Iran said that a US federal court decision to fine Tehran $2 bln and 650 mln for the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut was “baseless” and aimed at plundering Iranian assets.

The third major gathering of Iraq’s neighboring states, including Syria and Iran, starts in Baghdad on Sunday.

KABUL (AFP) – Afghan police said Saturday they had busted an Al-Qaeda-linked “terrorist network” organising suicide bombings in the capital, Kabul, which has suffered a rash of attacks in the past weeks.The network included six militants, some of whom were foreigners, who were arrested this week in Logar Province just …