Eurasia Press & News

A high-ranking political and trade delegation from the central province of Fars is scheduled to leave Iran on Wednesday on a tri-nation tour of Africa, Fars governor general said.

 Iraq’s Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani said the federal government will set production numbers, which will ensure it stays compliant with OPEC.

Iran has discovered new reserves of gas estimated at 11.4 trillion cubic feet of gas.

Iran and Nicaragua struck a trade deal which calls for Iran to improve Nicaragua’s infrastructure by constructing a port, houses and industrial sites in exchange for farm products like coffee, meat and bananas.

Iran and Iraq signed an agreement to build pipelines for the transfer of Iraqi crude oil and oil products, Iranian oil ministry said.

KABUL (AFP) – Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended Sunday with calls to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries in their respective tribal regions and to fight the opium trade financing Islamic militants.Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, addressing 700 tribal delegates at the end of a landmark “peace jirga” aimed at defeating the common …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Working to soothe relations with neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan’s president said Sunday that a “particularly dark form” of terrorism confronts the region, while tribal leaders called for engaging in dialogue with the Taliban to confront extremism.Speaking at the close of a four-day meeting of tribal leaders meant to …

Afghanistan’s Taliban has decided not to free any of 21 South Korean hostages despite earlier saying two women could go, the Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Sunday citing an insurgents’ spokesman.

Afghanistan’s Taliban said Saturday it has freed two women among 21 South Korean hostages captured more than three weeks ago by the hardline militia. Two spokesman for the insurgents said both women were ill and had been freed unconditionally as a “gesture of goodwill,” just hours after the conclusion of …

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban said on Saturday they had freed two female South Korean hostages, but local and national government officials said they had no knowledge of such a release. “Today at 6.30 pm (1330 GMT), we released two of the female Korean hostages who were seriously ill, …