Iraq’s leaders today agreed on the agenda for a key political summit called by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a bid to salvage Iraq’s unity government. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab, said agreement came on the second day of preparatory talks involving some of the country’s most senior …

Afghanistan celebrated its independence from British rule yesterday with a military parade and a colorful display of the country’s national dresses, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

Iraq’s embattled Nouri al-Maliki came to Syria on Monday on his first visit here as prime minister amid efforts to garner neighbors’ support for curbing violence at home.

Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed the governor of the southern Shi’ite majority province of Muthanna.

Commander of the Islamic Republic’s air force General Ahmad Mighani here Sunday said that his country would soon test a domestically-manufactured training jet called “Ya Hossein”.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that British, US and Zionist intelligence services are making maximum efforts to thwart unity among Muslims.

A senior military official said that the bandits who abducted 21 citizens on Chabahar-Iranshahr road in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan this morning are members of Abdul-Malik Rigi’s group.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran this fall to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.

An Iranian military official said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is vigilantly watchful of each and every move made by enemies in the Persian Gulf.

Armed bandits kidnapped 21 passengers, including an education ministry official, on Chabahar-Iranshahr road in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan on Sunday, an informed source said.