A recent survey says one in four children is stunted because of malnutrition and 450 million more will fail to develop properly over the next 15 years.

Gerhard Richter's paintings have fetched UDS 30 million at Sotheby's London sale of contemporary art.

American actor and documentary filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam during a religious ceremony in Iran.

Renowned Spanish painter Francisco Goya's masterpiece has been found at a real estate agent’s residence in the Indian metropolitan city of Mumbai.

An ancient building has been emerged in Sarafovo, the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, after a heavy sea storm hit the area with 5-meter high waves.

Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) maintains its humanitarian assistance to famine-hit Somalia as part of its remarkable efforts to help out the Horn of Africa nation, Press TV reports.

An Iranian toy company has sent a pink replica of the US RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone captured in December to the US President Barack Obama.

Three paintings from personal art collection of famous English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor, have sold for almost USD 14 million at an auction.

A new study suggests that Himalayan glaciers and ice caps, known as the greatest snow-covered peaks in the world, have almost lost no ice during the past decade.

Reports say an American child becomes the victim of domestic and social violence every ten seconds in the US and the number of the abused kids has increased over the past decade.

The BBC's impartiality has been called into question by British lawmakers after the corporation was accused of becoming the "propaganda arm" of the European Union.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has written a two-volume autobiographical memoir recounting his childhood and rise to power during the country’s revolution.

Archaeologists have discovered a greenstone mask during their excavations in the interior of the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Ukrainian Muslims have gathered in the country's capital of Kiev to celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Press TV reports.

Ukraine hosts the 5th Ice Sculpture Festival aiming to highlight the 2012 European Football Championship that the country is to co-host with Poland, Press TV reports.

Renowned Polish poetess, critic, translator and Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska has died of lung cancer at the age of 88 at her home in Krakow.

An unseen painting by the renowned British artist Lucian Freud is scheduled to go under hammer during a Sotheby's contemporary art sale.

The Andy Warhol museum is slated to hold a large travelling exhibition across Asia, displaying an extraordinary selection of the leading American artist's works.

Tehran has held the International Seminar of Eminent Ladies of Divine Religion, hosting participants from different countries, Press TV reported.

An Italian architectural historian Claudio Sgarbi claims Leonardo da Vinci was not the first painter of the man-in-circle diagram, Vitruvian Man.

Iran foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, calls the launch of ethical and impartial media as an important subject for confronting military oppression.

A high-ranking Iranian naval commander says the Islamic Republic's Navy has thwarted an attempt by the pirates to hijack a tanker ship in the vicinity of the Gulf of Aden.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has inaugurated the Spanish-language international HD channel, Hispan TV, which broadcasts round-the-clock news, entertainment, and educational programs.

Muslim Emirati young woman Mariam Al Safar has become the first female train driver qualified to get behind the controls in the whole of the Middle East.

A 1913 mixed media painting created by German dictator Adolf Hitler has fetched 32,000 euros in a Slovak auction held by Darte auction house.

Studies conducted on a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy suggest that prostate cancer at the time was associated with genetics rather than environment.

Researchers have reported an unusual rise in the number of snowy owls migrating from their Arctic breeding grounds to the lower southern regions this year.

A recent study says the huge pool of fresh water developing in the western Arctic Ocean could lower the temperature of Europe by slowing down ocean currents.

A new study by a team of British and Portuguese researchers suggests that first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa.

People are more likely to lie when texting or using social networks because they feel less scrutinized compared to face to face communication.

A new study has warned that microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is building up in the marine environment and is entering the food chain.

New genetic studies conducted by American and Russian anthropologists suggest a link between earliest Native Americans and Southern Siberia.

Twitter has said that it will begin restricting Tweets in specific countries while Saudi Arabian and Bahraini protesters heavily rely on the social networking site for their anti-government protests.

The veteran Irish actor, Liam Neeson says Islamic prayer has 'got into his spirit' while he was filming in Turkey and he is now considering converting to Islam.

A former US National Security Agency director has confirmed that the US has repeatedly launched cyber attacks on the computer networks of other nations.

The capital city of New Delhi holds the 4th edition of India Art Fair presenting more than one thousand artworks by modern and contemporary artists, Press TV reports.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has launched its second 24/7 movie network that airs Iranian and foreign films and TV series for viewers in Iran and the Middle East.

Iran's tourism pavilion has been warmly received at the 32nd edition of international tourism trade fair of Madrid (FITUR).

Driven by a fear of imminent societal collapse, terrorism and natural disasters, a new growing subculture of Americans have emerged who are preparing for Armageddon.

Researchers say people living along the coast of northern Peru were eating popcorn nearly 7,000 years ago that is 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.