By Mark Dummett, BBC News Civilians have been the main victims of insurgent attacks in Afghanistan in the past 15 months, a study has revealed. Even though most attacks have been on military and government targets, most victims have nothing to do with either, the Human Rights Watch study said. …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that after each resolution passed by the UN Security Council his country would display a new achievement in the field of nuclear technology.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said here on Monday that the two Swedes who had been condemned to two years of imprisonment for violating the Islamic Republic’s law were released.