Eurasia

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian warplanes forced a Belarusian fighter jet to land for interrogations after the plane violated the country’s airspace.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia test-fired an intercontinental Stilet missile on Wednesday as part of the checks needed to extend the service of the weapon until 2010, the strategic missile forces said. The missile, which belongs to a type commissioned in 1979 and known in the West as SS-19, was fired …

As German troops paid a ceremonial tribute to two comrades killed in a suicide attack on Monday, allies in the Afghan army have become the latest victims.

Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak has been released from jail in Moscow pending his trial on charges of embezzlement and fraud, which he has always denied.

Hoping to get Georgia back on its feet after this summer’s armed conflict, international donors have gathered for a major fund-raising conference.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the Mostazafan Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tetneft of Tatarestan, an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish National Security Council on Tuesday decided to form a new structure in order to strengthen the coordination in the fight against terrorism.

TEHRAN (FNA)- World gas powers Iran, Russia and Qatar pledged on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation and Tehran said there was a consensus to form an OPEC-style grouping.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, Russia and Qatar, which together account for 60 percent of the world’s gas reserves, took their first serious steps toward forming an OPEC-style cartel for natural gas.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Kazakh Transport and Communication Minister Serik Akhmetov signed a cooperation protocol at the end of the 10th meeting of the Kazakh-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic, science and technical and cultural cooperation.