News in Brief - Sun, Oct, 04, 2015 - 21:30 GMT
1. Yemeni sources say Ansarullah fighters and allied army forces have captured a number of foreign mercenaries, including a senior US officer, while they were fighting for Saudi Arabia in Yemen.
2. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran's ready to cooperate with all countries, including the EU member states, in the fight against terrorism.
3. Palestine’s Red Crescent says at least 220 Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank since Saturday.
4. Egypt and Indonesia have raised their death toll from Saudi Arabia’s tragic stampede. Cairo says at least 138 of its nationals have been confirmed dead so far.
5. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has given assurances that his country will emerge victorious in its fight against terrorism with the new coalition involving Russia.
6. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has pulled out its staff from Afghanistan’s northern city of Kunduz.
7. Early results from Portugal’s general elections indicate the ruling coalition is ahead of its socialist rivals.
8. Tens of thousands of Britons have taken to the streets in the city of Manchester to show their opposition to the government’s austerity measures.
London demonstration calls for UK to stop exporting arms to Israel
Scientists train robot to walk on moon
Funeral of Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli forces in Nablus
VIDEO | Press TV's news headline
Explosion heard near Isfahan due to activation of air defenses
‘Iran retaliation against Israel ensured no aggression would go unanswered’
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership
Iran sufficed to strike only part of Israel’s military positions: FM to UN chief
IRGC: Israel’s Dimnoa nuclear reactor not among Op. True Promise’s targets
VIDEO | West Asia awakens
'Stop any further Israeli adventurism,' Iran FM tells Security Council
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
