Jerusalem, Apr. 28 : Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak has described Iran as the country posing the most central threat not only to the Jewish state, but also to the entire world.

"Iran was "a threat to the entire world, as it is interested in changing the entire international order and is a source of instability in the Middle East and throughout the world," the Jerusalem Post quoted Barak, as saying.

Luxembourg - European Union foreign ministers Monday called on Iran to respond positively to the United States' recent diplomatic overtures and help find a negotiated solution to the nuclear standoff. "The EU warmly supports the new direction of US policy towards Iran, which opens a window of opportunity for negotiations on all aspects of Iran's nuclear programme," ministers said in a joint statement issued during talks in Luxembourg.

London, Apr 27: The latest security threat to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to come from poisoned pens, feels his bodyguards.

Not content with plunging into crowds during his frequent public appearances, Ahmadinejad has been known to drive alone and unprotected at night to deprived neighbourhoods to meet families who lost relatives during Iran''s 1980-88 war with Iraq.

He has dismissed advice that his habits could make him a sitting duck for potential assassins, The Guardian reports.

Tehran, Apr. 27: Iran President Mohammad Ahmadinejad has said that he is yet to receive a response to his congratulatory message to US President Barack Obama.

“This was a major decision, although the Iranian people were very much dismayed with the conduct of previous U. S. administrations. And I was criticized here at home, in Iran. Nevertheless, I did that. I am yet to receive a response," Politico quotes Ahmadinejad, as saying.