Today is Nowruz. It marks the coming of the new year in some cultures. But what is Nowruz, and why do people celebrate it? Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...

Now in its 22nd year, the parade honors the rich culture of the Persian people, independent of politics or religion.

Lunar New Year, Rosh Hashanah and Nowruz are holidays celebrating the start of various calendar years that differ from the Gregorian calendar used in the United States. Across these disparate ...

More than 200 Harvard students and affiliates gathered in the Northwest Labs on Saturday evening for a showcase of dance, ...

About 300 million people around the world celebrated the Persian new year, or Nowruz, last month. Nowruz, meaning “new day”, is an ancestral festivity marking the first day of spring and the ...

Members with Ballet Afsaneh and Amir School of Music perform during a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. Audience members were invited to dance ...

On Saturday, nearly 200 students, faculty and visitors packed into Kroon Hall for Yale’s second annual Nowruz celebration — a vibrant, high-spirited festival marking the Persian New Year and the ...

TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, praised the success of the ...

President says trip by Shahram Dabiri, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs, was "indefensible" while Iran's economy ...

On 18 April at 18:00 the BRICS+ Information and Cultural Media Centre in Moscow will celebrate Nowruz, an ancient Eastern ...