KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwaiti authorities have decided to step up measures to monitor fund-raising by Islamic charities during the Holy Month of Ramadan, to prevent funds from being illegally diverted to some groups.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) — The African Union plans to send more troops into Sudan to reinforce its extended Darfur peacekeeping mission, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AFP) — Reinvigorated negotiations in Europe this week about Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme will be shadowed in parallel by a determined US drive to ready a list of sanctions to impose on Tehran if diplomacy fails.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- France, Britain and Germany would soon start their preliminary talks with Iran to solve the nuclear issue, while Washington is said to be either unwilling or excluded from the negotiations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian MP said that the victories of the Lebanese Hezbollah rang the bell of Islamic vigilance in the world, the Islamic world in particular.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian cleric called on the world Catholic Church Leader Pope Benedict XVI to repent of his words if he wishes to be pardoned by God and if he desires divine salvation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- South Africa’s President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki stressed the need for continued negotiations as the best way to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underscored that the world today is in need of justice, morality and respect for humanity.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country attaches special significance to the progress of the Islamic states, voicing Tehran’s preparedness to transfer its experiences to Comoros in all the various grounds.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 61st UN General Assembly.