ECONOMY
Iran, Pakistan agree to ditch dollar
The absence of a payment mechanism has been a key hurdle in trade ties between the two neighbors after the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic
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NORTH AFRICA
Tunisia army kills two suspected militants
Deadly clashes erupt as Tunisian forces storm a suspected militant hideout.
INTERVIEWS
'US seeking to break up Iraq for Israel’s interests'
An activist says the US is a stooge for Israel and is seeking the effective Balkanization of the Middle East, so Israel can ultimately expand.
GERMANY
‘Far-right vandals’ assault German mosque
‘You call yourself believers, we call you invaders,’ reads a flyer attached by suspected far-right extremists to the wall of a mosque in Germany.
IRAQ
Daesh decapitates 13 Iraqi civilians
Daesh Takfiris execute more than a dozen civilians in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk.
POLITICS
WH blames GOP for US cyber woes
The White House has blamed congressional Republicans for the nation's cyber insecurity.
TURKEY
Turkey: Syria op. to last until ‘threats’ exist
The prime minister says Turkey's military presence in northern Syria will continue as long as perceived threats against his country remain.
INTERVIEWS
‘Syria chemical issue deception by US, allies’
An analyst says the issue of Syria's use of chemical weapons was a lie propagated to destabilize Assad and remove him.
FOREIGN POLICY
'No military solution' to S China Sea spat
John Kerry calls on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's ruling on the South China Sea.
PALESTINE
Israeli tanks, bulldozers enter Gaza Strip
Battle tanks cross into the besieged enclave and fire live rounds to keep Palestinian farmers away from their lands, destroyed by Israeli bulldozers.
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Australians protest aboriginal teen’s death
Australian police make several arrests during a protest rally against the death of an aboriginal teenager.
ENERGY
India firm ups Iran oil imports, pays debt
India has been raising oil imports from Iran since the lifsting of sanctions on Tehran in January.
POLITICS
Saudi ‘withholding Iranians’ blood money’
Saudi Arabia refuses to compensate the families of the victims of a deadly crush during Hajj rituals in the Arab country last year, says an Iranian Hajj official.
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Canada army sees hike in sex offense cases
Some 30 Canadian military officers have been punished for sexual misconduct this year, an army report reveals.
INTERVIEWS
‘TTIP to benefit US more than EU’
An analyst says the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is geared to the interests of big US corporations.
BUSINESS
Will Saudi financial time bomb explode?
The government has been drawing on its currency reserves, with the IMF estimating that the Saudis will run out of those reserves in five years and then go deeply into debt.
VENEZUELA
Maduro warns against violent opp. rallies
Venezuela's president says the planned opposition rallies are a plot to incite violence and stage a coup against the government.
PALESTINE
Israel shuts Palestinian radio station
Palestinian Arabic-language station Radio Sanabel is closed down by Israeli forces in the town of Dura.
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website