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US President Donald Trump wants to trash the previous administration's rules to limit water pollution from coal-fired power plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency's administrator announced…

Recent reported sightings of the Tasmanian tiger have provided enough incentive for scientists to conduct a search for the animals.

The last thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger…

The extent to which climate change impacts the vital marine food web, which feeds the already pressured global fisheries, is revealed through a new study.

In the first phase of the children’s immunization program for refugees, 20,000 Afghan children under five years of age were given vaccine for poliomyelitis.

 Big or tall women are nearly three times as likely to develop the dangerous irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation than smaller women, a preliminary study says.

The…

The latest national census by the Statistical Center of Iran indicates that the country’s population is below 80 million, standing at 79,926,270, with 51% men and 49% women. The overall number of…

Although restoration of the Grand Bazaar in downtown Tehran to enhance safety of the 114-hectare historical market began in mid-2015, it only gathered pace since the beginning of the new fiscal…

Tehran-Karaj Metro Line 5 will be closed on Fridays until September 22 for reinforcement operations at the subway stations, said Ehsan Moqaddam, director of public relations at Tehran Urban and…

A pilot plan to upgrade informal settlements has been developed and will be implemented soon in three cities, Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan, Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi, and Ahvaz in Khuzestan…

Narges Kalbasi-Ashtari, a young Iranian charity worker who was entangled in a criminal case in India since 2014, is now back home after being exonerated by an Indian appeals court last month.

The minimum monthly social pension set by the government in the present fiscal (started March 21) for needy families covered by the State Welfare Organization, is as follows: 16% of the minimum…

After a dramatic downturn in visitors to the French capital over the past two years, Paris attracted as many tourists at the end of 2016 as it did before the wave of deadly terrorist attacks that…

Some 530 ecotourism schemes have been implemented since the current administration took office in 2013, the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.

Chinese travelers venturing abroad spent $261 billion on foreign travel in 2016, a 12% increase over 2015, which represents a new record for global outbound tourist spending.

Around 50,000 airline passengers a year are bumped off British flights, many of which have been deliberately overbooked, according to the aviation watchdog.

Paying customers can be forced…

After over a decade, Iran's campaign to bring the quality of hotels up to global standards is still a matter of dispute between hoteliers and tourism authorities.

Hotel owners complain…

Oman’s Ministry of Tourism has signed agreements with Iran, China and Russia to speed up visa processes, an official said in a presentation made at Get Connected, a forum held to promote tourism…

Eating fresh fruit and vegetables is good for health. However, people diagnosed with diabetes may avoid fruit due to its high sugar content. But new research investigates the health benefits…

Health Minister Hassan Qazdizadeh Hashemi singled out the state-owned radio and TV broadcaster last week for failing to raise awareness on important health issues in an effective and timely manner…

Drug deaddiction centers have opened in six pediatric hospitals across the country for children and adolescents, said the deputy head of the Health Ministry’s Mental and Social Health Office. “The…

Iranian Researchers at Arak University, in Markazi Province, have produced a type of nanocomposite hydrogel (NC gel) with self-healing properties that can be used in cancer treatment procedures. “…

Around 60-70 schools were damaged (10%-100%) in the quake-hit regions of the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province, said Mansour Mojaveri, director general for planning and budget at the Education…

Four new subway stations will open in late April as part of the first phase of the inauguration of Metro Line 7, said Maziar Hosseini, traffic deputy of Tehran Municipality (TM). “The four…

While the number of illiterate people in Iran is decreasing, however ‘low literacy’ continues to be a persistent problem among adults, a factor that can be considered as detrimental as illiteracy…

New research suggests California’s weather is defying the odds.

Meteorologists expected precipitation debts accrued during California’s historic drought to last decades, but a new analysis…