Humanitarian organizations in Iran have begun collecting aid for the impoverished people of Gaza now suffering from an Israeli blockade. The relief effort is underway in various cities throughout the country, according to reports released Monday.

The Syrian Army has mobilized around 3,000 extra soldiers and heavy equipment near its western borders with neighboring Lebanon.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed dismay over financial pressures exerted on the American and European people.

The ringleader of Jundollah terrorist group, Abdolmalek Rigi, has reportedly been seriously wounded in clashes on the Iran-Pakistan border.

Damascus has warned that it will carry out ‘painful’ measures if the US fails to explain its recent cross-border raid into Syria.

Hundreds of thousands of students have gathered outside the former US embassy in Tehran to mark the 29th anniversary of the embassy takeover.

 European markets opened lower on Monday, adding to sell-offs that raced across Asia, including a near-13 percent plunge of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, as investors sold amid deepening fears of a global recession.

After the killing of journalist Ivo Pukanic, the question being asked in Croatia is whether organized crime has won its battle with the state, or will this be an opportunity for institutions to start fully working, as they did in a few quickly resolved cases this week?

The Parliament at its 27th session Monday will resume the debate on draft law on changes and supplements to the Electoral Code.

The main index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange Sofix fell by 8,44% on Friday closing at 548,02, which equals its Summer 2004 level.