The government's 2013 directive, which restricted all exploitation of northern forests to broken and fallen trees, appears to have finally taken effect following a letter from the agriculture…

The Majlis Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Commission has called on all environmental experts to collaborate with the authorities to improve the Clean Air Bill and increase its chances of…

A five-volume atlas of vertebrate animals in Iran was unveiled on Saturday in Pardisan Park, where the Department of Environment is located, to familiarize people with basic knowledge of animals…

A senior environment official has denied a recent report that the Department of Environment has approved a controversial plan to turn Ashouradeh Island in the Caspian Sea into a holiday resort.

China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he will allow the country's ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, after initially opposing the idea.

Duterte said he…

Speculations are rampant that Fiat will announce signing a contract with a local company at the upcoming International Conference of Iran’s Auto Industry in February, according to sources in…

The production of SAIPA’s Pride and Iran Khodro’s Peugeot 405 will stop by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017), said a top advisor of the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade…

Opel will launch its biggest product offensive to date with seven new models, including a successor to its Meriva minivan called Crossland X.

Citroen’s C-Elysee sedan and its carbon-copy Peugeot 301 have both received a facelift for 2017. According to Car News China, the new models, which are expected to arrive in the Iranian market in…

Floods in Vietnam’s central, central highland and southern provinces have left 15 people dead and six missing and displaced thousands, the Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control…

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked a town in the northeast of Mosul held by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group on Monday, trying to clear a pocket of militants outside the city…

The FBI lifted the threat that Hillary Clinton could face charges over her emails, leaving White House rival Donald Trump to demand that US voters punish her at the ballot box.

With just…

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, once seen as the frontrunner to become the next president of South Korea if he decides to run, has slipped to second place in public support amid a political…

PM Theresa May said her government will stick to the Brexit plan despite a court ruling allowing parliamentarians to vote on when to start talks.

May said on Sunday that she valued the…

A solo exhibition of calligraphy paintings by the renowned Iranian artist Ali Shirazi is underway at Abaci Sanat Gallery in Istanbul.

The exhibit presents contemporary Persian art of…

Leading authors have joined activists marching in protest against wide-ranging cuts to cultural services including, libraries, museums and galleries.

The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT), affiliated to Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) has completed the first stage of an…

The current tide of information via social networks will ultimately “drain away,” media expert Bijan Moqaddam predicts.

When a new phenomenon emerges in the market, people start to wonder…

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday appointed Zahra Ahmadipour to helm Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, making her the first woman to head the organization.…

US-backed militants said on Sunday they were launching an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group.

Banks doled out 2.2 quadrillion rials ($73.2 billion) in loans during the first half of the Iranian fiscal year that ended  September 21, marking 45.4% growth compared to the same period last…

For a half decade after 2007, writing or speaking about the Irish economy was a grim task; it was always to be the bearer of bad news.

From 2012, however, things were different. The…

Australia could be stripped of its top credit score by S&P Global Ratings as early as next month if the government’s interim budget review shows further deterioration, according to BlackRock…

Investments in Brazil fell by 10.6% in September compared to the same period of the previous year and thus accumulated three consecutive months of regression, the Institute of Applied Economic…