Tehran, Dec 22, IRNA – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday welcomed the announcement of a new government in Baghdad as “a major step forward in Iraq’s democratic progress”.

London, Dec 22, IRNA – Business Secretary Vince Cable has admitted declaring “war” against Rupert Murdoch to prevent the Australian-American media tycoon to take full control of BSkyB, Britain’s le

London, Dec 22, IRNA – Britain’s coalition government leaders sought to play down divisions Monday after the most senior Liberal Democrat member of cabinet threatened to resign over 'Maoist' pace o

Berlin, Dec 22, IRNA -- A German Catholic peace organization on Tuesday called for a boycott of 'Israeli' products over its apartheid policies against Palestinians.

London, Dec 22, IRNA – British charity Muslim Aid has been cleared of allegations led by Israel and the US of channelling funds to terrorist organisations.

London, Dec 22, IRNA -- Oil prices are most likely to approach $100 per barrel (dpb) in 2011, according to latest forecast from Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES).

Damascus, Dec 22, IRNA – Secretary Genera of Islamic Jihad Movement Ramadan Abdullah Shallah underlined that struggle and resistance continue until full liberation of Palestine from the Zionist reg

Ankara, Dec 22, IRNA – Deputy First Vice-President in Economic Affairs Ali Aqa-Mohammadi conferred with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan here on Tuesday.

London, Dec 22, IRNA – Britain and Russia have become embroiled in another tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats despite attempts by Foreign Secretary William Hague to repair relations that have been

Tehran, Dec 22, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday hailed the success of Iranian athletes in the first edition of Para Asia games in China.