Eurasia Press & News

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – An onshore associate of Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship with tanks and other weaponry on board said on Wednesday an $8 million ransom deal was in the offing which may enable the boat to be freed within days. “A boat will carry the money from Djibouti …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An inquiry by the U.S. military has concluded that U.S. air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed more than 30 civilians, far more than U.S. commanders have acknowledged, The New York Times said on Tuesday.

Egypt’s occasionally fragile sectarian ties have been shaken by the murder of a Muslim whose wife converted to Islam against her Christian family’s wishes.

A suicide bomber has killed nine people at a courthouse in Baquba, capital of Iraq’s Diyala province, north of Baghdad, police say.

The city of Evian is on the border between France and Switzerland. Security there has been tightened for the inaugural three-day meeting of the World Policy Conference which began on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi dismissed on Tuesday as “surprising and unacceptable” remarks by the Indian prime minister that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi is to visit and consult with sources of emulation concerning his presidential candidacy.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Hamas representative in Tehran, Abu Osama al-Mo’ti, said here on Tuesday that the best way to resolve the internal problems of Palestinians is to return to the Mecca agreement.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian director Mona Zandi’s Bride received the Goteborg Film Festival Fund at the closing of the 11th Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP).

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, along with cabinet members arrived in the city of Bojnourd capital of the northeastern province of North Khorassan Wednesday morning.