KABUL – Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.

TEHRAN (FNA) Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh here Sunday said that Tehran’s nuclear issue is in final stages and would soon be resolved.

TEHRAN (FNA) Political Advisor to Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician Sunday dismissed reports by certain media about an impending collective resignation by Iraqi president, prime minister and foreign minister, and described such rumors as ridiculous.