LEGO, Somalia, (Reuters) — Heavily armed Islamist fighters gathered near a key southern Somali town on Sunday a day after their allies were chased out by government troops, sending many residents fleeing in fear of an all-out attack. One Islamist source said its troops were also planning an attack on …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini said that as with the other issues, suspension can also be put to discussion during Iran-West nuclear negotiations if only fair and just conditions are provided.

GAZA CITY — In Gaza City’s Firas market the stalls are laden with gift items and toys, fireworks and new clothes, cooking utensils and fish, as people crowd around, looking, touching and walking on. As the fasting month of Ramadan draws to an end and people look ahead to the …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini said that the victory of Hezbollah in the 33-day war against the Zionist army ruined the forged awe of the Israeli regime.

KFAR ZABAD, Lebanon — It was born in the Arabian desert more than 1,500 years ago and is now being revived in the battle-scarred greenery of Lebanon. Already its success is heralding a regional renaissance. The pre-Islamic system of environmental protection known as “hima” — Arabic for protected area — …

JIT, West Bank — Fearful that radical Jewish settlers will swoop and steal their olives, Palestinians are turning to an unlikely source of protection to secure this year’s desperately needed harvest. Several hundred Israelis, from left-wing activists to moderate Jewish settlers, regularly volunteer to help Palestinians pick olives, believing that …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, responding to the recent military moves by the US in the region, said that Americans have brought just two worn out and shabby battleships to the Persian Gulf.

TUNIS (Reuters) — Veteran dissident Moncef Marzouki returned to Tunisia on Saturday and vowed to campaign for democracy, shrugging off government plans to prosecute him for allegedly inciting Tunisians to commit violence. “I come here to carry out my struggle peacefully,” the human rights campaigner told reporters after a flight …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Ambassador to Russia said that as long as the Zionist regime exists in the region, the Middle-East may not experience peace and tranquility.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian MP said that the parliament’s Budget and Planning Commission has approved USD 2.2 billion of the government’s proposed USD 3.5 billion for the imports of petrol in the current (Iranian) year.