Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Sri Lankan Government was able to secure seven months credit facility to import crude oil from Iran following President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s State visit to Tehran, a senior official said in Colombo on Thursday.
Read More »Ahmadinejad to Attend PGCC Summit
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend the upcoming summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) slated for Dec. 3-4 in Qatar’s capital Doha.
Read More »Iranian, EU Negotiators in Key N. Talks
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana are to continue Tehran-West nuclear talks in a meeting in London on Friday.
Read More »Iran Launches First Domestically Built Destroyer, Submarine
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran announced on Wednesday that its first domestically built destroyer, the Jamaran, as well as its first domestically built Ghadir class submarine launched operation.
Read More »Turk army gets green light to hit rebels in N.Iraq
Turkey’s prime minister said on Friday his cabinet had authorized the armed forces to conduct a cross-border operation against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq, but analysts said major action did not appear imminent.
Read More »Kidnapped priest released in southeast Turkey
A Syriac Christian priest kidnapped this week in southeast Turkey was released unharmed on Friday.“The priest was released in good condition…,” Batman province Deputy Governor Aziz Mercan told Reuters.
Read More »Bhutto gears up for Pakistani poll
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto published her manifesto for a January election on Friday, promising jobs for the poor if victorious but keeping open the option of boycotting the vote.
Read More »Pakistani merchants rue price rises and politics
With no customers in sight at his bazaar jeans stall, 23-year-old Mohammad Asad Khan is sick of political turbulence in Pakistan that he says is ruining his business.
Read More »Israel court backs Gaza fuel cuts
Israel’s top court has upheld a government decision to reduce the Gaza Strip’s fuel imports, but postponed planned electricity cuts to the Hamas-ruled territory, Israeli officials said on Friday.
Read More »One year on, protest still paralyses central Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese opposition tent city, which began as a powerful outcry to topple the government a year ago, has dwindled to a symbolic presence, but the protest by Hezbollah and its Christian ally still paralyses central Beirut.
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