Eurasia

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan’s government to tackle the nation’s mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the country’s main defense industry complex on Thursday, killing at least 59 people as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, officials said.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Leila Inauri laughed grimly at the irony of her situation. “The Russians have driven us from our homes and now we end up as refugees here in a building that used to be the base for Russian soldiers serving in the Caucasus. It is an irony of …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian soldiers rode into battle against Georgia perched on top of their armored personnel carriers, not out of bravado but because a flaw in their armor can make it more dangerous to travel inside.

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia intends to keep 500 troops in a security zone surrounding Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for twin suicide blasts outside Pakistan’s main defense industry complex on Thursday which killed about 40 people.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Belarus have good prospects for developing their relations, a senior official in Minsk said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil rose to $116 a barrel on Thursday, climbing for a third straight session, as Washington’s missile shield deal with Poland angered Russia, adding to international tension.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is ready to help Belarus advance its peaceful nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Baku may export its oil via Iran after explosion and conflict disrupted its routes through Turkey and Georgia, An Azeri official said.