TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran in protest over the reprinting of cartoons of the Prophet of Islam by leading Danish newspapers.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini voiced Tehran’s concern over tension and lack of security in its neighboring states, including Pakistan.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran has postponed a scheduled round of talks with the United States on Iraqi security in Baghdad, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The fourth most important oil company in the world’s western countries, Total SA , said Wednesday it will continue doing business with Iran and Venezuela and highlighted its good relations with Caracas.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The UN Security Council will revise a draft resolution on new sanctions against Iran over its atomic program and call a vote after the International Atomic Energy Agency issues its report on Iran, Britain’s UN envoy said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian ministers elaborated on the latest decisions adopted during a cabinet meeting here on Wednesday.

LONDON – Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, who feared assassination and faced accusations of plotting a coup in his homeland, has died in Britain and British police are treating his death as suspicious.

ROME – An Italian soldier serving in Afghanistan was killed and another was wounded on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on them, the Defence Ministry said.

BERLIN – Boosting the number of German troops in Afghanistan and shifting them to the violent south makes no strategic sense and would stretch military equipment to the limit, the main association for German soldiers said.

GAZA – Hamas Islamists on Wednesday called for the Arab world to unite against Israel after Hezbollah accused the Jewish state of assassinating one of its founders.