TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Charge d’affaires in Lebanon conferred with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is in talks with two major Asian oil companies regarding the development of the South Caspian Sea region, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – All Russia’s military activities in Georgia meet the conditions of a French-brokered six point ceasefire deal which ended clashes over South Ossetia, a senior Russian general said on Saturday.

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Activists seeking to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of Gaza were struggling with rough seas and disruptions to their communications, the group said on Saturday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday condemned a U.S-led coalition air strike his government says killed 76 civilians, most of them women and children.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed 10 civilians in the southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, the provincial police chief said.

(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday. NEAR BAIJI – Gunmen killed four members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol in a drive-by shooting at their checkpoint just south of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani troops killed 35 militants in fighting in the Swat Valley northwest of Islamabad on Saturday, shortly after a suicide car-bomber killed eight policemen.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s uneasy coalition partners discussed who should be the next president on Saturday as militant violence added urgency to their task of tackling security and economic problems.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) is at risk because of its military operations in Georgia, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez was quoted as saying on Saturday.