UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has so far been unable to contact Russian President Dmitry Medvedev by telephone to discuss the crisis in Georgia, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday said he had signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

IGOETI, Georgia (Reuters) – A Russian military convoy advanced to within 55 km (34 miles) of Tbilisi on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in the deepest incursion since conflict with Georgia erupted last week.

GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United Nations and Red Cross have poured hundreds of tonnes of aid supplies into Georgia but need better security conditions before deploying in South Ossetia, the two bodies said on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Asia can provide the finance Iran needs to develop its oil and gas reserves, the world’s second largest, limiting the impact of US sanctions and pressure, a top Iranian oil official said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The world’s fourth-largest oil exporter Iran plans to boost shipments to fast-growing energy consumers China and India and may reduce the flow to other buyers, a top Iranian oil official said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will meet Friday Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on the second day of his visit to the neighboring country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that his country and Turkey would cooperate in fighting against terrorism and drug trafficking.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Some 47 petrochemical complexes will be established across the country by the end of the Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan in 2015

TEHRAN (FNA)- Fierce American criticism of Russia’s military action in Georgia and Washington’s support for Tbilisi is almost certain to jeopardize a very different US strategic objective: stepping up pressure on Iran with another layer of United Nations sanctions.