KOHAT, Pakistan – A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of people were killed in violence across the region

Criticism by the G7 group of nations of Russia’s actions in Georgia is biased and groundless, Russian officials say.

A Bosnian-born man has pleaded not guilty in Norway’s first war crimes trial since the end of World War II.

Iraq’s influential Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia.

A Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire has had to make an emergency landing in the south of the country. 

Egypt has urged Israel to stop making threats against Lebanon, its foreign minister said on a visit to Beirut.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two consecutive earthquakes measuring 5.7 and 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Dehloran in Iran’s western province of Ilam.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Turkish education ministers met here in Tehran on Wednesday in a bid to improve ties and enhance mutual cooperation in the field of culture and education.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is to start construction on four 1 million barrel oil storage tanks in Kharg Island next month as part of a long term strategy to double the country’s crude reserves.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Israel for not pursuing peaceful dialogue to resolve regional disputes and said it only understands the language of gun.