A part of the treasured collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA) will be displayed at the Maxxi Museum in Rome, Italy, in January 2017.

Whether it is scrolling through Instagram, popping on a pair of headphones and turning up the music or burying oneself in a good book, everyone has their way of passing the time on public…

Two historical memoirs have been published recently by Tehran's Iranshenasi Publisher.

'Memoirs of Sir Frederic John Goldsmid' has been translated into Persian and a new edition of '…

In recognition of the remarkable collections of Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul, the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington are…

The first National Conference on Investigating Textbooks of TPSOL (Teaching Persian to Speakers of Other Languages), was held last week at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University in collaboration with…

Opposition-controlled parliament in Venezuela has launched a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for breaking constitutional order. In turn, the president accused the lawmakers of a “…

Border controls in the passport-free Schengen area should be extended for three months, the EU has recommended. Increased checks were introduced following the European migrant crisis.

The…

The “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais woke up to a third day of a government operation to empty and clear it on Wednesday following a night of ritual tent- and shelter-burning and some gas-bottle…

Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Wednesday that his high-profile visit to rival China last week was only about economics, but had more harsh words for long-time…

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has a significant lead in the polls and now the support of a former secretary of state.

Donald Trump has warned her policies on Syria would lead to “…

Afghan officials said on Wednesday Taliban insurgents have killed at least 26 Afghan civilians after abducting them in the remote central province of Ghor the previous day.

The slain…

The White House has announced on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama will travel to Greece, Germany and Peru in November. The trip will likely be the last international tour of his presidency.…

South Korea’s shipbuilding industry—home to the world’s top three manufacturers—has eliminated more than 20,000 jobs this year. They may not even be halfway through.

Prospects for workplace gender equality have slipped back to 2186 after a dramatic slowdown in progress, the WEF stated in its latest report on the issue. But some developing and emerging markets…

It’s happening again. Markets around the world, from stocks to metals and bonds, have slowed to a crawl, revisiting lows in volatility that have stood for two years. Muted moves just sent a cross-…

Germany can expect slightly less cheerful consumers in November, a monthly study from market research firm GfK said on Wednesday, as reports of weak global growth made themselves felt.

The…

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he was optimistic Italy’s economy would grow by 1% this year, just a few weeks after he cut the official forecast to 0.8%, Hellenicshipping news reported. Renzi,…

Deutsche Bank AG, Europe’s biggest investment bank, is exploring alternatives to paying bonuses in cash as Chief Executive Officer John Cryan seeks to boost capital buffers and shore up investor…

The European Central Bank called for a gradual approach to regulating ultra-fast trading on Tuesday, fearing stringent rules on the practice might jeopardize financial markets.

In his recent visit to Zaveh County in Khorasan Razavi Province, Professor Yoshiharu Fujii of Japan’s Tokyo University, a well-known allelopathy researcher, expressed readiness to do more research…

Nearly 5,000 villages will be connected to the internet within the next month and start receiving online medical services.

“Among the 18,000 villages in the country, about 5,000 still do…

Critical shortage in the health workforce and inequitable geographical distribution of physicians pose major challenges to achieve health targets set in the national development goals.

Following the earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale in Zarand city, Kerman Province on October 20, twenty aftershocks have rattled the region in the past week with the last 2-Richter…

Iranian researchers at the University of Tehran have developed a kind of packaging that is edible in addition to being highly biodegradable. “Synthetic biofilms are one of the most important…

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they…