It's 15: 00 Universal Time and here's the news from the Voice of America. I'm Steve Aldridge from the VOA News Center in Washington. Iranian state media report a suicide bomber has killed at least 31 people, including several commanders of Iran's (elite) Revolutionary Guards at a security gathering in southeastern Iran. Another 28 people were wounded in the attack at a meeting between the Revolutionary Guards and Shiite and Sunnis (tribal) leaders. Iranian media reports say a man wearing an explosive's vest blew himself up at the (reconciliation) meeting. Six senior commanders were killed in the attack, including a Revolutionary Guards' deputy commander and the chief provincial commander. Pakistani forces engaged heavy fire on Sunday with militants (defending) their heartland in the mountains of the South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Pakistani troops, backed by fighter jets, continue to advance into the main (sanctuary) of militants on the second day of a full-scale ground offensive against Taliban and al-Qaeda (insurgents). Officials say 60 militants and five Pakistani soldiers have been killed in the first 24 hours of the operation. Global pressure continues to mount Sunday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a possible (runoff) in Afghanistan's disputed election. Senior foreign officials have urged Mr. Karzai to accept the findings of a (fraud) investigation by a U.S. -backed panel that could decide whether the nation's disputed election goes to a runoff. Israel is facing growing international pressure after the United Nations Human Rights Council approved the Goldstone Report which (accuses) Israel of war crimes against Palestinians. The report also accuses Palestinian (militants) of war crimes during the Gaza conflict nearly a year ago. Robert Berger reports from Jerusalem. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on him to cooperate with the Goldstone Report. They urged Israel to open an independent, (transparent) investigation into alleged war crimes during the three-week Gaza conflict last December and January. The resolution by the Human Rights Council (endorses) the Goldstone Report’s recommendations that both the Israelis and Palestinian militants show the U.N. Security Council they are investigating the war crimes (accusations). Israel has rejected the report as one-sided and biased and says the Gaza war was a (legitimate) act of self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks. Israeli officials say opening a war crimes investigation would be (tantamount) to accepting guilt. But Israeli David Horovitz, the editor of the Jerusalem Post, says defiance may be counterproductive. Robert Berger, for VOA News, Jerusalem. Officials in the Philippines are warning residents to be prepared for more tropical weather as a new storm (approaches). Lisa Schlein reports from WHO headquarters in Geneva. Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit the Philippines in quick succession on September 26 and October 3, bringing chaos to much of Luzon Island, including the capital Manila. These twin disasters have caused some of the most serious flooding scene in the Philippines in forty years. More than four million people have been affected. Aid agencies report several areas in the north remain cut off by (landslides) and more than five hundred people are known to have died. World Health Organization spokesman Paul Garwood says WHO is concerned about outbreaks of (communicable) diseases and in particular about one disease called Leptospirosis. "People contract the disease through contact with, say (rodents) or infected animals, people who have been wading in water or swimming in infected water." Health officials say nearly four thousand people probably will require (hospitalization) and upwards of seven hundred may die. Lisa Schlein for VOA News, Geneva. The WHO is warning doctors to brace for a possible wave of very sick H1N1 swine flu patients. The U.N. health agency says Friday the virus can cause (life-threatening) viral pneumonia that may be particularly dangerous to otherwise healthy young people. Health officials urged doctors to treat suspected cases quickly with (antiviral) drugs. I'm Steve Aldridge, VOA News. More news on the Internet at voanews.com.