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Iran's nuclear chief Ali-Akbar Salehi has denied allegations of a clandestine underground atomic site near the country's mega capital of Tehran.

The terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) on Thursday had claimed that it had evidence of a new secret underground atomic site in the country.

A landmine explosion has killed two members of the Afghan security forces and injured three others in the north-western province of Herat.

"A landmine exploded when the vehicle police officers were driving hit it in Gulran district early on Thursday. Two policemen were killed on the spot and three more suffered grave injuries," police commander general, Najibullah Rozi, told Afghan Islamic Press.

Former Iranian nuclear chief says Iran is legally bound by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) protocol to vet inspectors dispatched to visit its nuclear facilities.

The terms of a contract between Iran and the IAEA stipulate that the Iranian government "has the right to accept or refuse the inspectors introduced by the Agency," Former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) Akbar Etemad told IRNA on Thursday.

A provincial finance minister has survived an assassination attempt as a bomb went off outside his home in Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan, killing three people.

The bomb, believed to have been planted in a car parked near the residence of Mir Asim Kurd Giloo, detonated on Thursday at the Railway Housing Society of Quetta. The minister was not at home when the explosive device was detonated.

Recent disclosure of US soldiers killing Afghan civilians for sport and collecting their body parts as trophies has received international condemnation.

"An act like this one is very heinous and will damage the image of the international community, especially the United States, who are pursuing a war in Afghanistan," Afghan political analyst, Saeed Ahmad Khamoush, told Press TV on Thursday.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution says US-sponsored talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is a cover-up for Israeli crimes against the Palestinian nation.

"The United States and the West just sit back and watch the suppression of the Palestinian nation, and yet they arrange talks for peace, what peace? Between which people?" Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said addressing crowds of the faithful at Tehran University, where he led Eid al-Fitr prayers.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel to extend its partial settlement freeze, as Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have resumed talks.

The UN chief made the remarks on Thursday during his meeting with US Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, about the first round of talks, UN News Center reported.

Hundreds of farmers and shopkeepers in India's Dhanaula have blocked national highway 64 in protest at a construction plan that threatens their farmland and economy.

Locals in the western Punjab state of Dhanaula have protested a 260-million-dollar proposal by the national government to expand national highway 64 by four lanes, The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday

In what has been described as a "cheap attempt," Donald Trump offers to buy the site of a proposed Islamic center and mosque near the ground zero.

The American billionaire made the offer on Thursday; however, he included a condition which would require the developers of the project to construct any future mosques in the area at least five blocks away from the World Trade Center site, reported the Associated Press.

The Israeli army has announced that all Gaza crossings will be closed to traffic and incoming goods for four days as the Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

The army announced the closure on Thursday, the Israeli new year as the reason.