The number of babies born in Japan fell an estimated 5.9 percent this year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time since the government started compiling data in 1899, the Welfare Ministry said on Tuesday.Read More
Shiftegane Del, a large troupe of female performers, and the Avaze Melal ensemble have teamed up again to stage an operetta entitled “Dance of Melodies” at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on January 3. Read More
A dozen international humanitarian organizations have stopped their activities in Yemen’s southwestern province of Dhale after unknown individuals, armed with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), launched attacks against the premises of three aid agencies there.Read More
Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, allowing them to regain their polio-free status, World Health Organization (WHO) announced.Read More
Managing-Director of Iran's MPS (Mucopolysaccharidosis) Patients Society Sara Nouri said nearly 1,000 people in Iran are suffering from MPS and are in dire need of drugs and medical equipment whose exports to the country have been sanctioned by the US.Read More