PARIS 25 Jan (IPS) "Time has arrived for the European nations to choose between the Iranian people and the present ruling theocracy which is rejected and has no future", warned Mr. Reza Pahlavi, the 41 years-old son of the late Iranian Monarch Mohammad Reza Shah. ... more

HARDLINE factions in Iran are being blamed for arming an Afghan warlord whose growing power in the west of the country is threatening the Government in Kabul. ... more

TEHRAN, Iran --U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said Iran "has no love" for al Qaeda despite reports that they are harbouring terrorists. ... more

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan -- upon arriving in Iran from the first visit in 40-years of a U.N. chief to Afghanistan -- said Friday that there were no plans to meet Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabril while they both were visiting Iran. ... more

Tehran, Jan 26, IRNA -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan here Saturday struck an upbeat note over the international assistance for the reconstruction of Afghanistan ... ... more

Clashes erupted between Iranian riot police and teachers near the presidential offices in Tehran, and about a dozen were arrested, an AFP correspondent said. ... more

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interim leader, who has dazzled the international community with his charm and hats, will tell President Bush he does not want the U.S. military campaign in his land to end until the al Qaeda network is wiped out. ... more

KHOST, AFGHANISTAN - The Al Qaeda fighter knelt behind the rocks, his finger poised on the trigger. Below him on a sandy plateau stood two more Arab fighters with enough grenades to blow up a fleet of trucks. ... more

The United States has decided to delay the return of peace envoy Anthony Zinni until Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat takes steps to crack down on Palestinian militants, the Washington Post reported Saturday. ... more

PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon has been increasing military pressure on Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian Authority ... ... more

(New York, January 25, 2002) Human Rights Watch today urged President Bush to offer more U.S. assistance for Afghanistan's reconstruction needs when he meets Hamid Karzai, the head of the interim administration, in Washington on January 28. Human Rights Watch also said President Bush should stress the need for a broad-based government that fully respects the human rights of all Afghans. ... more

President George W. Bush accused Yassir Arafat of supporting terrorism yesterday as his senior foreign policy advisers met to review US policy towards the Palestinian leader. ... more

The definition of "overkill" is the ability of one nation's nuclear weapons to eradicate another country's population many times over. Russia and the United States meet that definition in spades. There is no reason for both of them to move so slowly to reduce their stockpiles of redundant nuclear weapons. ... more

Iraq's Foreign Minister Naji Sabri is in Iran for a visit aimed at patching up differences between the two former enemy states. He was welcomed to Tehran Friday by Iran's deputy foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. ... more