Eurasia Press & News

KABUL – A U.S. civilian shot dead an Afghan civilian who tried to set fire to another American on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD – An agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three years should be put to the public in a referendum, Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president said on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD – A suicide bomber killed a Pakistani soldier and wounded nine Tuesday, highlighting the growing militant threat a day after the top U.S. commander in the region held security talks with Pakistani leaders.

KABUL – Taliban insurgents have lifted a ban on mobile telephone companies operating their networks during daylight hours in the Afghan province of Ghazni, residents said Tuesday.

Police in Iraq say that at least 11 people have been killed in two separate explosions in the capital Baghdad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was in Damascus today, where he met Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and Vice-President Farouq al-Shar’a.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday evening that the Lebanese resistance to Israeli regime is good example for all regional nations.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s central bank warned on Monday that if oil prices fall under 60 dollars a barrel, the country’s economy will struggle to survive the world financial crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ignoring the necessary balance between the countries’ nuclear commitments and their nuclear rights means a weakening of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s status and disregarding its objectives, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A jury hearing the case of a British Army interpreter from Brighton who was accused of spying for Iran retired to consider its verdict.