Eurasia Press & News

A deadly traffic accident caused by a U.S. military convoy sparked anti-American riots in the Afghan capital, Kabul – a city that was supposed to be the safest place in the war-torn country.  The unrest began Monday after a U.S. military vehicle crashed into at least 12 civilian cars in …

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TALK ABOUT GLOBAL THREATS, BUT PREPARE FOR LOCAL WAR  On May 10 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address to the Russian Federal Assembly.

On April 19, 2006, Saudi Islamist cleric Sheikh Dr. Nasser Al-‘Omar appeared on Al-Jazeera delivering a lecture on jihad. In it, he said, “The Islamic nation now faces a great phase of jihad,” and added “There are places where jihad is proper – Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Chechnya, Kashmir, and the …

This is a printout of an interview with Kavkaz Center’s cooperator Mikael Storsjö in the Swedish Radio on Monday 15.05.2006. We publish this interview in its entity, as we find authentic information of what happened in Sweden a week ago to be of public interest for all our readers. Reporter: …

DAMASCUS (AP) — Syria’s state-run media on Saturday implicitly blamed the recent militant attack in Damascus on the United States, Israel and their supporters in the region.

AGADIR (Reuters) — A deal endorsed by EU ministers last week for Spanish and Portuguese trawlers to fish in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal waters has fuelled anger in Agadir, Morocco’s main fishing port.

BEIRUT — Every week, Lebanese tune into the TV programme “A Nation’s Smiles” for a dose of satire on their leaders. But when an actor in clerical robes and fake beard spoofed the leader of Hizbollah this week, mocking the group’s fight against Israel, it took only minutes for thousands …

VIENNA — A proposed deal to end Iran’s disputed nuclear programme highlights a new and unflattering reality facing the United States: American intercessions overseas will be seen through the prism of an Iraq war that is highly unpopular around the globe.

VIENNA (AFP) — Iran is insisting that it will not give up its nuclear rights, despite being given just “weeks” by world powers to suspend uranium enrichment or face the consequences. “Pressure by certain Western countries aiming to make us abandon our [nuclear] rights will not show results,” Iranian President …

RAMALLAH — Fateh yesterday deployed a new security force in Jenin in an apparent response to the unit created by Hamas in the Gaza Strip two weeks ago.