Iran’s Caspian Sea convention ratification debate centers on security, sovereignty and regional cooperation, with some stressing protection from outside powers while some others warn unresolved maritime boundaries, resource shares and territorial rights need to be settled first.
Israeli forces storm into a village in Syria’s southern Quneitra province, searching several homes in yet another breach of the Arab country’s sovereignty.
The secretary general of the Iraqi Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada resistance group has called for a complete end to the US direct financial leverage over the Arab nation.
The UK seeks to manipulate the outcome of Palestine Action trials by threatening defendants with terrorism-related sentences if they explain their motives to jurors, according to a report.
Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 2:00 GMT on August 16, 2026.
Analysts examine an Iran-Oman agreement aimed at regional cooperation over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s ability to withstand the US naval blockade through alternative trade routes.
A conference in Baghdad marks the publication of a book on the thoughts and visions of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.
Israeli forces carry out airstrikes, artillery fire, and phosphorus shelling against areas in southern Lebanon, with heavy clashes reported around the Ali al-Taher Heights.
Daniel Kovalik says declining morale and growing legal concerns among sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are challenging the US government amid the aggression against Iran.
Three Israeli troops have been wounded after an explosive-laden drone targeted invading Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israeli media say.
Iran stresses Lebanon’s legal and legitimate right to use all means to defend its existence against Israeli aggression following a massacre.
This episode examines the reported conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Hegseth’s “false narrative” claim, and the factors behind suicide attempts among its sailors.
Multiple people are injured in a mass shooting at Virginia State University.
Doctors in Gaza have warned that cancer patients are dying at two to three times the rate recorded before the war.
The head of the Iraqi Security Media Cell (SMC) says PMU fighters are part of the country’s armed forces, and their weapons are already under the state control.
Yemen’s Mokha port suspends commercial and maritime operations after the Yemeni Armed Forces hit more than 25 missiles in over recent days, the port’s director said on Saturday.
Search teams in Gaza have recovered the remains of 21 Palestinians from buildings destroyed during Israel’s military offensive against the besieged strip.
US Senator Chris Murphy says Trump’s war on Iran has become Washington’s biggest foreign policy disaster since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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