Aussie rugby player converts to Islam
Australian professional rugby player Blake Ferguson has converted to Islam as he was seeking a road to rehabilitation and redemption in the wake of alcohol-related incidents.
View ArticleMillions marking Ashura worldwide
Millions of mourners across the globe are commemorating Ashura, the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram, on which the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH), and his companions were martyred in an...
View ArticleIran developing new indigenous aircraft
A senior Iranian aviation official says the country is developing a new generation of a small indigenous passenger plane that can be used to carry out domestic flights.
View Article'Govt. demands for user data rising'
The US-based Internet giant, Google, says the number of requests from governments worldwide asking for private user data has doubled since 2010.
View ArticleIran condoles with Russia over jet crash
Iran has extended its condolences to the Russian government and nation over a deadly plane crash which left dozens of people dead.
View Article‘Europeans waste 90m tons food yearly’
The United Nations says Europeans throw away 90 million tons of food every year, while a significant number of people continue to go hungry in other parts of the world.
View Article'Iran key player in war on narcotics'
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli says Iran is the most important and the most powerful country in the campaign against the transit of narcotics.
View ArticleW Iran town hit by 2 strong quakes
At least two strong earthquakes have jolted the border town of Qasr-e Shirin in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah, but no casualties have yet been reported.
View ArticleEarliest shrine unearthed in Nepal
A team of archaeologists has excavated remains of the earliest Buddhist shrine at Buddha's birthplace at the pilgrimage site of Lumbini in Nepal.
View ArticleUN adopts anti-spying resolution
The United Nations General Assembly's human rights committee has passed a resolution to protect the right to privacy against illegal surveillance activities.
View ArticleIran unveils advanced radar system
The Iranian navy has unveiled a domestically-manufactured state-of-the-art array radar system, which can detect long-distance targets.
View ArticleQuake kills 7, injures 45 in south Iran
At least 7 people have been killed and 45 others wounded when an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck Iran’s southern city of Borazjan in the Bushehr Province, a senior official says.
View ArticleIran Navy saves vessel from pirates
Iranian naval forces have thwarted an attack by pirates on a Liberian-flagged vessel in the Indian Ocean, says Iran’s Navy commander.
View ArticleRouhani condoles with Iran quake victims
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has expressed deep sorrow over a strong earthquake in the city of Borazjan in southern Bushehr Province.
View ArticleQatar condoles Iran over deadly quake
Qatar has extended its condolences to the Iranian government and nation over a deadly earthquake, which killed a number of people in the southern city of Borazjan.
View ArticleRouhani visits Iran’s quake-hit Bushehr
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in southern Bushehr Province on a day-long trip to see first-hand the areas hit by a powerful earthquake.
View ArticleTwo mega urban projects open in Tehran
The world’s second longest urban tunnel and a colossal elevated expressway have entered service in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran.
View ArticleAshton saddened for Iran quake victims
EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton has expressed condolences to the quake-stricken people in the southern Iranian city of Borazjan.
View ArticleBombing attempt foiled in southern Iran
Iranian security forces have thwarted an attempt to bomb a major oil pipeline in the south of the country, an official has confirmed.
View ArticleTerrorists kill Iranian border guard
An Iranian border guard has been killed in an armed clash with terrorists in the border region of Saravan in Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province, southeast of Iran.
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