The Islamic Republic of Iran has taken positive steps for expanding ties with members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC), a senior Bahraini official said.

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, discussed issues of mutual interest with his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda on Tuesday.

Boston, Sept 29 (ANTARA) - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage left Boston, Massachusetts, for Jakarta on Tuesday night.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received Iraq's visiting Parliament Speaker Iad al-Sameri here Tuesday.

Baku, September 30 (AzerTAc).

Bangalore, Sept 29 (PTI) Over 3,500 doctors in Karnataka
Tuesday resigned en masse in protest against the government's
refusal to accept their demand for salary hike.

Boston, Sept 29 (ANTARA) - A group of Harvard University students greeted visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outside their campus on Tuesday afternoon.

HCM City (VNA) – The annual Nghinh Ong or Whale Worship Festival, a traditional
festival for fishermen, will begin on Oct. 2 in HCM City ’s only coastal

Khartoum, Sept 29, SPA -- Eng. Mohammed Abdulaziz, the director
general of the Sudanese civil aviation, said an agreement has been

Baku, September 30 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijani pianist Murad Adigozalzadeh will participate in an international music festival starting this Sunday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.