Month: May 2018

Casualties reported after explosions and gunfire ring out in the streets Kabul in an attack claimed by ISIL.      

Demonstrations in Budapest reveal deep dissatisfaction with newly elected government of Hungarian PM Viktor Orban.      

Abandoning the Iran nuclear deal will leave an “inconstant America isolated from its allies and far less safe,” says Former national security adviser Susan Rice.      

An ex-CIA officer has been charged with conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of China.      

Saudi Arabia says it “supports and welcomes” US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.      

Thousands took to the streets of Yerevan on Tuesday after Armenia’s parliament selected Nikol Pashinyan as prime minister.      

Iran says “constructive, effective, and a win-win interaction” with the world forms the “substance” of its policy.      

Jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim calls on voters to pick his one-time arch enemy Mahathir Mohamad, on the eve of the country’s most hotly …

Parliament votes in favour of Pashinyan, days after PM Sargsyan resigned following widespread anti-government protests.      

State energy giant continue with expansion strategy to be on par with oil majors, despite Gulf crisis embargo.      

Emirati club Al Jazira stuns Iranian professional soccer club Persepolis 3-2 at the 2018 AFC Champions League.      

Nikol Pashinyan’s meteoric rise in popularity may see him elected Armenia’s new prime minister on Tuesday.      

Elor Azaria was released from Israeli prison after serving nine months for shooting dead injured Palestinian in 2016.      

Elor Azaria, who brutally killed a wounded Palestinian man, has been released from prison after serving a lenient term.      

Strike comes hours after Saudi Arabia said its air defence systems intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by Houthis.      

Former KGB spy begins another six-year term as Russian president after his re-election in March.      

Officials with the government of a former Yemeni president seek to resort to the UN Security Council to put an end to UAE’s military presence …

President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran would fiercely resist Washington’s attempts to undermine its role in the Middle East .      

Lebanese have cast their ballots in their country’s first general elections in nine years.      

The United Arab Emirates’ occupation of Yemen’s Socotra Island has been strongly slammed by people across the country.      

Municipal polls were delayed four times since 2011 uprising due to logistic, administrative and political hurdles.      

Palestinian Olympic Committee condemns Arab participants in bike event which kicked off in Jerusalem.      

Iran says those behind “political games” such as the one that saw a New York court recently order the Islamic Republic to pay $6 billion …

United States has announced it is re-establishing its naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean amid rising tensions with Russia.      

Thousands of Windrush immigrants have lost their jobs and face deportation under the UK’s immigration system.      

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey will retaliate if Washington halts the sale of certain weapons to Ankara.      

The economy of US state of California has surpassed that of Britain’s, becoming the world’s fifth largest.      

Cause of blast in Deir el-Balah, which has killed six people yet to be ascertained, says Palestinian health ministry.      

For those who oppose the president and are sick of corruption, the prospect of six more years of the man is a depressing one.      

Four Turkish opposition parties announce the forming of a coalition in an attempt to challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan party in the upcoming national …

Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom’s headlines from 1800 GMT, May 4, 2018 to 0800 GMT, May 5, 2018.      

The US says there will no change in “bilateral defense posture” with South Korea despite North Korea’s recent diplomatic outreach and its move to rebuild …

Female candidates in this year’s election say change ‘within’ state institutions needed to level the playing field.      

Why is there a surging demand for caucasian sperm in Brazil?      

Search-and-rescue group White Helments says work ‘will not be halted’ amid US administration ‘review’ of its funding.      

The flag of the United Arab Emirates has been raised over public buildings on Yemen’s pristine Socotra island.      

President Trump tells NRA members that he will protect their constitutional right to bear arms.      

Staff and management at the flagship carrier have been locked in a wage dispute since February.      

The Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has come to life after a series of earthquakes on the island over the last couple of days.