TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said Monday that Western states have no choice but to win Iranians’ trust on the country’s nuclear issue.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a government official in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday and U.S.-led forces killed five militants south of the capital, a senior police official and the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In five years of war, Iraq has been hostage to a parade of grim statistics: car bombs, corpses, cholera and refugees fleeing rampant bloodshed.