Nearly 60 foreign publishers to participate at 35th TIBF
The chairman of the 35th Tehran International Book Fair stated that nearly 60 foreign publishers will participate at the event with 50,000 titles.
As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more...
As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults.
Indian police arrest opposition social media chief for ‘doctored video’
Arun Reddy was detained in connection with the edited footage, which falsely shows India's powerful interior minister vowing in a campaign speech to end affirmative action policies for millions of poor and low-caste Indians.
‘Moral obligation’ of Haitian NGO worker to carry on despite kidnapping of two children
A woman whose two children were kidnapped on the way to school in Haiti has said she feels a moral obligation to continue her work supporting displaced people despite the trauma the family has experienced
Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
Workers on Friday began removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck — a project expected to keep both sides of Interstate 95 closed through the weekend and extend a traffic nightmare on the major artery linking New England and New York.
Investigation into the hidden trade of tigers in Italy
A new investigation from LAV has revealed that Italy is a leader in Europe in the trade and breeding of tigers, with an estimate of 85% of the existing big cats on the continent.
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use.
3,400-Year-old Head of King Ramses II Statue Returned to Egypt After Theft
A statue fragment of the great pharaoh Ramses II has been recovered in a joint effort and repatriated to Egypt.
Iran marks Teachers Day in commemoration of Ayt. Motahari
Today coincides with the martyrdom anniversary of one of the most significant ideologists of the Islamic Revolution, Morteza Motahari, which is regarded as National Teachers Day in Iran.
‘We didn’t expect to find bones’
The stench of death filled the halls of Gaza City’s Ahli Arab Hospital. Bodies – many already decomposing – lay in heaps on the floor, next to injured patients writhing in pain.
