Afghan officials said Tuesday that five NATO soldiers who were killed in the south of the country died in a "friendly fire" error during an air strike.
Afghanistan's presidential election results will be announced Thursday after authorities completed fraud investigations into the first round of voting to find a successor to Hamid Karzai as the war-torn country enters a new era.
Representatives of Kiev authorities and militia in the southeast of the country agreed to start evacuation of the bodies of those people who died in the crash of the Malaysian airliner Boeing-777, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman who heads the state committee investigating the air crash said on Sunday.
Tehran, YJC. Two senior officials met and discussed key issues, including bilateral ties, the reopening of the embassies of the two countries and Iran's nuclear energy program.
"John McCain creates an instant headline with some of his
firmest language yet to distance himself from President Bush. 'Sen.
Obama, I am not President Bush … if you wanted to run against President
Bush you should have run four years ago. I will take this country in a
new direction.'"
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei underlined the vital importance of boosting unity among Muslim nations, and called on Islamic countries to be watchful of the plots hatched by enemies to wreak havoc on them.
UN Secretary-General urged calm Saturday in Libya amid fears of clashes between pro-government militias and forces backing a rogue general bent on ridding the country of violent extremists.
Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a veiled warning to the United States on Wednesday, saying countries should not build up military alliances in Asia, even as Beijing feuds with neighbours in territorial disputes.
A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrived Saturday morning at the Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan in the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country.