Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced Tuesday that Iran has built a new unmanned intelligent submarine along with a boat which evades radar detection.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit to Turkey this week for talks expected to focus on bilateral ties, a government official in Ankara said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Algeria, holders of the second and sixth-largest natural gas reserves, support the formation of a gas exporters group similar to OPEC, the two countries’ oil ministers said.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s justice minister removed chief anti-corruption prosecutor Daniel Morar from office on Monday, a dismissal observers said could weaken the country’s efforts to fight graft among top politicians.

KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked militants’ hideout in a volatile tribal region on Monday and killed around 50 insurgents, taking the death toll to nearly 160 in five days of fighting, officials said.

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – A Kashmiri separatist leader was among two people killed on Monday as police fired to stop traders from crossing into Pakistan to protest what they said was an economic blockade by Hindus, police said.

TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) – Nine Turkish soldiers including a lieutenant colonel were killed on Monday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device planted by separatist guerrillas, military sources told Reuters.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Monday, saying its support for Georgia in the conflict over the separatist region South Ossetia displayed a cynical Cold War mentality.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt left for Georgia on Monday to push for an end to an armed conflict there after Russian troops pushed into two separatist regions of the country.