TEHRAN (FNA)- Six major world powers will hold talks via telephone about the next steps to be taken against Iran at the UN to halt its nuclear program.

Russian stocks fell, extending yesterday’s record drop, as a plan by President Dmitry Medvedev to lend billion to banks wasn’t enough to convince investors the government can halt its worst financial crisis since 1998.

Russia’s military presence in Georgia has unnerved refugees who fled here from Chechnya in the 1990s.   When Russian tanks rolled toward Tbilisi, Georgia, in August, shops closed and streets emptied as residents stayed indoors, glued to their televisions and radios. A hundred miles northeast, in the mountainous enclave of …

The bear is back. That’s what all too many Russia-watchers have been saying since Russian troops steamrolled Georgia in August, warning that the country’s strongman, Vladimir Putin, was clawing his way back toward superpower status.  

On October 5 a combined celebration of several anniversaries, primarily President Ramzan Kadyrov’s birthday, took place in the Chechen capital. It included a public ceremony to mark the reopening of the newly restored Victory Avenue, which was attended by the Chechen leadership, representatives of federal government agencies, leaders of neighbouring …

Russia, who is concidered as guarantor in Ingushetia against Georgian violence, fights against civilians of the republic under unnamed struggle.   Russia has deployed in Ingushetia with via its intelligence service KGB and special teams under the special operations since 2007. After that Russian terrorism against Muslim public uprised, said …

A building of the gang “MIA of Ingushetia” was came under fire from grenade launchers and automatic weapons in the city of Malgobek last night, Shawwal 3, 1429 (October, 3 2008). The details of the attack have not been reported. The building was damaged, local sources said. The attack has …

A car exploded outside Russia’s occupation headquarters in South Ossetia yesterday, killing seven invaders in what leaders of the Moscow-backed separatist region immediately described as a “terrorist attack” launched from Georgia.  

Russia has failed to achieve its major goals in Georgia and therefore the threat of Russian aggression still persists, President Saakashvili said on October 2 at a meeting with the command of the Georgian armed forces.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Iraqis not to give in to “unwarranted” US demands, amid rising controversy in Baghdad over a security pact.