Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that this week's Mideast peace talks as well as Israel itself were 'doomed to collapse' as millions of Iranians were expected to turn out for state-organised anti-Israel...

Compiled by Davood Baqeri Millions of Iranians and supporters of Palestinians in other countries marked the International Qods Day on Friday. Rallies were held in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and...

Compiled by Davood Baqeri Millions of Iranians and supporters of Palestinians in other countries marked the International Qods Day on Friday. Rallies were held in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and...

A team of 86 global scientists have sequenced the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time. The DNA breakthrough could result in new and improved apple varieties which are...

Population of the rare Persian yellow deer, which has been recognized as a highly endangered species, is gradually increasing in Miankotal, Fars province. Husseinali Ebrahimi, head of province’s...

Explosions killed at least 44 members of Pakistan's minority religious communities on Friday, driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding. A blast at...

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Friday said the government will continue to assist the flood-stricken people and government of Pakistan. Najjar, who arrived in Islamabad on Thursday to...

Compiled by Mohammad Fazaeli The Joint Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said Israel in its entirety is within the range of Iran’s military target. Speaking to...

Several mild tremors jolted parts in the southern regions on Friday and the biggest measured 3.2 on the Richter scale near the city of Grash in southern Fars province. The Seismological Center of...

Compiled by Mohammad Fazaeli The Joint Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said Israel in its entirety is within the range of Iran’s military target. Speaking to...

Compiled by Mohammad Fazaeli The Joint Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said Israel in its entirety is within the range of Iran’s military target. Speaking to...

Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Friday said the government will continue to assist the flood-stricken people and government of Pakistan. Najjar, who arrived in Islamabad on Thursday to...

Basij students unveiled two new video games depicting Israeli “crimes” on Thursday, on the eve of annual Palestinian solidarity rallies. One of the games, dubbed “Assault on Freedom Convoy,”...

The Netherlands Iranian Business Association (NIBA) has criticized the new European Union sanctions against Iran which aim to target the Islamic Republic’s foreign trade, financial services and...

Iranian and Chinese officials have stressed the need for the establishment of a joint investment committee in an effort to expand relations, a report said. “The two sides need to define mechanisms...

Iranian and Chinese officials have stressed the need for the establishment of a joint investment committee in an effort to expand relations, a report said. “The two sides need to define mechanisms...

Iranian and Chinese officials have stressed the need for the establishment of a joint investment committee in an effort to expand relations, a report said. “The two sides need to define mechanisms...

Iran imported more than €1.8 worth of goods from Germany in the first half of the current year, showing a significant increase comparing to the corresponding figure of the last year. The total...

Iranian and Chinese officials have stressed the need for the establishment of a joint investment committee in an effort to expand relations, a report said. “The two sides need to define mechanisms...

The soaring cost of wheat in July and August, pushed international food prices to their highest peak since September 2008 and the fast price rise is cause for concern for poorer regions around the...

Bahrain’s Oil Minister Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza in a meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined his country’s resolve to implement all bilateral agreements in the key energy sector....

The soaring cost of wheat in July and August, pushed international food prices to their highest peak since September 2008 and the fast price rise is cause for concern for poorer regions around the...

BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was two weeks away from sealing the well for good. BP also indicated that there...

The soaring cost of wheat in July and August, pushed international food prices to their highest peak since September 2008 and the fast price rise is cause for concern for poorer regions around the...

Iranian handicraftsmen will take part in five international exhibitions. Tahmineh Daniali, deputy head of Traditional Arts and Handicrafts, told IRIB the craftsmen will take part in Iran’s...

Afghanistan’s northeastern jewel is the war-ravaged country’s best hope for reviving a tourism industry that was a hippy trail fixture during the sixties, when westerners came to hang out near...

The figures are staggering: the Australian Museum in Sydney is home to 300,000 insects, 140,000 of which do not even have names; there are 60,000 items in the Pacific collections and a further 70,000...

No, people with obsessive behavior are not crazy. They are fully aware of the excessiveness of their behavior and thoughts. In order to lessen obsessive behavior you must first understand it. Have...

India has retained its second position in originating spam, accounting for about 12.55 percent of the global junk mails sent in July, even after reducing the number of mails sent, says a study. ...

Gergean is a traditional festival that has its roots in many Persian Gulf countries. It is an opportunity for parents to show how proud they are of their children for fasting during the holy month of...

Gergean is a traditional festival that has its roots in many Persian Gulf countries. It is an opportunity for parents to show how proud they are of their children for fasting during the holy month of...

China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, as they try to boost efforts to save the endangered species. The zone will straddle China’s...

Gergean is a traditional festival that has its roots in many Persian Gulf countries. It is an opportunity for parents to show how proud they are of their children for fasting during the holy month of...

They swerve onto sidewalks, zip between traffic and dart up the wrong way, sometimes with entire families piled on top of their motorcycle taxis, adding to the chaos of this African mega-city. Now...

A team of 86 global scientists have sequenced the genetic code of the Golden Delicious apple for the first time. The DNA breakthrough could result in new and improved apple varieties which are...

Patients who undergo major hospital operations could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists believe. Tests carried out on mice have revealed changes in their brains,...

Patients who undergo major hospital operations could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists believe. Tests carried out on mice have revealed changes in their brains,...

Patients who undergo major hospital operations could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists believe. Tests carried out on mice have revealed changes in their brains,...

Patients who undergo major hospital operations could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, scientists believe. Tests carried out on mice have revealed changes in their brains,...

A lot of deaf people learn to read lips, but that’s got to be a tough learning curve, with inexact results at best. Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply give the hearing impaired a written...

Israel carries out an incursion into the Gaza Strip on the first day of the renewed reconciliation talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). “Few hours ago, Israeli tanks and...

Israel carries out an incursion into the Gaza Strip on the first day of the renewed reconciliation talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). “Few hours ago, Israeli tanks and...

Israel carries out an incursion into the Gaza Strip on the first day of the renewed reconciliation talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). “Few hours ago, Israeli tanks and...

Israel carries out an incursion into the Gaza Strip on the first day of the renewed reconciliation talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority (PA). “Few hours ago, Israeli tanks and...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the US counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province. Gates toured US bases and met with troops...

Authorities in the Philippines have begun a three-day inquiry into a botched hostage rescue operation in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the capital, Manila. Leila de Lima, the...

Mexican army killed at least 25 suspected cartel members in a raid and gun battle in a Mexican state near the US border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country’s drug...

Authorities in the Philippines have begun a three-day inquiry into a botched hostage rescue operation in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the capital, Manila. Leila de Lima, the...

Six recruiters were accused of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking...

Mexican army killed at least 25 suspected cartel members in a raid and gun battle in a Mexican state near the US border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country’s drug...