Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has increased its oil output to 4.23 million barrels per day, the highest since 1979, and plans to increase output further.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Saturday night met with the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Chief, Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah in Riyadh.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan is keen to see the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) oil pipeline project through and awaits India’s readiness to engage with Pakistan in this regard, Pakistan’s Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Syed Naveed Qamar said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in two separate decrees on Saturday appointed Gholam Ali Haddad Adel as his senior advisor and Saeed Jalili as his representative in the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian revolutionary court sentenced a man to death Monday on charges of spying for Israel.

KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistan must stop militants crossing the border to attack targets in Afghanistan, otherwise the Kabul government will take action, Afghanistan’s presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including an Islamic Jihad commander, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday in the first fatal raid since a ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip last week.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt told Israel on Tuesday it was trying to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, held in Gaza for the past two years and not included in last week’s truce between Gaza and Israel.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two Americans working for the U.S. government were killed in a bomb blast at a council office in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City on Tuesday, an embassy spokeswoman said.

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged a conference of international donors on Tuesday to provide funds to strengthen Palestinian police and legal institutions.