TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Hungry for acquiring more oil and gas assets abroad, India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) is set to ink an understanding with the Hinduja Group for jointly exploring the possibilities of acquiring acreages overseas.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- With a sense of vindication, Iran’s defenders absorbed the news this week that US intelligence services no longer believe the Islamic Republic has a non-peaceful nuclear drive.

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker said on Thursday he had presented Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the pro-Western “orange” coalition, as candidate for prime minister.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition parties haggled on Thursday over whether to demand reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf as a condition for their participation in January elections.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on Muslim countries’ judicial systems to practice independence and revive Islam’s judicial rules.

At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul, the Afghan defence ministry has said.The bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan soldiers during morning rush hour in the south-west of the capital.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Iran’s judiciary power voiced Tehran’s readiness to assist other world countries with development and progress.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the US intelligence report on the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programs shot a bullet into the head of all ill-wishers of the Iranian nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The report by the US intelligence agencies created a positive atmosphere and proved Iran’s righteousness even more, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said in the wake of the US National Intelligence Estimate which reiterated the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- OPEC, the producer of more than 40 percent of the world’s oil, will leave production unchanged at its meeting today, an official from a Persian Gulf state involved in the talks said.