KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said British politician Paddy Ashdown cannot become U.N. envoy to Afghanistan unless the world body clarifies his role, state newspapers said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani condemned Israeli crimes in Gaza, and underlined the need for serious measures to help the oppressed people of Palestine against the Zionist regime.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s new ambassador to Manila Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani submitted his credentials to the Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a meeting on Sunday.