Nawar Faeq
Press TV, Baghdad
Iraq held parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
Millions of voters cast ballots across the country to choose 329 members of parliament. At least 25 percent of parliamentary seats will go to women.
Press TV’s website can…
Category: 2. World
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Colombian military attack on suspected rebel camp leaves 19 dead
At least 19 people have been killed in an air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombian province of Guaviare, according to the country’s military.
The attack targeted a dissident faction of the Farc rebel group, which engages in drug…
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Hezbollah leader says movement won’t give up its arms
Mariam Saleh
Press TV, BeirutHezbollah’s Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem says the resistance movement will not forsake its arms.
He says Hezbollah will continue to defend Lebanon, and wants the government to do its job of enforcing an…
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Italy probes claims that tourists paid to shoot at civilians in Bosnian war
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent
AP Photo/Jerome DelayCivilians risked their lives to cross Sarajevo’s main boulevard during the Bosnian war The public prosecutor’s office in Milan has opened an investigation into claims…
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5.3 earthquake strikes Cyprus – Mehr News Agency
An earthquake measuring approximately 5.7 on the Richter scale was felt across Cyprus. The tremor serves as a reminder of Cyprus’s location in an active seismic zone, where historical records show the island has been struck by powerful…
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Paris demonstrators protest NATO, EU wars
Qassem Hassan
Press TV, ParisIn Paris, hundreds of demonstrators, many of them students, marched through Paris in a “March for Peace” to denounce NATO- and EU-led imperialist wars, France’s economic policies, and Western interventionism in…
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FMs stress Iran, Russia, China coordination at IAEA
In the telephone conversation, the foreign ministers of Iran and Russia welcomed the agreement reached between Kabul and Islamabad, mediated by the governments of Qatar and Turkey, on a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities in the…
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Over a dozen killed in Islamabad blast, Waziristan college assault
Nasir Kazmi
Press TV, IslamabadAt least a dozen people have been killed and 27 wounded in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
Pakistan has blamed India and Afghanistan for the attack. The two, however, have not reacted yet.
Press TV’s…
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Ancient statues stolen from Syria’s National Museum
Ancient statues and other artefacts have been stolen from Syria’s National Museum in Damascus, officials say.
The theft was discovered on Monday, when staff reportedly found that one of the museum’s doors had been broken from the inside.
The six…
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UK unemployment at 5%; highest in four years
Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, LondonUK unemployment has risen to five percent in the three months through September.
The figure is up from 4.8 percent the month before. It’s also the highest since early 2021 when the economy was under Covid…
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