• Bahrain bans human rights seminar
    • Bahrain’s leading opposition party says the government has imposed a ban on a seminar detailing abuses committed by the ruling regime during its brutal crackdown of anti-regime protests.
    • Smoking ups leg artery disease risk
    • Women who smoke are significantly at a greater risk of developing clogged arteries in the legs, a new study suggests. Researchers followed nearly 40,000 women aged ...
    • Spain awards Shabaviz Publishing Co.
    • Spain has granted the annual Golden Eagle Award for Prestige and Quality to Iran’s Shabaviz Publishing Company for its international cultural activities.
    • Yemen on verge of disaster: UNICEF rep
    • The Yemen representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund has warned about the sheer scale of the crisis in the country, saying it could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.
    • US backs Bahrain despite its HR abuses
    • US President Barack Obama has once again expressed unwavering support for the Bahraini regime despite international condemnation of Manama’s gross human rights violations.
    • US after Mideast war to salvage Israel
    • Iran says the United States is pursuing all possible avenues to provoke a military confrontation between Middle Eastern states in efforts to salvage the Israeli regime.
    • US-backed dictators spread terrorism
    • Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has lashed out at the United States for pursuing double-standard approaches, charging that US-backed dictators are engaged in spreading terrorism.
    • Iranian war movie welcomed in Europe
    • Europeans have warmly welcomed award-winning Iranian director Saman Salour’s Sizdah 59 which has recently hit French and German screens. Salour’s 2011 war flick was screened in a number of movie theaters in ...
    • Iran to offer Bahrain roadmap
    • Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Islamic Republic is going to offer a roadmap for Bahrain in efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
    • Omega-3 may lower diabetes risk
    • People who receive high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids through their daily diet are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes in the long run. Two new studies have further suggested that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and ...
    • Israelis set afire Palestinian mosque
    • Israeli extremists have vandalized a mosque in the occupied West Bank, daubing its walls with Hebrew graffiti, officials say. The Palestinian mayor of al-Mughayer village said a tire was ...
    • Yemenis won’t allow foreign meddling
    • Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Yemeni people will determine their own destiny and not allow any foreign encroachment of their sovereignty. “The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the Yemeni people will build on their ...
    • Iran, Sri Lanka call for boost in ties
    • Iran and Sri Lanka have underscored the need for enhanced relations during a meeting between a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and the Sri Lankan president.
    • Lebanon hosts confab on Iran’s Leader
    • The international conference on reflections of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on modern Islam has opened in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah spoke ...
    • Cell phones may cause brain cancer
    • World Health Organization (WHO) experts suggest that cell phone users are possibly at an increased risk of developing brain cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced at the ...
    • Yemen youth urge safe power transfer
    • A Yemeni committee of youth has called for prompt action to ensure a power transition after the country’s ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh fled to Saudi Arabia. The committee issued a statement on Monday urging all national and political forces to ...
    • World lacks will to stop Israel
    • The global community does not have the will to enforce international laws demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, says an international law expert. “We do not see a clear will from the international community and the United Nations to ...
    • Volcanologist warns of volcano threat
    • A prominent Cambridge volcanologist, Clive Oppenheimer, has warned about the possibility of a super-volcano before the end of this century. Talking during the 2011 Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts, Oppenheimer said he had evidence that ...
    • Scientists find largest whale shark group
    • Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution say whale sharks can be found in large numbers and amass in groups of hundreds to feed in coastal waters. The new study which involved both surface and aerial surveys has revealed the ...
    • Saudi-backed forces attack Bahrainis
    • A new footage has emerged showing Saudi-backed regime forces cracking down on a religious ceremony in south of the capital Manama, as anti-regime protests rage on in Bahrain.
    • Protesters stage sit-in on Golan Heights
    • Thousands of Syrian and Palestinian protesters are staging an open-ended sit-in in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after Israeli forces killed dozens along the Syrian border. Israeli forces opened fire on Sunday as ...
    • New E. coli strain causes epidemic
    • Scientists at Chinese lab BGI have found that a new highly infectious strain of the bacteria carrying several antibiotic resistant genes has caused the E. coli epidemic in Europe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that scientists are still ...
    • Nepalese team cleans up Everest
    • A team of Nepalese mountaineers has collected the largest ever amount of garbage left by Everest climbers in a six-week clean-up expedition. Some 29 climbers, including a number of ...
    • Iraq blocks aid convoy to Bahrain
    • Iraqi coast guards have blocked a convoy that was headed to crisis-hit Bahrain carrying humanitarian aid for the anti-regime protesters in the tiny Persian Gulf nation.
    • Chinese teen sells kidney for iPad 2
    • A Chinese teenager from the country’s southeastern Anhui Province has sold his kidney for €2,059 in order to purchase an iPad 2 tablet. The 17-year-old Xiao Zheng sold his right kidney after ...
    • CCAFS: Global warming will cause famine
    • A recent report by the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research group says global warming will cause famine in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The international research group says millions of people are already ...
    • Iran to take part in GECF Doha meeting
    • Iran will take part in the upcoming meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the Qatari capital city of Doha on November 13-15, Iran’s representative to GECF says. Seyyed Muhammad Ali Khatibi told Shana news agency that during the ...
    • Tehran to honor Imam Khomeini
    • The Iranian capital of Tehran is set to mount a photo exhibition to honor the memory of the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. The Image of Sun will be held at the ...
    • Venezuela bans smoking in public places
    • As the UN urges governments to respect the rights of people to inhale clean air a new law that prohibits smoking in public and closed spaces has come into force in Venezuela. Signs that remind smokers they will have to take their habit ...
    • UN slams violence on Yemeni protests
    • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concerns over the deadly crackdown on Civilians in Yemen, despite his refusal to take any actions on the matter. In a statement issued by his office, the secretary-general expressed his ...
    • Gaza hospitals face health crisis
    • The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the coast of sliver is facing an imminent health crisis due to lack of fuel and shortage of medicine in hospitals. The ministry said the shortages are the direct result of ...
    • Regional revolts anti-Israel tsunami
    • A top Iranian official has described recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa as a “political tsunami” against the Israeli regime. “The end product of the current uprisings is the ...
    • Iran world’s 21st knowledge producer
    • Iran has, for the first time, moved up to the 21st place in the world ranking in knowledge production, says the director of the Islamic World Science Citation Center. “Based on the latest report on Iran’s published scientific works at the ...
    • MENA revolts model Iran’s revolution
    • The Iranian Armed Forces Headquarters says that the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have been inspired by the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In a statement released on Wednesday ahead of the 22nd anniversary of ...
    • Food prices will double in 20 years
    • Oxfam says food prices will more than double by the year 2030, with the average cost of key crops increasing between 120% and 180%. The international confederation warns in a report that prices of staple foods will double in 20 years unless ...