Semi-official Fars news agency says blast heard distinctly in several parts of the western Iran city; a uranium conversion plant near Isfahan went online in 2004.
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi says security forces never sought to harm Egyptian civilians, claims willing to hold referendum on immediate transfer of power if people demand it.
Party heads say Supreme Council of Armed Forces agree to July 2012 regime change; parties power to be transferred on April 29, probe into the death of 36 protesters in last 4 days.
Albania is ''categorically'' opposed to attempts to secure recognition of a Palestinian state in the United Nations, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Barisha, said in a speech before the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem.
Jordan's King Abdullah, who visited Ramallah on Monday, conveyed to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas a document from the European Union that includes a proposal for resuming negotiations with Israel, an Arab newspaper reported.
The landslide victory of the center-right Partido Popular (PP) at Sunday’s general elections in Spain is expected to slightly improve relations between Israel and Spain but will not lead in a noticeable improvement in Spanish public opinion.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was ''still waiting'' for Iran to propose ways to prove to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the world that it is not seeking nuclear weapons.
Ahead of the EU-US summit in Washington later this month, the European Parliament has called on both sides to address ''Palestinians' legitimate demand'' at the United Nations.
