TEHRAN (FNA) Iran may review energy ties with Turkmenistan after the neighboring country last month cut gas exports to the Islamic Republic, an Iranian official warned on Wednesday, saying Ashgabat could “not be trusted”.

TEHRAN (FNA) Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday held out the prospect of a better relationship with Iran, a day after her country brokered a draft UN resolution against Tehran.

FALLUJA, Iraq – A suicide bomber killed six people in Iraq’s Anbar province on Sunday, mounting the second deadly bombing in as many days in a region where violence has plunged since local tribes rebelled against al Qaeda.

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s political leaders have so far lacked the will to fight the “cancer” of corruption and should start by declaring how much money they earn, the country’s new anti-graft chief said.

BELGRADE – Serbs face a choice between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West in a presidential election run-off next month.

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his favored successor Dmitry Medvedev could take turns to run Russia for another quarter of a century, a senior Kremlin ally said in an interview published on Monday.

KABUL – Afghanistan’s government, largely reliant on foreign help for its security and economy, has called for the launch of another donors’ meeting to garner more international aid.

KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said British politician Paddy Ashdown cannot become U.N. envoy to Afghanistan unless the world body clarifies his role, state newspapers said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani condemned Israeli crimes in Gaza, and underlined the need for serious measures to help the oppressed people of Palestine against the Zionist regime.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s new ambassador to Manila Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani submitted his credentials to the Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a meeting on Sunday.