Young adults who are involved in bullying, whether victims or perpetrators, are more likely to express the desire for cosmetic surgery in order to become more attractive, says a new study,…
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In a meeting between Syria’s Social Affairs and Labor Minister Rima al-Qadiri and Iran’s Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi, the two sides expressed hope that…
Electronic health files have been created for 60%-70% of the people in every province on average, according to deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi.
A critically endangered black rhino calf born at Australia’s Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo has already captured the hearts of zookeepers.
The 30-kilogram female bub, who is yet to be…
A high-level climate change conference will be held at Tehran’s Pardisan Park where the main office of the Department of Environment is located. EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy…
A little more than a year after being named Brazil’s deforestation “sheriff”, Thelma Krug has reportedly been fired after a dispute over how trends in forest destruction are monitored in the…
More than 70% of Tehran’s wastewater are untreated, according to the head of Tehran’s office of the Department of Environment.
Under the wastewater network development project, 22 sewage…
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that ExxonMobil Corp should pay a $19.95 million penalty for pollution from its Baytown, Texas, refining and chemical plant complex between 2005 and 2013 in what…
A porcupine in Kousalan and Shahou Protected Area, which was attacked and badly injured by a predator, was treated by environment officials in Sarvabad County, Kurdestan Province. Porcupine is a…
Two universities in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will add Urdu and Farsi (Persian) to their undergraduate curriculum. The Shihezi University and Xinjiang Normal University based in…
More Youth Houses will be inaugurated during the National Youth Week (May 28-June 3). The occasion presents a chance for activities across the country directed at the young population, and also…
An earthquake measuring 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the southern part of Chabahar County in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, early Friday. According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran…
The 200-bed Imam Hussein hospital will open in Mohammadshahr city in Alborz Province by the end of May, said Behzad Kalantari, deputy of treatment at Alborz University of Medical Sciences.…
There are 360,000 Afghan students studying in schools and 18,000 in universities across Iran, said Ahmad Mohammadi-Far, head of the Interior Ministry’s Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants (…
Nearly 18,000 patrons so far have contributed more than $62,500 to the so-called ‘Arghavan Campaign’ in financial assistance to help women serving prison terms for unintentional money-related…
Establishment of LDR (labor-delivery-recovery) rooms in hospitals for the first time is one of the achievements of the 2014 Health Reform Plan under the outgoing Rouhani administration.
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Drinking more than three cups of Italian-style coffee daily could more than halve the risk of developing prostate cancer, says new research from an analysis of almost 7,000 men from Italy - a…
The government has instructed five ministries and Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to form a taskforce whose sole responsibility is to ensure Tabriz’s hospitality…
The once obscure and unassuming area of Chernobyl in a remote northern corner of Ukraine has become synonymous with the worst-case scenario in a nuclear accident.
Until the 2011 Fukushima…
It took a viral video showing the violent removal of a bloodied passenger from one of its flights to do it, but United Airlines is trying to improve its customer service.
The US airline…
Australian budget airline Jetstar has ranked last in a new survey of more than 100 airlines.
A new global study has found Jetstar to be the worst performing overall, according to more than…
A health tourism development project is set to be piloted in Kermanshah Province in cooperation with the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organization.
Tourists are returning to Nepal, two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands. The earthquake in Nepal that killed 9,000 people two years ago didn’t just devastate communities, but…
The Health Ministry has developed plans to prevent food insecurity in provinces that are struggling with drought for several years in a row such as Sistan-Baluchestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad,…
The number of female village chiefs has increased significantly over the past four years and after the present (outgoing) government took office in the summer of 2013.
“Female village…
