing to let the new premier control the Cabinet…

Thailand’s military government will submit a constitution for royal endorsement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said, a step that should pave the way for a general election in 2017.…

At least 25 soldiers died in weekend fighting between rival Puntland and Galmudug regional forces in the divided Somali town of Galkayo, military officials on both sides said on Monday.

The United States is prepared to carry out more airstrikes against the self-styled Islamic State terrorists in Sirte if requested by Libya’s UN-backed government, even though the militant group no…

Israel formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris later this year, saying it was a distraction from the goal of direct negotiations with the…

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has overwhelmingly won reelection to a third consecutive term as voters cheered in the streets and overlooked criticism that he is installing a family…

A mass grave containing 100 decapitated bodies has been discovered inside a school south of the city of Mosul held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, according to the Iraqi military…

A collection of exquisite men’s rings will be showcased at Mess Negar Gallery in Tehran.

With a mission to introduce and promote Iranian handicraft, the gallery is holding a week-long…

A work by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch will highlight Sotheby’s fall auction of impressionist and modern art.

The auction house expects the painting ‘Girls on the Bridge’ to sell for more…

The 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) was officially inaugurated at Charsou Cineplex in downtown Tehran, on Tuesday, November 8.

According to the festival website, the…

Three decades after his play was shelved due to an aerial attack by Iraq, Iranian actor and theater director Akbar Zanjanpour plans to restage it at the same venue.

Two Iranian documentaries are present in the international competition section of the 35th Jean Rouch International Film Festival in Paris.

Euler Hermes, Germany’s export credit agency, has recently issued an 18-million-euro coverage for trade with Iran, which marks the German insurer’s first coverage after the lifting of the…

Oil investors are growing more doubtful that OPEC can seal a deal.

Yemen's 20-month war has killed more than 7,000 people and wounded nearly 37,000, the World Health Organization said, as the UN envoy voiced alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation.

More than 1 million tons of pomegranates are estimated to be produced in the current Iranian year (started March 20) from 94,000 hectares of orchards allocated for the fruit’s cultivation in Iran…