Eurasia Press & News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 120 “enemy” fighters have been killed in a four-day-old Iraqi military operation against Shi’ite militias in the southern oil hub of Basra, a senior Iraqi commander said on Friday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces found 37 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave north of Baghdad and some showed signs of torture, the U.S. military said on Friday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) Iraq’s prime minister extended a deadline for Shi’ite militants in southern Basra to hand over their weapons from Saturday to April 8 and said they would receive a financial reward if they complied.

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed one Hamas militant and wounded two during clashes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Islamist group and the army said on Friday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada expects to win new military assistance from its NATO allies, which will allow it to extend its combat mission in southern Afghanistan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITMC) has implemented a production line to manufacture Iranian-made tractors in Uganda and Zimbabwe.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and South Korea have underscored the need to develop bilateral cooperation, focusing on the transportation sector.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has suspended pilgrim tours to Shiite Muslim holy sites in Iraq because of rising violence there.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), India’s top explorer, was in talks to develop oil and gas fields in Iran but a definitive agreement was still some way off, the company’s chairman said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India, Asia’s third-largest oil consumer, plans to resume talks with Pakistan over a pipeline to transport natural gas from Iran, New Delhi’s Oil Minister Murli Deora said.