Pakistan says it will fully support any effort by the Afghan government to reach a political reconciliation with the Taliban without seeking to lead the initiative.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has to return to Cuba for treatment as his cancer is likely back, shaking his people and supporters around the world.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov has voiced Moscow’s strong opposition to unilateral imposition of sanctions on Iran by the United States.
Protesters have held fresh demonstrations against the ruling House of Saud in eastern Saudi Arabia amid ongoing anti-regime uprising in the kingdom, Press TV reports.
A gunman has killed four people at a suburban spa in the US city of Atlanta before turning the gun on himself in a case of domestic violence , the police said.
An informed Iranian security source says arrested gang members engaged in drug trafficking from Iran to Azerbaijan have confessed to having ties with Baku officials.
Inspectors have condemned the suicide rate among inmates at HMP Manchester prison, formerly Strangeways, as "too high for too long", calling for more care for convicts at risk of self-harm.
Thousands of Bahrainis have gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in the capital, Manama, to demand the immediate release of the country’s top human rights activist.
Thousands of Yemenis have rallied in the capital, Sana’a, to demand the prosecution of Ali Abdullah Saleh over the killing of hundreds of anti-regime protesters during the revolution.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich says the US might use its airbase in Kyrgyzstan for an attack against Iran, which has caused concern Central Asian countries.
US Republican Senator John McCain says there is tension between the United States and Israel as the two allies have different views about how to deal with what he called the “Iran threat.”
Iran and Russia have denounced foreign efforts to incite civil war and disintegrate Syria, saying they endanger the peace and security of the Middle East.
Managing director of the National Iranian Offshore Oil Company (NIOOC) says Iran is ready to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to develop the Farzad A joint gas field in the Persian Gulf.
The world's leading oil trader, Vitol, says the Islamic Republic of Iran has earned more from its crude output due to an increase in global oil prices, despite West-imposed sanctions.
Campaigners have urged NHS practitioners to treat elderly patients with respect as it was revealed that they are treated like 'objects' in the current British healthcare system.
A number of Iranian clerics have called for a massive voter turnout at the upcoming Majlis (parliamentary) elections, which is set to be held on March 2.
A senior lawmaker says Iran has obtained documents indicating that Azeri officials have been aiding and abetting US and Israeli agents who assassinated Iranian scientists.
A senior political scientist has warned that the long-term consequences of Israel’s military strike against Iran are likely to be disastrous for Tel Aviv.
A UAE-based oil exploration company which is using an Iranian rig says its payments to Iran have not been affected by Western sanctions as the company has been able to find a way around them.
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has defended the regime’s ruthless repression of anti-government protests and threatened to use an “iron fist” against protesters.
The United States has once again said it will consider military assistance to armed groups fighting the Syrian government in an effort to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.
Young women who have heart attacks are less likely to develop chest pain and are more likely to die in a hospital from a heart attack than men of the same age.
A new YouGov poll has found that more than a third of Britons believe racism in UK football is a big problem following mounting allegations against several top footballers in recent months.
At least three people have been killed and two others injured when a roadside bomb went off in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, Press TV reports.
At least 49 people have been killed and over 600 others injured after a packed train slammed into the end of the line in the capital Buenos Aires' busy Once station, officials said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Tehran is ready to help identify and hand over the perpetrators behind the recent explosions in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok.
Fitch credit rating agency has further downgraded Greece from ‘CCC’ to ‘C,’ after the country said it may force losses on private creditors who do not voluntarily sign up to a debt deal.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation has never sought and will never seek nuclear weapons as it has the capacity to challenge the nuclear-backed influence such powers rely on.
British government has come under pressure after four former employees arrested in the fraud probe surrounding Prime Minister David Cameron’s “back to work” tsar Emma Harrison.
