BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two Americans working for the U.S. government were killed in a bomb blast at a council office in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City on Tuesday, an embassy spokeswoman said.

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged a conference of international donors on Tuesday to provide funds to strengthen Palestinian police and legal institutions.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said on Tuesday that Germany planned to increase the number of troops it can send to Afghanistan by 1,000 later this year.

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police backed by NATO air strikes killed 14 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked a small town in eastern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said it is examining a timetable presented by world powers for starting talks on a package aimed at ending the five-year standoff over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Jam Petrochemical Complex’s 10th olefin project will be officially inaugurated in Assaluyeh region in a ceremony to be attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian border security forces have arrested 30 Pakistanis on the two countries’ border at Quetta and handed them over to Taftan police authorities on Sunday evening.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran announced it is reviewing the launch of a joint development bank with Venezuela.

На фото: Мечеть в Кашгаре, которая была разрушена после того, как её имам отказался вывесить на фасаде рекламу олимпиады в Пекине. Церемония доставки т.н. «олимпийского огня», маршрут которой проходил рядом с мечетью, состоялась 18 июня 2008 года.

Норвежские спецслужбы предупредили власти Норвегии о том, что число и активность российских шпионов, работающих под прикрытием посольства РФ в Осло, несмотря на окончание холодной войны, отнюдь не сократились, сообщает норвежский портал Aftenposten со ссылкой на одноименное издание.