The Iraqi foreign minister called Sunday for the release of five Iranians detained by US forces in what he said was a legitimate mission in northern Iraq, but he stressed that foreign intervention to help insurgents would not be tolerated.

RIYADH (AP) — The top Iranian national security official visited the king of Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran’s contentious nuclear programme on Sunday, a day before US secretary of state arrives in the kingdom.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) — African Union officials arrived in Somalia to finalise plans for a peacekeeping force as government troops searched for weapons in the latest push to bring back order after weeks of war, an official said on Sunday.