Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali- Akbar Salehi said Wednesday that West's sanction threats against Iran are discredited, the semi- official ISNA news agency reported. Referring to the U.S. attempts to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council concerning sanctions against Iran, Salehi said that 'this is the last attempts of the West,' ISNA said. (Iran-Press highlights) KUWAIT CITY -- Bahrain has temporarily closed the Manama-based office of al- Jazeera news channel, state-run BNA reported Wednesday. According to the report, the Qatari-based channel's office was shut down 'for breaching the professional media norms and flouting laws regulating the press and publication' in the Gulf island. (Bahrain-Jazeera) CAIRO -- The naval forces of Egypt and the United States launched a joint exercise on Wednesday, Egypt's Defense Ministry said. The training, code-named 'Eagle Salute 2010', was carried out in the Red Sea, an officer of the ministry told Xinhua. (Egypt-US- Exercise) ALGIERS -- Two soldiers were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide bomb attack Wednesday in Algeria's Boumerdes province, local French daily El Watan reported. The explosive device was detonated near a convoy of the National People's Army (ANP) around 13:30 local time (1230 GMT) at the western entrance to Si Mustapha town in Boumerdes province, 50 km northeast the capital Algiers, the report quoted well-informed sources as saying. (Algeria-Attack-Killing) BAGHDAD -- Car bomb and roadside bomb explosions hit Iraq's central province of Babil Wednesday, killing five and wounding 20, a local police source said. The two blasts hit a bus stop in Al-Museib city, 40 km north of the provincial capital city of Hilla, killing 5 people and wounding at least 20 others, said the source on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Explosions) 