Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said no refunds will be provided to the French giant Total for its investments in Phase 11 of the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf until the…
An Iranian lawmaker dismissed the US claims on cutting Iranian oil exports to zero by November and likened Washington's efforts to flogging a dead horse.
"Iran has been targeted by…
Currently, there is no need to establish a consortium of domestic urea exporters, as there is an implicit coordination among major companies active in the industry, the managing director of…
The completion of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project—aka Peace Pipeline—will lead to fundamental economic changes in Pakistan.
Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoust made the…
Turkmenistan has inaugurated a large gas-powered electricity plant that is expected to sell about 3 billion kilowatt-hours of power a year to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday that crude production in the country is expected to reach at least 2.6 million barrels per day by the end of his…
Electricity had been restored to almost all customers in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido by early Saturday, two days after an earthquake caused an island-wide blackout and killed at…
China’s crude oil imports rose 6.5% in August from a month earlier to their highest since May, boosted by a rebound in demand from smaller, independent refiners, customs data showed on Saturday…
There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics. This famous saying popularized by American humorist Mark Twain aptly describes the current use of economic statistics to paint an overly…
Venezuela eased 15-year-old currency controls, decreeing that private banks and exchange houses are allowed to sell dollars, but economists are skeptical the measure will improve the…
European Union finance ministers say they would try to seek consensus on a digital tax proposal, but with a clear understanding that the measure is temporary and would be superseded by an…
Malaysia can offer an abundance of room for the sharing economy to grow in view of the presence of companies such as Grab, Airbnb and Foodpanda, and this sector will become an increasingly…
Egypt’s foreign debt rose to $92.64 billion at the close of the financial year in June, up from $88.2 billion at end-March, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told the Egyptian daily al-Watan,…
Egypt is the fastest growing tourist destination, while France is the most visited country, the United Nations World Tourism Organization revealed in its annual report on global travel and…
A touring initiative titled "Tehran With You" aimed at school students was officially unveiled on Saturday in a ceremony attended by urban and education officials.
Over 70% of information that the Chinese receive about Iran cultivate a negative image of the country, which is an obstacle in the way of Iran's efforts to grab a share of the nation's tourism…
The 15th Mashhad International Tourism Fair held simultaneously with the ninth Handicrafts Fair in Khorasan Razavi Province came to a close on Thursday. The four-day cultural events, were…
Return of political calm, revision of negative travel advisories, and increased demand for accommodation saw Kenya's hospitality industry expand by 0.94% during the first half of this year.
The newly-established art gallery Nabshi Center in Tehran is holding an exhibition that narrates the history of the iconic Roudaki Hall in the center of the capital city.
Acclaimed filmmaker Asghar Farhadi and the stars of his new film “Everybody Knows” Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem walked the red carpet at the North American Premiere of the film on Saturday at…
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the 6th Art for Peace Festival will be held at the Mellat Cineplex Gallery in Tehran, September 14-28, featuring works of artists from 32…
Works by Iranian painter, miniaturist, page illumination artist, textile and fashion designer Ensieh Najarian will go on display at 7 Art Gallery in Istanbul.
The solo exhibit will open…
A political novel written by former US president Bill Clinton and American author James Patterson is available in Persian.
The fictional thriller “The President Is Missing” has been…
The self help book “Live Better With One’s Impulsivity” by French psychiatrists Charles-Édouard Rengade and Frédéric Fanget has been translated in Persian.
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” a black-and-white drama drawn from the director’s memories of growing up in Mexico City in the early 1970s, won the Venice Film festival’s Golden Lion on Saturday.
