Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara dismissed on Tuesday US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent allegations about existence of tension between his country and Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged neighboring Turkmenistan to cooperate in fighting terrorism and smuggling.

KABUL (AFP) – Two German police officers and a German foreign ministry employee were killed in the capital of Afghanistan on Wednesday, blown up in a bomb attack claimed by the militant Taliban movement. A fourth German was wounded in the attack, Germany’s biggest loss of life in the war-torn …