TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahrain intends to push ahead with plans to buy gas from Iran, despite US opposition to deals with Tehran, senior officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An emergency OPEC meeting on Friday reached swift agreement to chop production by 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in an initial attempt to halt a deep oil price slide.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkey have resolved problems on planned investment in the South Pars gas field and they may sign a production accord in November.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have decided to cut production by 1.5m barrels a day from November in a bid to stem a collapse in prices.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Moscow accused Washington on Friday of breaking international law and undermining cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program after it imposed sanctions on Russian companies.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration will announce in mid-November, after the presidential election, that it intends to establish the first US diplomatic presence in Iran since 1979, according to senior Bush administration officials.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel is making discussions on future US-Iranian ties with some concerns and worries over a possible direct talks between Washington and Tehran if Senator Barack Obama wins the US presidential elections.

TEHRAN (FNA)- OPEC oil ministers arrived in Vienna ahead of an emergency meeting in response to the global economic crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani stressed that Iraq’s security must not be undermined to ensure protection for the occupying forces.

(WASHINGTON) — The United States is taking another step toward getting Albania and Croatia — both isolated behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War — folded into the NATO alliance.