The Fourth International Mines and Mining Industries Congress and the Sixth Iranian Mining Engineering Conference will be held simultaneously in Tehran on November 7-9.

The eighth meeting of Iran-Russia Comprehensive Transport Committee concludes in Tehran on Wednesday. During the three-day event, transport executives and officials from the two countries…

The wheat planting season began in mid September and from the 5.75 million hectares of land designated this year for wheat farming, so far 2.64 million hectares have gone under the cultivation of…

After a year of disappointment, European businesses are hoping a victory for Hillary Clinton in the US election next week may help break the logjam that has prevented large-scale western…

Iranian and Chinese customs officials finalized negotiations on a cooperation agreement based on which China will be shipping its goods to Iranian ports from where they will be transited to Europe…

Iran has signed a €104 million contract with a German company for the development of Shahid Rajaei Port in the southern Hormozgan Province, deputy minister of roads and urban development, Mohammad…

Iran exported 4.2 million tons of non-oil goods worth $2.1 billion to South Korea during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20). The export value for last year’s…

More than 62 million square meters of tiles and ceramics worth over $169.7 million were exported during the first half of the current fiscal year (started March 20), according to the Ministry of…

At a delicatessen counter in eastern Caracas, Humberto Gonzalez removes slices of salty white cheese from his scale and replaces them with a stack of bolivar notes handed over by his customer. The…

Growth in India’s manufacturing activity touched a 22-month high in October with a stronger rise in new orders as well as output, the widely tracked Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers…

A lawmaker has urged the financial regulator to make it easier for stockbrokers to open accounts online for mainland customers and to allow them to conduct asset management business, in a bid to…

The Reserve Bank is more hawkish about the economy and inflation in its latest rates decision, indicating interest rates may have bottomed out, economists say.

The RBA left the cash rate at…

Fresh data seem to suggest the US economy is revving up, with growth rising at its fastest pace in two years. Yet a deeper look at the numbers reveals that strength may be overstated. Worse, that…

The Bank of Japan held off on expanding stimulus on Tuesday despite once again pushing back the timing for hitting its inflation target, signaling that it will keep policy unchanged unless a…

Denmark may not be the first country you would think of when assessing the impact of Brexit, but the Nordic economy is already suffering from the fall of the British pound, analysts say.

Iranians spend 4.5% of their annual earnings on beauty products, three times more than their European counterparts, as per official statistics. The Germans spend 1.5% and the French and British 1.…

Over one million people in low and middle-income countries have been treated with a revolutionary new cure for hepatitis C since its introduction two years ago.

Currently, 4.2-4.4 % of children under the age of five in the country suffer from marasmus, a form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency.  “The figure has been reduced…

An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale on Tuesday jolted Murmuri in Abdanan County, Ilam Province in southwestern Iran. There was no report of casualties or damages.

A day earlier…

An Iranian freighter carrying humanitarian aid to the people of Yemen has arrived in the impoverished Arab country, said Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziaee, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS),…

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is relatively low in Iran according to the population-based epidemiological studies, and the country also has the lowest prevalence rate of…

Having friends is known to be good for our psychological well-being and overall health, but a new study suggests it might not just be offline relationships that contribute to good health. Online…

The highly anticipated World Travel Market London, a leading industry exhibition, will return for its 2016 edition on November 7 with the promise of even more business than last year’s record $3.…

The number of private museums in Iran is surpassing that of state-run museums, having doubled to 66 in less than four years.

The Ile-de-France region, which includes the capital Paris, has suffered a major blow to its tourism over the past year. Its president hopes to rectify this with a series of new initiatives from…