"Iranian pilgrims unlikely to attend Hajj this year"
Here is a round-up of global news developments:
- The Italian coastguard has rescued some four thousand refugees from dangerous boats in the Mediterranean Sea since Friday.
- Italian protesters have staged a rally in the capital Rome to criticize the austerity measures proposed by the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
- Thousands of Spaniards flood the streets of Madrid in protest at what they call the neo-liberal policies imposed by the EU.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reaffirmed that Palestinians will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
- People in the occupied West Bank have held a funeral for Abdel-Fattah Sharif, the Palestinian man who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier while wounded.
- The Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says it is unlikely to send pilgrims to this year's Hajj ceremonies as Saudi Arabia is not cooperating in making arrangements.
- Iraqi government forces have purged Daesh terrorists from two villages near the city of Fallujah during the operation aimed at the liberation of the ISIL-held city.
- Foreign-backed militants have carried out mortar attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least four people including two minors.
People in Amman hold protest in support of Palestinians
London demonstration calls for UK to stop exporting arms to Israel
Scientists train robot to walk on moon
N. Korea conducts cruise missile warhead test: State media
Israeli airstrike kills at least 7 people in Rafah
VIDEO | Iranians hold nationwide demos in support of IRGC
Syria condemns US veto of Palestine UN membership resolution
Iraqi resistance forces hit Israeli Ovda air base
Hackers break into Israeli military’s computers, access trove of documents
Tulkarm Brigade commander killed by Israeli forces in raid on refugee camp
Zionist media desperately trying to turn Israeli defeat into victory: Iran
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