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Artisans in India’s Rajasthan keep Indo-Persian legacy alive
Artisans in India’s Rajasthan are keeping the Indo-Persian legacy alive through traditional marble crafts.

Artisans in India’s Rajasthan are keeping the Indo-Persian legacy alive through traditional marble crafts.

The foreign ministers of eight Muslim nations demand Israel to allow the immediate entry of aid into Gaza.

New York City’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani has vowed to govern America’s largest city “audaciously”, revoking executive orders issued by his predecessor, including pro-Israel measures.
General Soleimani’s humane leadership was shaped through brotherly bonds with those who served alongside him. Among them was Haj Ramazan, who oversaw the Palestine file within the IRGC Quds Force.

Australia’s Special Envoy Aftab Malik warns Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

Iran's top diplomat says armed forces "exactly know where to aim" in case of violation of Iran's sovereignty.

Russian authorities report that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike at a New Year’s party in a café in the Kherson region has risen to at least 27 people.

The Iranian defense chief says the country’s missile power is not something that can be destroyed, neither by bombs nor by negotiations.
Saudi warplanes have bombed separatists in southern Yemen backed by the United Arab Emirates, leaving seven killed, amid tensions between the two Persian Gulf Arab nations.

Iran says its people will resolve their problems through dialogue and interaction with one another and will never allow any foreign interference.

China has announced that the military exercises around Chinese Taipei are intended to stop foreign intervention.
Russia has formally asked the United States stop chasing an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela to pick up oil, a report says.

The Saudi ambassador to Yemen says the UAE-allied separatists operating in conflict-ridden country refused landing permission for a plane carrying a delegation from Saudi Arabia to the port city of Aden.

Iran’s top national security official has warned US President Donald Trump that any American interference in Iran’s internal affairs would destroy US interests in the region.

Iran’s ambassador to Beirut says a fresh media onslaught against Iran and the Islamic Revolution Leader has failed to weaken the Islamic Republic or mislead public opinion.

People from Iran and around the world have gathered in the southern Iranian city of Kerman where Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani is laid to rest.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT on January 02, 2026.

General Qassem Soleimani built and strengthened the architecture of the Axis of Resistance, coordinating regional resistance movements to confront imperialism, Zionism and Takfirism, shaping a multi-front deterrence doctrine that endures even today.