Iran tested its several kinds of missiles at the start hours of a large military maneuver on Thursday, including the ballistic Shahab-3 missiles with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers, the state television reported.

Immediate past Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Michael Somare on Thursday expressed concern over Fiji's situation in light of the heightened political tensions which have developed in recent days.

Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Thursday said that there will be no coup in the country despite army commander's coup threat, according to Radio New Zealand.

Police on Wednesday arrested a woman on arson and murder charges after she set ablaze a hotel in Nevada, killing six people.

One week before next Tuesday's midterm Congressional elections, Iraq and terrorism top the list of issues that American voters consider "extremely important," a new poll released on Wednesday showed.

The Nepali government is to implement a new arrangement of Katmandu Metropolitan Police to curb growing crimes and undesired activities in the capital, the National News Agency RSS reported on Thursday.

Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly on Wednesday agreed to set a Dec. 12 deadline for the legislature's committee to ratify the nation's free trade agreement with the United States, other Central American nations and the Dominican Republic.

The international community on Wednesday responded to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s announcement that it will return to the six-party talks.

The automatic system to be used in Venezuela's Dec. 3 presidential elections have a 99.1 percent proven effectiveness, an electoral official said on Wednesday.

Twelve Portuguese engineers left Lisbon for the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday as the vanguard of the 140-strong peacekeeping force the country pledged for southern Lebanon, devastated by the 34-day war over the summer.