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The Egyptian minister for tourism expects that improvement to airport security will mean the flight ban to Sharm el Sheikh will soon be lifted.

Egypt has introduced extra CCTV cameras and…

The US announced Thursday that it has begun applying controversial new visa restrictions on foreigners who have traveled to or are dual nationals of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Sudan.

Oman plans to establish its first budget airline to boost tourism as the plunge in global oil prices encourages the country to diversify its economy.

Iran Air, the national flag carrier, has gradually resumed refueling at airports in western Europe following the lifting of international sanctions on January 16.

Aviation Iran reports Iran…

Iranian delegates to Fitur 2016, one of the world’s most reputable tourism fairs, will strive to put a permanent end to Iranophobia and present a more realistic image of the country, local …

The State Welfare Organization will launch a ‘children and families’ center and open two kindergartens in the poor Harandi neighborhood in Tehran Municipal District 12, by the end of the current…

Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that advertisement on foreign satellite TV of cosmetic and health products made in Iran is illegal.  

Consumption of foreign…

In a study of residential high-rise buildings, people who suffered cardiac arrest had a better chance of survival if they lived on lower floors, and survival odds decreased as floor number…

The Genetics Office of the Population and Family Health Department at the Health Ministry has launched its Premarital Screening and Genetic Counseling Program, said Muhammad Esmaeil Motlaq, head…

The 35th session on healthy living themed “Facts You Need to Know About Cancer” will be held on Thursday (Jan. 21) at Tehran’s Eivan Shams Hall, said Dr Tohid Seif, scientific secretary of the…

Special breastfeeding areas called ‘mother and child’ rooms have been set up at three subway  stations in Tehran, namely Imam Khomeini, Sadeqieh and Valiasr, to help and accommodate nursing…

Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi and the French ambassador to Tehran, Francis Foucher, met on Tuesday to explore avenues of academic and scientific cooperation between…

There are nearly two million people in the country without national ID cards and if they fail to obtain the cards by next month they will be removed from the cash subsidy list, said Ali Rabiee,…

Every year, around 50 medical camps are held in deprived border areas by the Basij (volunteer forces) Organization of Iran’s Medical Society (BOIMS) to provide health services for the…

The Department of Environment has endorsed the “Car-Free Tuesday” campaign, which encourages Iranians to forego using private vehicles on Tuesdays.

The animal-rights activist and star of the “The Cove,” which highlighted Japan’s controversial annual dolphin slaughter in the town of Taiji, has been detained at Tokyo’s Narita International…

According to a new report from the UK-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation, unless the world takes drastic action to recycle plastic, by the year 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the world…

Isfahan officials are set to extend for another year the pollution-hit city’s scheme to combat smog due to the plan’s slow progress.

“We’ve only managed to implement 60% of the measures…

The United Nations says the worst drought in 30 years in Ethiopia means 400,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition and more than 10 million people need food aid. It has appealed for a…

According to the latest census, the population of several animal species in protected areas and no-hunting zones in Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, have seen a 100% increase compared to the…

A visiting delegation from the World Health Organization headed by Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, head of WHO’s secretariat of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), held a meeting with…

More people in Europe are dying than being born, according to a new study that found, in contrast, births exceed deaths by significant margins in the US.

Researchers found that 17 European…

The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, died Tuesday at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems, officials said. Yasutaro Koide had said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink…

Olympic and tourism officials in Brazil downplayed risks for foreign visitors from the mosquito-borne Zika virus on Monday, even as the health ministry warned pregnant women to consult doctors…

Iranian Red Crescent Society personnel were successful in saving the lives of a newborn baby and her mother from an obstructed labor delivery this week.