Eurasia

Security concerns in the North Caucasus traditionally peak in the summer. Warm weather and green leaves on trees help the Caucasian rebels intensify their attacks on Russian army units and local police forces.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Five people were injured when a bomb exploded in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday (June 15th).

NCRI – Based on reports, Iranian regime’s officials have held meetings with Ali Khamenei where they have decided to employ the Islamic Fundamentalists to intensify terror activities against Western interests.

NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer expressed solidarity Tuesday (June 12th) with Turkey’s fight against terrorism, while also urging Ankara to show “maximum restraint” in dealing with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq.

June 11, 2007: Russians have been rewriting their own history, more so than most nations, for a long time. The most recent example is their current attitude towards the Cold War, how it ended, and the legacy of 70 years of communist tyranny.

Thousands of mourners, attending funeral services Monday (June 11th) for three Turkish soldiers, condemned the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organisation and called for the government’s resignation.

ANKARA (AFP) — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday indicated he would resist calls from the influential military for an incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there.

About 1,500 anti-government protesters, led by chess legend Garry Kasparov, have rallied in central Moscow.

SOFIA (Reuters) — President George W. Bush said on Monday it was a high priority for the United States to win the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV.