Hayati Yazıcı said Turkey was controlling all of 10 border gates to stop illegal arms-trafficking in the region.

Armenian churches in Iran prohibit making bonfires as a symbol of Zoroastrism and pagan traditions.

The Iranian embassy in Lebanon said Hessam Khoshnevis was killed in an attack by "armed terrorist groups."

"Make no mistake: Hezbollah's sole purpose is to commit terrorist acts both inside and outside the Middle East," said Prosor.

Any sign that Japan was moving to develop such a capability in response to N. Korea's nuclear program could upset neighbors China and S. Korea.

The law on municipal government stipulates for a 65-member City Council, elected for a 4-year term.

The parties focused on a Tbilisi-hosted Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers meeting, as well as a preparation to an EaP summit in Vilnius.

Ferris wheel - dubbed the Dubai Eye - will stand 210 metres tall, exceeding the London Eye's 135 metres.

The April 26, 1986, accident in the then-Soviet republic of Ukraine sent a cloud of radioactive fallout over much of Europe.

"The allegations of arm transfers from Iran to Somalia have no basis or validity," Iran's UN mission wrote to the UN Security Council.