Loading…
Zakzaky supporters say soldiers plan to attack Arba’een rally
Danjuma Abdullahi Press TV Abuja Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky’s supporters announced in a press conference that there is a plan by the Nigerian security forces to attack and kill marchers who will engage in the forthcoming annual symbolic trek across the country. They said the security forces have hatched a plan to attack and kill trekkers if they come out, and another alternative plan that is also guaranteed to cause violence ...
Read more
109 million EU citizens living on poverty line
Jerome Hughes Press TV, Brussels The heads of the EU institutions, as well as civil society groups, business leaders and union representatives all came together in Brussels to take part in the so-called 'Tripartite Social Summit'. This, as figures just released by the EU's statistical agency, Eurostat, show that 109 million people in the bloc are living on the poverty line, that's 22% of the EU's entire population. Social Dialogue Commissioner ...
Read more
Pakistani women rally over curfew in Kashmir
Javed Rana Press TV, Islamabad Thousands of women in Pakistani capital Islamabad took to the streets to protest over two and half months long curfew and communication blackout in Indian disputed Kashmir region. The disputed territory has been under security clampdown since early August when New Delhi abolished its special status and annexed the region into Indian federation. Since then there has been outrage on Pakistani streets which regularly are filled with ...
Read more
Massive wildfires spread across Lebanon
Rana Aladdin Press TV, Beirut Massive wildfires have hit Lebanon this week in what Civil Defense has described as the worst wildfires to have hit the country in decades. The nationwide blazes tore through Lebanon’s mountains and residential areas in the Chouf and Metn regions before making their way across south Lebanon. The fires came as a result of unusual high temperatures and strong winds, destroying the country’s forests and forcing ...
Read more
Arba’een: Millions of Iranian pilgrims converge on Karbala
Ghanbar Naderi Press TV, Tehran Millions of pilgrims have converged on Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arba’een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam. As our correspondent reports, many pilgrims from Tehran are still on their way to the holy city. ...
Read more
Erdogan rejects US ceasefire suggestion
Rahshan Saglam Press TV, Istanbul Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected US suggestion of a ceasefire in northeastern Syria ahead of a visit for American vice president Mike pence on Wednesday. Turkish president vowed that he would not declare a ceasefire in northeast Syria, adding his country will not sit for talks with what he called a terrorist group, meaning the People’s Protection Units YPG. US vice president will arrive ...
Read more
Head of anti-Iran news website arrested by IRGC
Gisoo Misha Ahmadi Press TV, Tehran Head of a notorious anti-Iran network, Rouhollah Zam has been arrested through sophisticated intelligence operations by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards corps. Zam who lived in Paris, operated the opposition Telegram channel and news site dubbed 'Amad News' with hundreds of thousands of followers. Observers say his arrest is not an issue of free speech since there are several other anti-Iran news outlets that are operating ...
Read more
Mediation won’t solve Iran-Saudi Arabia issues: MP
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – A member of Parliament’s national security commission said while Pakistan’s efforts to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia are welcome, the issues between the two sides will not be resolved through mediation.
Read more
Gazans challenge occupation by planting olive trees
Ruba Shabat Press TV The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture held a festival to announce the beginning of olive harvest season. Every October, Gazans come together to celebrate the ancient tradition of olive harvest where families, farmers and children experience picking olives. This festival is considered as a revival for the symbolic, national and economic importance of the holy tree. Hundreds of thousands of olive trees have been uprooted during wars imposed by ...
Read more
