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An oil supertanker is once again heading from the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz after briefly reversing direction. The Desh Vibhor, which earlier appeared to be sailing toward a southern ...

For centuries, people have dreamed of undoing Babel. Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could ...

Shahrnush Parsipur, whose novels and stories about the struggles of women in Iran before and after the 1979 Islamic ...

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up for the first time since Iran’s recent attacks on ships in the waterway, with more operators sending crude tankers into the Persian Gulf. Around 24 ...

In Part I of our three-part putting series, we explored how block-practice stations can help golfers develop the fundamental skills of putting. Through controlled environments and immediate feedback, ...

A film adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s celebrated memoir of teaching literature in a repressive Iran suggests that the story ...

The International Maritime Organization said it will begin to implement a plan to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers through the Strait of Hormuz. The operation will be carried out in cooperation ...

Some writers describe the world as it is. Shahrnush Parsipur spent her life imagining how it might be different.

A recently released open-source app called PlayTranslate lets you play untranslated games in your language. The app uses online or offline capabilities to translate in-game text to almost 60 languages ...

Geopolitical uncertainty is now the top risk facing the shipping industry, as vessels and cargo valued at around $125 billion remain stuck in the Persian Gulf awaiting a resumption of transit through ...

The cost of hiring an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf region has nearly doubled in the past week, Reuters reported Tuesday, as Middle Eastern producers scramble to move crude that has been stranded for ...