In the biggest exercise of its kind since the Cold War, Russia has followed the Saturday firing of a brand new intercontinental missile with a triple firing on Sunday, one of which was attended by President Medvedev.

Early results from the count in Lithuania’s general election give the centre-right opposition a slender lead, and a totally new party in second place, with over 50 percent of the votes counted.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The head of the Iranian delegation to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) High Level Committee (HLC) announced that the new cartel prepared a draft version of its charter at the recent HLC meeting in Caracas, Venezuela.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has urged outsiders to leave the Middle East, saying it would be the best choice before them.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday insisted on the need to institutionalize party system in the country as he said party system is the need of modern world.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran says the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan has been counterproductive, adding that the US has only managed to increase tensions.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili has expressed his concerns over the mounting instability in Afghanistan.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad referred to ongoing economic crisis in the United States here Saturday, adding, “World nations should remain alert and negate U.S. plans for new round of looting nations aimed at saving the ailing U.S. economy.”

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says US hegemony is teetering on the brink of collapse as new global powers begin to emerge.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi said on Saturday that the western countries are quite well aware that Iran never yields to bullying powers and that adoption of such policies against Iran does not bear any fruit.