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NASA spots Earth-like planet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spots an Earth-like planet 1,400 light years away.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spots an Earth-like planet 1,400 light years away.

President Rouhani says time is ripe for Tehran and Paris to bolster bilateral cooperation in different fields.

Gun production has more than doubled during the Obama administration, according to a new report.

The Maldives approves law allowing foreign ownership of land for the first time.

At least 40 migrants are feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya as they were seeking to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency says.

The Israel lobby in the US is expending numerous resources to scupper Iran accord, says an ex-US congressional staffer.

US Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says the nuclear agreement might only stand while President Obama is in office.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants shoot dead at least eight people during a raid on a village in the troubled northeast Nigeria.

Top UN official for humanitarian affairs warns of the "devastating" burden on the South Sudanese sue to its persisting civil war.

The Egyptian military says a bombing in the troubled Sinai Peninsula has killed four security forces.

Syrian and Hezbollah fighters make new gains in Zabadani as Takfiris militants surrender.

The UK-based watchdog group Privacy International says Pakistan's spy agency, ISI, is building a mass surveillance system.

Iran’s TUVPR and Austria’s automotive consulting firm AVL have signed a deal worth 110 million euros for the production of low-consumption Euro 6 engines, TUVPR Managing Director Seyyed Mojtaba Mirsoheil told Press TV on Thursday.

Israel is testing "dirty nuclear devices" which it could use in a "false flag attack" in the US to implicate Iran, a former CIA contractor says.

Iraqi government forces are closing in on the flashpoint city of Ramadi.

Cameron says police investigating child abuse should go "as high as they like".

Germany’s Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has defended his visit to Iran, dismissing criticism by pro-Israel lobby groups which are furious at Europe’s bid for post-sanction business with Tehran.

US Secretary of State John Kerry defends the Iran nuclear conclusion as he faces tough questioning at a Senate committee hearing.