Iran on Saturday morning launched research satellite Chamran-1 into orbit, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

The satellite was launched by the homegrown three-stage solid-fuel Qaem-100 rocket, according to the report.

Chamran-1 was design…

Four people were killed and three others injured in a residential building fire that broke out on Friday night in Shenyang, capital city of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, local authorities announced on Saturday.

According to initial investigati…

Mongolia’s central bank has decided to reduce its benchmark interest rate to 10 percent, according to a statement by the bank on Saturday.

Byadran Lkhagvasuren, governor of the Bank of Mongolia, explained that the decision was made after evaluating t…

South Sudan’s transitional government on Friday announced the postponement of long-delayed elections and extended the transition period by two years after failing to meet key provisions of a peace agreement.

This is the second time the country, which…

Venezuelan President , Nicol á s Maduro , on Thursday posthumously awarded late Namibian President , Dr Hage Geingob , with a first – class Libertadores de Venezuela Sword of Honour . The award was received by Nangula Geingos , the late Geingob ‘ s da…

At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people southeast of Gaza City, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources on Saturday.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes atta…