Iran has started feeding uranium gas for enrichment at a nuclear plant where it has installed over 1,300 centrifuges, the UN atomic watchdog said.

Iranian Interior Ministry, in cooperation with the Intelligence Ministry, has made wide arrests of the main elements of the terrorist group known under the name of its leader Abdul Malik Rigi and succeeded in disbanding the main cells of the terrorist group, a ministry official said.

The Romanian Parliament on Thursday (April 19th) voted to suspend President Traian Basescu, despite an earlier constitutional court ruling that found he had not breached the constitution. In all, 322 lawmakers voted to suspend Basescu, while 108 lawmakers opposed the move. There were ten abstentions.

BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) — Romania’s parliament suspended President Traian Basescu on Thursday on charges of unconstitutional conduct, deepening the country’s political woes and raising the prospect of new presidential elections.

Parlamentul a aprobat, joi, hotararea de suspendare din functie a presedintelui Traian Basescu, cu 322 de voturi “pentru”, 108 voturi “impotriva” si 10 abtineri.

Moment fără precedent în istoria ţării noastre, cu un singur precedent în întreaga Europă. PreÅŸedintele Traian Băsescu a fost suspendat cu 322 de voturi “pentru”, în timp ce împotrivă au votat 108 de parlamentari.

BBC News – Staff at an Afghan television station in the capital, Kabul, have protested against a raid by armed police who allegedly assaulted workers there. Dozens of journalists and Members of Parliament demonstrated outside parliament against the raid. They accused President Hamid Karzai of smothering freedom of speech during …

By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press The U.S. will keep a close eye on Iran’s involvement in Afghanistan following reports that Taliban insurgents used Iranian-made weapons against NATO forces, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. Richard Boucher, Assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, told reporters that Washington would …

AFP – UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed distress Tuesday over the deaths of five UN contractors in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, as well over mounting civilian casualties in the country. “The secretary general was deeply distressed to learn of the fatal incident which occurred earlier this morning, when a …

By Raju Gopalakrishnan, Reuters When U.S.-led forces defeated the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan in 2001, the Hazaras, a tribe living in the central mountains, cheered the loudest. The mostly Shi’ite Hazaras had been oppressed by the Sunni rulers in Kabul through centuries of tumultuous Afghan history. But when the strictly …