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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan said they are willing to undertake bilaterally a stalled multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline even if India does not join the project.
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Iran Reiterates Solution to Island Dispute through Talks
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in Manama on Wednesday that his country’s dispute with the UAE over the three Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa should be resolved through mutual dialogue.
Read More »Pakistan parliament seen united against militancy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament has for the first time united to condemn terrorism, which members said posed a grave danger to stability, and has begun to “take ownership” of policy to tackle it, analysts said on Thursday.
Read More »Lithuania centre-right eyes win, coalition building
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s main center-right opposition party, heading for victory in the second round of elections Sunday, is set to woo smaller liberal groups and a new party run by a TV star as its coalition partners.
Read More »Russia wants to fight pirates in Somalia’s waters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia, which sent a warship to Somalia’s coast to combat pirates, asked the African nation on Thursday for carte blanche to use force in its territorial waters.
Read More »Georgia says Russia deploying troops in S.Ossetia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia said on Thursday that Russia had deployed 2,000 extra troops in South Ossetia in the past week and was preparing to stir up more trouble in the breakaway territory.
Read More »Pakistan says has not asked for IMF facility
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has not formally asked for a facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the prime minister’s top adviser on economic affairs said on Thursday, contrary to comments by the head of the multilateral agency.
Read More »Ailing Pakistan needs bitter IMF medicine
KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan needs funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to get its economy back on track after problems were ignored during a transition to civilian rule this year, a former central bank governor said.
Read More »Fifteen Afghans may face death in UAE over heroin
DUBAI (Reuters) – Fifteen Afghans may face the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates for smuggling 202 kg (445 lb) of heroin hidden in the fuel tanks of trucks, newspapers reported on Thursday.
Read More »Bomb kills three coalition soldiers in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb has killed three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.Violence has surged to its worst level this year, resulting so far in the killing of some 4,000 people, a third of them civilians, the bloodiest period since U.S.-led troops …
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