Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday that the Indonesian government did not have any plan or wish to take over or nationalize foreign companies in Indonesia and he asked foreign firms to continue doing business in the country without any worry.

Three people were killed and 49 others injured when a motorcycle bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

Singapore's 11th Parliament has been sworn in and President S.R. Nathan gave a speech in the House on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the Quartet of international mediators for the Middle East on Thursday to work more effectively in resolving the conflict in the region.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fired three new models of missiles in the ongoing military exercises in the Gulf region, the state-run television reported on Friday.

Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has strongly condemned terrorist attack in Quetta that resulted in the loss of lives of two policemen and caused injuries to civilians.

Tension looms in Somalia as talks aimed at averting an all-out war between the transitional government and increasingly powerful Islamists have collapsed in Khartoum, Sudan.

Visiting Iraqi President Jala Talabani said on Thursday in Paris that he could not envisage the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq for at least two or three years.

Two policemen and one passerby were killed and five other persons were wounded in a car bomb blast Thursday in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, the private GEO TV reported here.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that Pakistan and India must move forward to resolve conflicts.