Most nations have banned the use of cluster bombs under a convention which became international law in 2010.

The news was grim for new Kevin James comedy Here Comes the Boom, which grossed $4.6 million to come in No. 6.

Iran has failed to make any concessions during talks on its nuclear program over the past months, Guido Westerwelle said.

Opinion polls suggest the country’s ruling center-right coalition led by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius is set to lose power.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza after the militant Islamic Hamas seized control of it in 2007 from secular rival Fatah.

"The Turkey to Iran natural gas pipeline just started to pump this morning," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz.