Women have been holding 16.3 percent of middle-senior level executive positions in Turkey as of 2018, marking an increase of 1.9 percent in six years, a gender analyst has said, basing the figures on a recently released report by the...
A leaky valve caused a SpaceX crew capsule to explode during a ground test back in April, destroying the spacecraft and dealing a blow to the company’s effort to launch astronauts.
Netflix Inc. is removing a controversial graphic scene from its popular young adult drama "13 Reasons Why," which depicts a youth suicide, following advice from medical experts, the company said on its Twitter account early on July 16.
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh assured the country’s lawmakers on Tuesday that the export of oil would not come to a halt under any circumstances.
With its 640-kilometer-long coast and hundreds of beaches, the southern province of Antalya welcomes millions of domestic and foreign tourists every year.
Iran’s largest opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI, Mujahedin e Khalq, or MEK ), opened the doors of its new home base to the world on Saturday with a wave of praise from political leaders from both the...
Pakistan has fully reopened its airspace to civil aviation, months after it imposed restrictions following an aerial confrontation with neighboring India...
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern — world-famous for her embrace of minorities in her country — has denounced racist remarks made by US President Donald Trump against four US congresswomen...
The extent of Israeli spying directed against the United States is a huge story that is only rarely addressed in the mainstream media. The Jewish entity regularly tops the list for ostensibly friendly countries that aggressively conduct...
As uncannily realistic "deep fake" videos proliferate online, including one recently retweeted by the US President Donald Trump, journalism schools are scrambling to adapt to an era of misinformation — or fake news.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Tuesday that Tehran has no plan to surpass the current 4.5% enrichment level for now.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke Saturday at the annual Free Iran event, held at the headquarters of Iran’s main opposition group the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI, Mujahedin e Khalq, or MEK), where he...
Turkey carried out more than 300,000 counter-terrorism operations since the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the country's interior minister said on July 15.
Ashraf 3, home to members of Iran's main opposition group, the People's Mojahedin (Mujahedin-e Khalq, PMOI or MEK) in Albania, has just witnessed five days of intense political activity with a number of conferences and exhibitions...
A film on the life of one of Turkey’s prominent painters Devrim Erbil is in progress. The film, written and directed by Durmuş Akbulut, will start shooting in August
The arrival of foreign tourists in Iran increased 52 percent in the last Iranian year (ending on March 20, 2019) reaching 7.8 million tourists, said the vice president and head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism...
With its rich culture and unique natural landscapes, Turkey is becoming an increasingly popular destination for Asian tourists, and particularly for South Koreans, who have deep-rooted bonds with the Turkish people.
Russia has rejected starting talks with Japan on the return of two disputed islands despite an agreement last year, in a move that could further delay the signing of a peace treaty, Kyodo news agency says.
The 50th edition Comic-Con, the world's largest celebration of pop culture, will be held between July 18 and 21. The event's humble beginnings will be a hot topic of discussion
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row, said a new edition of the annual The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the...
As the United States races to put humans back on the moon for the first time in 50 years, a NASA-funded lab in Colorado aims to send robots there to deploy telescopes that will look far into our galaxy, remotely operated by orbiting...
By Jubin Katiraie During the summer of 1988 , more than 30,000 political prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons. The vast majority were supporters and sympathizers of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/ MEK ) but there...
A source at the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources says a key gas pipeline running in the eastern countryside of the central province of Homs has resumed operation, a day after foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists blew it...
The United States should sanction “to the ground” European countries that continue to trade with Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal and refuse to join America's pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic, says top Republican Senator...
Defiant in the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump renewed his belligerent call for four Democratic congresswomen of color to get out of the U.S. "right now," cementing his position as the most willing U.S. leader in...
Iran’s non-oil exports, excluding gas condensates, reached $10 billion during March 21-June 21, 2019, reflecting a growing trend compared to the figure for the same period last year, said an official of the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Great attention is required to be paid to attracting well-targeted and smart investments to tackle challenges faced by the research and technology sector in the domestic mining industry, said the head of Iran Minerals Processing Research...
Italian police seized an air-to-air missile, machine guns and rocket launchers during raids sparked by an investigation into far-right extremist groups on July 15, a huge haul of weapons that authorities said was almost without precedent.
The municipality in the southern province of Mersin’s Erdemli district has banned people from smoking shishas (water pipes) and doing barbecue in public spaces by the sea if such activities are considered disturbing for others.
Turkey will send a fourth ship to Eastern Mediterranean as part of its hydrocarbon drilling activities, despite a decision by the European Council to impose sanctions on Ankara, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on July 16.
The Iranian feature, ‘The Skier,’ directed by Fereydoun Najafi, won the Silver Dhow Award at the 22nd Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) in Tanzania.
European Union nations threw their diplomatic weight behind the unraveling Iran nuclear deal on July 15, trying to rescue the pact from collapsing under U.S. pressure.
North Korea on Tuesday said looming US-South Korea military drills could impact the proposed resumption of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, and hinted that it could reconsider its moratorium on nuclear testing.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Tuesday he was optimistic that goalkeeper David De Gea would sign a new deal to remain at Old Trafford as Manchester United prepared to face old rival Leeds in Perth.
Iranian government funding for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the current Iranian year which started March 21st will amount to $2.4 billion.
The United Nations told the United States it is concerned by tight travel restrictions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his visit to New York this week, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said on Monday.
Defiant in the face of widespread censure, President Donald Trump escalated his demand for four Democratic congresswomen of color to leave the US “right now,” stoking the discord that helped send him to the White House and claiming “many...
Americans' pride in the US is at its lowest point since 2001, with less than half saying they are "extremely proud" to be American, according to a nationwide survey.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani decried the US plots to create division between Iran and Iraq, saying the American policies have backfired as the two neighbors enjoy deep-rooted ties.
Police in Louisiana are investigating the presumed slaying of a prominent civil rights activist and founder of an African-American history museum whose body was found in the trunk of her car in the state capital, Baton Rouge, officials...
Dozens of owners of small businesses in South Korea on Monday rallied in Seoul and called for boycotts of Japanese consumer goods to protest Tokyo’s move to tighten high-tech exports to its neighbor.
Turkey on July 16 has continued to receive Russian S-400 missile defense system, as tenth plane landed on an airbase in the capital Ankara, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
Starkly injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of color should go back to the "broken and crime infested" countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women...
The Pacific's low-lying reef islands are likely to change shape in response to climate change, rather than simply sinking beneath rising seas and becoming uninhabitable as previously assumed, new research has found.