Category: 2. World

By Alireza Akbari

• For centuries, Gondishapur stood among the seven principal cities of ancient Khuzestan and its prestige grew not only from its strategic location but from its fusion of Persian, Greek, Indian, and…

Trade talks between the US and China are “a bit stalled”, the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.

His comment comes less than three weeks after a temporary trade truce was agreed between the world’s two largest economies, with both…

Iran has rejected a “false and baseless” report by Austria’s domestic intelligence agency about the country’s peaceful nuclear activities, calling on Vienna to provide an explanation for levelling “irresponsible”…

Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) said on Thursday it carried out a roadside bombing that targeted a military vehicle in Suwayda province, southern Syria, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terrorists’ communications.

The militant group…

The three men were reported as missing by their relatives after travelling to Iran earlier this month. Reports have suggested that the men had been sent to Iran by people allegedly involved in human trafficking, Hindustan Times reported.

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A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police.

Olorato Mongale’s body was found on Sunday in Lombardy, north of Johannesburg, about two hours after she was reported missing…

President Masoud Pezeshkian has taken to his X account to talk about his recent visit to the Sultanate of Oman and holding talks with the Sultan and other high-ranking officials in the country. 

“During my visit to Oman, during my meeting and…

A US government report on children’s health cited “totally fabricated” studies to back up its findings, academics wrongly listed as the authors of those studies have said.

First released on 22 May, the report detailed causes of a “chronic disease…