A Cameroon train derailed on a busy route, killing at least 55 and injuring 575 people.

 The train was headed to the country’s commercial city of Douala from the capital, Yaounde. In a…

Beijing lashed out at the US after an American warship sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea, calling the US a “troublemaker”. Two Chinese warships warned the US destroyer to leave…

Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, gained on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among American voters this week, cutting her lead nearly in half, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling…

Two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old unarmed black man will not be disciplined, police in the US city Minneapolis say. Police say an internal probe found the…

Literary translator Abdollah Kowsari, 69, has brought out the Persian translation of five seminal works by Euripides (480-406 BC), a tragedian of classical Athens.

Kowsari’s book is titled…

A painting exhibition by Iranian artist Mehrdad Jamshidi featuring a selection of his realistic paintings opened at Shokouh Art Gallery in northern Tehran on  October 21.

It is the…

Several Iranian movies will be participating in international festivals across the globe including Tirana International Film Festival in Albania (TIFF), Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in…

Fifteen months since its inauguration, the Book Exchange Center in Tehran has received over 150,000 books, said its director, Mohammad Bahrinian.

Counterfeit scandals are all the rage - or at least, art authenticators and government agencies are getting better at spotting them. In light of this, the government in South Korea is taking steps…

Militants from Al-Nusra Front (now Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) and Ahrar ash-Sham terrorist groups are sabotaging UN efforts supported by Damascus and Moscow to deliver humanitarian aid to eastern…

The Turkish military said on Friday it had killed 12 Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey and another six in airstrikes in northern Iraq, while also targeting their allied fighters in northern…

Oil prices fell on Friday as a strong dollar made it more expensive to hold the dollar-denominated commodity, setting contracts up for the first weekly loss in five weeks.

Global benchmark…

A deputy foreign minister sounded a warning over the grave repercussions of the rapid spread of terrorism and extremism in the Middle East and North Africa for the Muslim world.

Addressing…

A Brazilian deputy foreign minister, in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, expressed the South American country’s readiness to contribute to the political settlement of crises in the Middle…

A UN official on Thursday discussed Tehran’s offer to supply humanitarian aid to Yemeni people who are facing a dire situation because of indiscriminate Saudi airstrikes.

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations held the Israeli regime responsible for the desperate plight of the Palestinian nation and exacerbation of tensions in the…

Iran strongly dismissed US accusations linking Tehran to alleged missile attacks on American warships in the Red Sea, denouncing the claims as "imaginary,…

A senior advisor to the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei discussed ways of improving bilateral cooperation in the campaign against terrorism in a meeting with Iraqi Prime…

At least three Iranian technicians were killed in a suicide attack by the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group near Iraq's Kirkuk. Iraqi sources said the attack took place in the early hours…

Nothing is holding back the banking system from financing small and medium-sized enterprises and by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2017, all production units will have sufficient…

Informatics Services Corporation, a leading developer of banking and payment solutions in Iran, has launched a formal bid to seek partnership with top payment solution suppliers to develop a…

Middle East Bank was ranked as the top Iranian bank in terms of taking anti-money laundering measures in the fiscal year that ended in March.

Western insurers are slowly reaching deals with Iran as they seek to reenter a multi-billion dollar market although the pace of business is hampered by banking restrictions ten months on from the…

The World Bank is raising its 2017 forecast for crude oil prices to $55 per barrel from $53 per barrel as members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries prepare to limit…

Saudi Arabia has sold billions worth of sovereign debt in its first global bond sale—the largest ever conducted by an emerging economy. The sale comes as Saudi Arabia’s budget is squeezed by low…