Sudan is the pivot of Iran-Africa relations, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said in Khartoum on Wednesday during his four-day official visit to Sudan.
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Mottaki slams West’s religious discrimination
Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has criticized discrimination against Muslim minorities in Western countries.
Read More »Iran calls for establishment of Islamic world agro market
Iran’s agricultural jihad minister on Wednesday highlighted the need for Muslim nations to establish a joint agricultural market.
Read More »President in Mahshahr to inaugurate major projects
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Mahshahr to inaugurate several major petrochemical and development projects in this southwestern city.
Read More »EU president Slovenia recognizes Kosovo
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Current European Union president Slovenia became the first former Yugoslav republic to recognize Kosovo’s independence from Serbia on Wednesday.
Read More »Turk planes strike Northern Iraq but no casualties reported
ARBIL, Iraq – Turkish warplanes bombed villages in remote northern Iraq on Tuesday, a week after a major eight-day offensive by Turkish forces against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in the region, border officials said on Wednesday.
Read More »Azerbaijan blames Armenia for armed clash
BAKUÂ – Azerbaijan accused neighbor Armenia on Wednesday of stoking unrest in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, following shooting there in which Azerbaijan said 16 soldiers had been killed.
Read More »Ukraine leader tells PM to resume Russia gas talks
KIEVÂ – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told his prime minister on Wednesday to resume talks with Moscow urgently after Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom halved supplies to Kiev in a row over payments .
Read More »Enter Russia’s new first lady, Svetlana Medvedeva
MOSCOWÂ – A patron of Russian fashion, socialite and supporter of the arts, Svetlana Medvedeva is shaking off her air of mystery as she prepares to become Russia’s first lady.
Read More »Russia’s Medvedev faces fight to install own team
MOSCOWÂ – The first big test of whether Russia’s president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, is really in charge will come when he tries to appoint his own allies into key Kremlin jobs occupied by Vladimir Putin’s loyalists.
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