ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey plans to invest up to $12 billion in its impoverished, mainly Kurdish southeast region as part of efforts to drain support for separatist PKK rebels, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Read More »FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. * NEAR KIRKUK – A roadside bomb targeting a local council member near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, wounded two of his bodyguards, police said.
Read More »Jordan releases leading al Qaeda mentor
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordanian authorities on Wednesday released Jordanian Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, a leading al-Qaeda mentor, after several years imprisonment without trial, security sources said.
Read More »Israeli troops kill West Bank militant
TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed an Islamic Jihad militant in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, residents said, in an incident that could complicate Egyptian-mediated efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire.
Read More »Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Meets Indonesian President
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday.
Read More »People Meet Leader to Promise Massive Turnout in Elections
TEHRAN (FNA)- A large number of Iranians from different walks of life met with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, here on Wednesday to stress their fervent desire to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Read More »Firefighters Try to Put out Fire in Western Forests
TEHRAN (FNA)- Firefighting squads in Iran’s western province of Lorestan have striven hard in recent days to extinguish sporadic fires which have most probably been started by imprudent picnic-goers who began summer camping even before the winter ends.
Read More »Iran Terms Muslim World a Potential Global Power
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday said that “unity and cooperation will develop the Islamic world into a major global power”.
Read More »Iran to Ink Gas Deal with Pakistan in April
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will sign a final agreement to export gas via pipeline to Pakistan in April, an official from the National Iranian Gas Company said.
Read More »Transport Means Vital for Iran-Turkey Trade
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Transportation Minister Mohammad Rahmati and the visiting president of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) explored avenues for consolidation of mutual trade ties in a meeting here on Tuesday.
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