High level NATO talks aimed at showing support for Georgia in its recent conflict with Russia are taking place in Tblisi. The NATO delegation, headed by Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will meet with Georgia’s President Mikhael Saakashvili.

Teams of divers and helicopters with night vision cameras are continuing to search for survivors after a ferry carrying around 150 people sank off the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The roll-on, roll-off vessel, which also had 75 vehicles on board, had left the port of Bandirma and was heading …

Russian soldiers are continuing their pull out from Georgia in line with an EU-brokered ceasefire. Under the terms of the agreement, Moscow has until today to withdraw, particularly from five checkpoints around the Black Sea port of Poti.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemeni Minister of Electricity and Energy Awadh al-Socatry held Sunday talks with the Iranian ambassador to Sana’a, Hossein Kamalian, on electricity and energy cooperation between the two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Archaeologists carrying out surveys in Bam, Kerman province, since the devastating earthquake in December 2003 have discovered a fort from the Achaemenid era.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear issue is unacceptable and there is no need at the moment for new sanctions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Commerce Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi requested the parliament to hold a closed session where he can explain and describe the factors causing the price hike and inflation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq is prepared to restart talks with the United States and Iran, and is checking with both sides to see if a fresh round can be scheduled, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with onetime Russian allies.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US has agreed to sell 1,000 buster-bunker bombs to Israel – a deal that could significantly improve Israel’s ability to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities.