Eurasia Press & News

BEIRUT (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested four people and seized large quantities of weapons, explosives and fuses in raids on members of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. The party leader, Ali Kanso, condemned the police action, telling a press conference hours afterward that it was unjustified and that the …

TEHRAN (Reuters) — A planned UN sanctions resolution will force Iran to review cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog but will not make Tehran abandon its atomic programme, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday. After weeks of haggling between major world powers, diplomats expect a resolution imposing limited …

STOCKHOLM — The increasingly volatile situation in Iraq is prompting a growing number of Iraqis to seek a safe haven in Europe, where Sweden is one of the most common destinations for refugees. Of some 40 nationalities seeking asylum in Europe, Iraqis top the list with more than 8,100 applications …

GAZA CITY (AFP) — President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday called on rival Palestinian factions to show further restraint to firm up a shaky Gaza truce aimed at halting a surge of fighting and avoiding a slide into civil war. “I call on Palestinians from all political factions to show responsibility and …

BEIRUT (AFP) — Arab League chief Amr Musa, mediating a crisis between pro- and anti-Damascus forces in Lebanon, said Wednesday that Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud should serve out his term despite calls for him to go.

DUBAI (AFP) — Britain’s Tony Blair on Wednesday accused Iran of being an obstacle to peace in the Middle East and urged moderate countries in the region to form an alliance to oppose its support for extremism.

CAIRO (AP) — The deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahri, told the United States on Wednesday that it was negotiating with the wrong people in Iraq, strongly implying in a video broadcast on Jazeera that Washington should be talking to his group.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Attacks on Darfur aid workers’ compounds in Gereida town have forced the evacuation of 71 staff and severely restricted humanitarian aid reaching the region’s largest population of war victims, officials said on Wednesday.

DAMASCUS  (AP) — US senators John Kerry and Christopher Dodd met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday to discuss how Damascus could help bring about stability and security to war-ravaged Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed on Wednesday that his country is just one step away from becoming an