The fight against terrorism and militant violence has come under the spotlight at the swearing-in of Pakistan’s new president.

Moscow says its soldiers are likely to stay in South Ossetia and Abkhazia for a long time, a day after agreeing to a deal to pull troops out of Georgia proper. 

TEHRAN (FNA)- A joint research satellite of Iran, China and Thailand was launched on a Chinese rocket yesterday aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as earthquakes, an Iranian minister said yesterday.