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PALESTINE
Yemenis, Jordanians reaffirm support for Palestinians in Gaza
Yemenis and Jordanians have once again taken to the streets of their countries to reaffirm their support for Palestinians who are subjected to Israel’s US-backed genocidal war.
PALESTINE
Nakba Day highlighted at Human Rights Conference in Karachi
The Pakistani city of Karachi has hosted a conference on human rights, highlighting the ongoing Palestinian struggle for their inalienable rights.
PALESTINE
‘Liars!’: Israeli official heckled while defending bloodbath in Rafah
Israeli official is heckled at the Intenational Court of Justice (ICJ) while defending the occupying regime’s bloodletting in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.
POLITICS
Iran: BRICS core of international will to build fair world
The Iranian deputy foreign minister says the BRICS group of emerging economies is resolved to build a justice-based world and serve the interests of independent countries.
EU
Spain imposes ban on ships carrying arms for Israel
Spain has decided to ban ships carrying weapons for Israel from docking at its ports, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says.
LEBANON
Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah fighter, 2 children in S Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes kill a Hezbollah fighter and two children, targeting two villages lying far from Lebanon’s border with the occupied territories.
NEWS BULLETIN
Death toll from Brazil's rainstorm hits 151
On April 29, torrential rains poured down on Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.
#RESISTANCEOPS
May 16: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.
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Senegal PM blasts French military presence, raises possibility of closing bases
Senegal's prime minister has vehemently denounced the French military presence in his country and raised the possibility of closing its bases amid a growing move by the neighboring states to expel foreign occupation troops from the Sahel region.
PALESTINE
Fighting rages as Israel steps up Rafah invasion despite intl. outcry
Fighting rages in Gaza after Israel vowed to intensify its ground offensive in Rafah despite international concerns for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the southern city.
PALESTINE
Palestine urges FIFA to suspend Israel over war on Gaza
The Palestine Football Association (PFA) has urged the soccer's world governing body FIFA to suspend Israel over the regime’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
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France deploys troops, declares emergency state to quell New Caledonia protests
France has deployed new troops to New Caledonia and granted its forces more authority to crush an ongoing unrest in the independence-seeking archipelago.
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Here is Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, May 17,2024
ISRAEL WATCH
Concerns in Israel about Rafah invasion
Analysts and experts in Hebrew media studios have focused on the political and military developments in Israel, particularly the frustration experienced by the military establishment regarding the Netanyahu regime's management of the aggression following the incursion into Rafah and Jabalia.
IN-DEPTH
University of Calgary: Pro-Palestine encampment attacked by police
Canadian university students continue to establish pro-Palestinian encampments on campus, with the newest calls for academic institutions to divest from Israel coming from within the city of Calgary.
PALESTINE
Hezbollah launches drone strike, rocket barrages at Israeli positions
Hezbollah fighter launch a drone strike and multiple rocket barrages against Israeli military positions in retaliation to the regime’s strikes on southern Lebanon.
PALESTINE
Israel ‘intentionally’ destroyed Gaza schools, health centers: Rights group
A Geneva-based rights group says Israel “intentionally” demolished schools and medical facilities during its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
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