Nearly 60% of the households under the coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee are headed by women.

“The committee’s approach towards households under its coverage is to empower them…

The Ministry of Science and Technology is negotiating with municipalities to exempt all science and technology parks as well as knowledge-based companies from paying land tax.

The first wave of influenza usually appears early November in Iran. “As it takes 2 weeks for the body to develop immunity after vaccination, people should be administered the flu shot during…

Brazil’s government is considering waiving visas for tourists from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan, as part of an effort to make the country more appealing to international…

Restoration of historical sites and buildings in other countries whose history is linked to Iran has been suspended due to a lack of funds, announced a top official in Iran's Cultural Heritage,…

Egypt hopes to encourage tourists from new markets like China, Japan and Ukraine, a year after Russia and Britain suspended flights to the land of the pyramids, the country's tourism minister said…

Amid reports that occupancy rates at Trump Hotels have slipped this election season, the company has announced that new brand hotels will no longer bear the Trump name.

The newest line of…

After months of legal struggle, the height of two silos on the outskirts of the ruins of Persepolis and Naqsh-e-Rostam in Marvdasht, Fars Province, was reduced on Sunday.

To rally full-scale support from government officials to develop marine tourism, Iran's tourism authority has drafted an agreement to be signed by five ministries and the heads of 12 relevant…

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged foreign businesses in the Philippines worried about his deadly drug war to “pack up and leave”, as he launched another anti-American tirade before flying…

Four people have been killed on a ride at a theme park on Australia’s east coast, police and park officials say.

Two men and two women died in the Thunder River Rapids ride at DreamWorld on…

At least 59 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta and took hostages,…

Turkish media have reported an explosion in a parking lot in the resort city of Antalya. The city’s mayor, Menderes Turel, said 10 people were wounded outside the city’s chamber of commerce…

Amir Reza Koohestani’s newest play ‘The Case of Meursault’ is currently on stage at the Kammerspielen Theater in Munich, Germany.

Written and directed by Koohestani, the play is an…

‘Crossed Out Memories’, a 40-minute documentary on ‘anti-romantic’ Persian songs, will be screened at the 7th London Iranian Film Festival.

The festival runs from October 28-November 2,…

Seventeen plays attributed to William Shakespeare were written in collaboration with other playwrights, according to an edition of his works coming out this month that uses “big data” to reveal…

A special program of the Art and HIV/AIDS Exhibition is underway at Tehran’s Mellat Cineplex Gallery.

Iran exported about 7.2 million tons of non-oil goods worth $3 billion to Iraq during the first half of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20), registering a 3.3% decline in value…

Three French defense officials and two other people died when a surveillance plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Malta International Airport.

The light aircraft was setting off on a…

The self-styled Islamic State terrorist group expanded its attacks on Monday against Iraqi Army and Kurdish forces to relieve pressure on its militants confronting an offensive on Mosul, its last…

The leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales met British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday to discuss what part the three nations will play in the Brexit process, a thorny issue that…

First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri and Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Trade Mustafa Muhammad met in Tehran to discuss ways to remove banking obstacles existing due to the residual US economic…

Bank Melli Iran is planning to turn its branches in Germany and Iraq into bank subsidiaries, aiming to enhance performances of the branches in the two countries. BMI currently has subsidiaries in…

Since 2008, when the upheaval of the financial crisis descended on global markets, the International Monetary fund, among other global institutions, scrambled to help governments avert a more…

President Hassan Rouhani said his government is pursuing a policy mainly aimed at creating a business climate conducive to local and foreign investment.

"The government is moving toward…