KABUL (Reuters) – An improvised explosive device (IED) killed four U.S.-led coalition soldiers on Saturday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the scene of a large anti-Taliban offensive and an insurgent jail break.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Arab Emirates’ Crescent Petroleum expects to start importing gas from Iran’s offshore Salman Field in three months, its chairman said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki slammed calls by the US and its western allies for Iran to give up its nuclear rights, enshrined in Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).