SOCIETY
UK health campaigners urge tobacco levy
Health groups have launched a fresh anti-smoking campaign aimed at pressing the government to impose a levy on tobacco industries to help smokers quit.
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ECONOMY
Iran, Korea to discuss post-sanctions ties
Iran and South Korea are set to discuss post-sanctions cooperation, especially in the field of energy, in Seoul.
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Iran, P5+1 talks continue in Vienna
Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers continue their nuclear talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
SOCIETY
US airports hired people with terror links
Dozens of people with terror links in their backgrounds were hired in US airports, a new report says.
ECONOMY
Tories pushing for budget surplus
Chancellor George Osborne is to outline his plan to limit future government to budget surplus in normal times.
ECONOMY
Kazakhs investing in Iran's Rajaee Port
Kazakhstan is interested in investment in Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port in order to facilitate transit of its goods to world markets via the Persian Gulf.
EGYPT
Egypt forces kill 22 militants in Sinai
Egyptian soldiers kill 22 militants during separate operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
DEFENSE
‘No Iranian missiles in Iraq’s Anbar’
An Iranian commander rejects reports that the country’s missile systems have been deployed in Iraq’s Anbar province.
SYRIA
Syria, Hezbollah free 2 Qalamoun valleys
The Syrian army, backed by Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, liberate two valleys in Qalamoun.
INTERVIEWS
Police brutality worsened by gun culture
A professor says US police brutality is compounded by the dominant gun culture and societal violence in the country.
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‘US drone strike kills 3 in south Yemen’
Three suspected al-Qaeda militants are reportedly killed in a US drone strike in southern Yemen.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghan forces kill 46 Taliban militants
Afghan security forces kill over 46 Taliban militants in the past 24 hours.
PALESTINE
Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth
Israeli military forces kill a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank.
FRANCE
UNICEF: 3mn French children in poverty
UNICEF says more than three million children in France live in poverty.
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‘UN forces abused 225 Haiti females’
UN peacekeepers in Haiti have sexually abused 225 women and girls, a report reveals.
MILITARY
US general reassures Israel on Iran deal
America's top general sought to reassure Israel on Tuesday of "unshakable" US military support.
ENERGY
Iran, China, Indonesia finalize refinery deal
Iran, China and Indonesia have reached a final agreement on building a refinery on the East Java island to process 150,000 barrels per day of heavy crude oil, an Iranian official said on Wednesday.
PALESTINE
Palestine speaker freed from Israel jail
The speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is released from an Israeli jail.
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website