Eurasia Press & News

Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s air force said that his troops have succeeded in increasing the traveling distance of the US F14 fighter jets to 14,000 miles.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has left the country to attend the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly to be held in New York.

Iran’s Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) governor said yesterday that the surge in oil prices to record levels was not sustainable.

Iran’s president is set to use a speech at a leading US university to challenge George W Bush at a time of high tensions with Washington over his country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

The US military detained an Iranian in northern Iraq, sparking a new row with Iran which insisted the man held was part of a business delegation.

President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed that France does not want a war with Iran over its nuclear program, but he renewed his allegations against Iran once again.

Central Asia seems to have entered a new period ocooperation. Regional leaders are making official visits to neighboring states at a rate not seen since the early days after the fall of the Soviet Union. What’s driving this new dynamic?

Although NATO commanders in Afghanistan say Taliban insurgents are on the run, there are signs that the resolve of key ISAF nations is flagging in the face of a task that could take decades and has already cost the lives of many soldiers.

Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed on 21 September a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at increasing and intensifying defense cooperation, Xinhua reported quoting the News Network International (NNI).

Iraq‘s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has agreed to look into political demands of the main Sunni Arab political bloc which pulled out of his Shi’ite-led government last month, his office said.