The largest ethnic Albanian party in Macedonia, the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), has decided to resume participation in Parliament after a boycott lasting nearly four months. The move came after an agreement was reached with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO-DPMNE party.

SIRTE, Libya (AFP) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed “completely transformed” relations with oil-rich Libya after talks with Muammar Qadhafi, the leader of a country now firmly back in the international fold.

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has arrested a third US-Iranian accused of being a “CIA agent” linked to US efforts to topple the country’s clerical authorities, a hardline newspaper said on Wednesday.