Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Jordanian counterpart Abdel-Elah Mohammad Al-Khatib on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Ali Shakeri, an Iranian-American national who was arrested on May 8, was released on a bail of approximately USD 100,000 Monday night.

KABUL (Reuters) – More than 60 Taliban militants and a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan were killed in fighting in the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.