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The visit would be keenly observed as the US is mounting pressure on major countries to boycott Iran oil.

14 January Transfer Rumours: IBTimes UK rounds up the pick of this week's football transfer rumours, as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are all in the news.

Li Guolin, who was serving 23-year sentence, was caught near a primary school on Friday just over a mile from the Hiroshima prison.

Iran boycott-busting firms in China, Singapore and UAE sanctioned by US.

$1bn Thirty Metre Telescope will be able to pinpoint objects in space 13 billion light years away.

Ofcom has outlined its plans for Britain's upgrade to the super-fast 4G mobile network technology, promising that at least four mobile operators will use the network.

Chinese prisoner makes first jailbreak in Japan in 20 years.

Scientists are to announce mankind is close to catastrophic destruction with the movement of the Doomsday clock.

The agent of Keisuke Honda has told The International Business Times UK that reports of Liverpool and Arsenal's interest in the highly rated Japanese international are only "rumours".

Liverpool transfer rumour: Reds face a battle to sign reputed long-term CSKA Moscow target Keisuke Honda after the Russian side's coach warned the midfielder was unlikely to be sold in the January transfer window.

Expect the scariest game ever made for handheld to hit the stores this summer from the horror franchise - Resident Evil. Capcom has bettered its previous sequels with exemplary delivery of game narrative, while successfully connecting the preceding storyline to make for a riveting game experience.

Tottenham Hotspur have emerged as Manchester United's chief rivals in the pursuit of coveted Brazil international Ganso, according to reports in Friday's press.

Two months after the launch of iPhone 4S, now fresh rumors are doing the rounds. Eager Apple fans are getting info on the imaginary device through various sources - credible and otherwise.

Recession in the West, euro breakup, tighter budgets in Britain and a jittery Asian economy paint bleak picture, according to Centre for Economic and Business Research.

The newly-released PlayStation Vita is being outsold by the handheld console that it is intended to replace, the seven-year-old PlayStation Portable.

A Bluefin tuna has been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo - making it the world's most expensive fish.

Paris Saint Germain have emerged as the frontrunners in the race to sign reputed Liverpool target Keisuke Honda

North Korea caught trying to export reagents for chemical weapons to Syria in 2009, it has been reported.

The International Harbin Ice and Snow Festival was inaugurated on January 5 with displays of several beautiful ice castles, monuments and landscapes.

Reports that the Japanese Government is developing its own computer virus has led analysts to speculate of a possible cyber "doomsday" scenario.

Insurance companies made record payouts last year, following large-scale disasters in Japan and New Zealand.

A Youtube user, derDon1234, has posted a 10-minute video showing important events from 1911 to 2011.

The past year has witnessed some revolutionary technological innovations. Some of the biggest and most inspiring stories revolved around technology .

British holidaymakers may be planning to holiday in 2012, but which destination to choose?

People around the world ushered in the New Year 2012 with prayers, balloons and fireworks. They rejoiced the end of 2011 by holding midnight parties at select disco clubs and pubs.

It's pointless to give treatises on all these happenings at a time when the whole world is getting ready to welcome the New Year. And the only apt thing to do at the eleventh hour is nothing but to recall the events through the dramatic images of the year

How will you be celebrate 2012? International Business Times UK takes a look at 10 New Year celebrations.

2011 marked by series of devastating natural disasters from floods and tsunamis to earthquakes and droughts.

The song was written in Minnesota after the Monster Ball on the tour bus.

Applications from China's patent office have gone up by an average of 16.7 per cent annually; from 171,000 in 2006 to nearly 314,000 in 2010.