Education can change the world: Malala
Young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban last year for promoting education for girls and women, has told the United Nations that books and pens scare extremists.
View ArticleBeckett’s manuscript sold for $1.4mn
Renowned Irish writer Samuel Beckett's draft of his first published novel Murphy has fetched USD 1.4 million at Sotheby's auction house in London.
View ArticleIran border police seize smuggled guns
Iran's Deputy Border Police Chief General Ahmad Geravand says border police have exchanged fire with a group attempting to smuggle weapons into the country.
View Article'Conspiracy theories saner than others'
Recent psychological and sociological studies in the US and UK indicate that the so-called “conspiracy theories” about contested events such as 9/11 are turning into the conventional wisdom, an analyst...
View ArticleIran Army unveils flight simulator
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) has unveiled a number of indigenous flight simulation systems for pilot training.
View ArticleOldest calendar unearthed in Scotland
Archaeologists have unearthed a series of 12 pits in a field at Crathes Castle in Scotland, believed to be the world's earliest lunar calendar.
View ArticleIran to add 40 new jets to civil fleet
A high-ranking Iranian aviation official says the Islamic Republic will add 40 new passenger planes to its national fleet in the next few months.
View ArticleIran lauds Mandela’s fight for freedom
Iran's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholam Hossein Dehqani says former South African President Nelson Mandela’s fight for freedom has been vital not in Africa but throughout...
View Article108-year-old Iranian man has 11th kid
An elderly man in northern Iran has become a father yet again at the age of 108, taking everyone by surprise.
View ArticleGrand dame of US journos dies at 92
Helen Thomas, the grand dame of the White House press corps, has passed away at the age of 92.
View Article'Search ongoing for Iranian climbers'
Iran’s Embassy in Pakistan says search operations are ongoing for the three Iranian climbers who had gone missing in the northern mountains of Pakistan.
View Article‘Iran pursuing fate of missing climbers’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says the Islamic Republic’s embassies in Islamabad and Beijing are seriously following up on the fate of three Iranian climbers who went missing in...
View ArticleLeader urges poets to stress key events
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim poets to highlight socio-political and anti-hegemony issues in their literary work.
View ArticleIran holds charity event for MS patients
A group of Iranian benefactors have organized a charity event to gather help for MS patients who suffer acute shortage of medicine due to the West’s sanctions against Iran, Press TV reports.
View ArticleAt least 60 killed in Spain train tragedy
At least 60 people have been killed and over 100 others injured after a Spanish passenger train derailed outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia.
View ArticleIran consoles Spain over train crash
The Islamic Republic of Iran has offered its condolences to the Spanish government and people over the recent rail disaster in the country that left at least 80 people dead and tens of others injured.
View ArticleIran sympathizes with Spain over crash
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has expressed condolences over Wednesday's deadly train crash in Spain.
View ArticleIftar table festival held in Tehran
Various typical Ramadan foods have been offered during Iftar table festival held in the Iranian capital city of Tehran PressTV has reported.
View ArticleIran preparing to mark Intl. Quds Day
Iran's Society for the Defense of Palestinian Nation (SDPN) has held a conference in Tehran to discuss the significance of the upcoming International Quds Day in supporting the Palestinian cause, Press...
View ArticleIran mourns 1st Shia Imam’s martyrdom
Iranians are commemorating the anniversary of the martyrdom of the first Imam of Shia Muslims, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him).
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