GMT on Friday, March 20, 2026, the earth does what it has done for billions of years. The sun crosses the celestial equator, ...

The holiday is celebrated by Iranians of all religious backgrounds, with Iranians in the diaspora hoping for a change for the ...

The fact that it coincided with the end of Ramadan provided an opportunity this year to reflect on the national festival as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Kurds celebrated the new year festival of Nowruz in the hub city of Akra in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. They ...

Thousands gathered in Istanbul on Sunday to mark the Nowruz festival. Nowruz, the Farsi word for “new year,” is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated in Iran and also by Kurds in Turkey, ...

"This is the time of rebirth, a new beginning,'’ Nazarzadeh said. “Nowruz means 'new day.' And this is my wish, of course, ...

Nowruz, the Farsi word for “new year,” is an ancient Persian festival that is celebrated in Iran and also by Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

Alongside the customary seven symbolic elements placed on the table, which represent renewal, beauty, health and prosperity, ...

Kurds are returning to Syria’s Afrin district and celebrating the Nowruz spring festival openly for the first time in years. Abdul Rahman Omar joined neighbors in dancing and carrying torches ...

As a two-week ceasefire between Tehran and Washington was announced, Iran’s Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei called ...

Thousands of Kurds celebrated the new year festival of Nowruz in the hub city of Akra in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. They wore traditional Kurdish clothes, climbed a mountain holding torches, ...

The Embassy of Tajikistan marked Nowruz, the ancient spring festival symbolizing renewal and new beginnings, with a cultural ...