A strike force of US marines punched through Taliban frontlines in southern Helmand today as part of an Afghan “mini surge” intended to weaken the insurgents’ grip on the war-ravaged south.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The commander of the Israeli Air Force says the regime’s decision makers have been preparing plans to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Sri Lanka on the second leg of his tour of South Asia.