TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said Sunday it would not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear activities, but nevertheless voiced confidence it would not face referral to the UN Security Council. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called on Iran to halt uranium conversion work at its …

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s landmark constitution seemed assured of passage after initial results Sunday showed that a strong push by Sunni Arabs to veto fell short. Adoption would cross a major hurdle in the attempt to establish a democratic government and could pave the way to an eventual pullout of …

TEHRAN (AP) — Tehran launched a double-barrelled diplomatic assault on Britain and America on Sunday, accusing London of possible involvement in weekend bombings that killed five people and charging that Washington was bent on hauling Iran before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme. Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi …

NALCHIK, Russia — Scores of Islamic militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in this city in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region today, sparking battles that killed at least 49 people. Chechen rebels claimed responsibility for the attacks, which forced the evacuation of schools and left corpses littering the …

Iran considers itself to be the “main winner” of the US-led invasion of Iraq and the toppling of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, with the forthcoming Iraqi constitutional referendum likely to reinforce this sentiment, officials said. The Islamic republic appears happy to keep a low profile ahead of Saturday’s vote …

Invaders report the names of Dagestani Shaheeds (insha Allah) 2005-10-09 14:46:46 Invaders and local puppets have reported the names of four Dagestani Shaheeds (insha Allah) who according to the claims of kafirs were dead in a battle in center of Shamilkala (former Makhachkala). It is reported that all of them …

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will lobby Russia to pressure Iran over its suspected nuclear arms programmes at talks in Moscow on Saturday, U.S. officials said. The former Soviet specialist will squeeze a Russian leg into a previously scheduled trip to France and Britain that focuses on shoring up …

No end to gross human rights violations in Russia’s North Caucasus, Amnesty International releases new findings in lead up to EU-Russia summit. Amnesty International today released disturbing new findings from its latest field research mission which show there is no end to gross human rights violations in Chechnya and Ingushetia …

Before some weeks the Russian MASS-MEDIA were delivered of the next sensation: how bad ingushs abducted two soldiers near by at 58 Russian armies who not only maintained as slaves, but even “made actions of sexual character “. Let’s remind, that at 16 September employees of power structures of Northern …

A group of 60 to 300 armed men attacked Nalchik, the capital of Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria republic in North Caucasus, early on Thursday. The militants were divided into several mobile groups and attacked in several directions. The headquarters of the republic’s interior ministry, federal security service and the military commissariat were …