
DEFENSE
IRGC: Iran makes great strides in air defense; real-world scenarios simulated in Natanz drills
The IRGC chief commander says various real-world scenarios were performed during the Eqtedar (Authority) 1403 war game.

The IRGC chief commander says various real-world scenarios were performed during the Eqtedar (Authority) 1403 war game.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 02:00 GMT on January 8, 2025.

For the first time since the two-month Israeli aggression on Lebanon, a convoy of Lebanese Army vehicles enter the southern town of Naqura.

The Hamas resistance movement has strongly condemned Israel’s plan to annex more Palestinian and Arab lands.

Tehran has strongly rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent anti-Iran allegations, calling them “baseless and contradictory.”

The Resistance has gone from rocks to rockets, clearly demonstrating its vitality despite ongoing propaganda efforts that claim it is disorganized and weakening.

Palestinian and Jordanians officials have condemned an Israeli map that claimed territories of several Arab countries as part of the so-called “greater Israel.”

Healthcare workers protested in New York for the release of Gaza hospital director and to oppose the targeting of medical personnel in the region.

The ICJ says Ireland has officially filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.
Israel has signed a deal with local arms manufacturer Elbit Systems to expand its military capacity to produce bombs.

Najib Mikati says Beirut has sent a “clear message” to the international overseers of the truce deal with Israel that the regime has to completely withdraw from southern Lebanon.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 16:00 GMT on January 7, 2024.

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel says Israel refuses to allow Dr. Hussam Abu Safia to meet with a lawyer to evaluate his detention conditions.

The Austrian president has tasked the head of the far-right, anti-immigration Freedom Party with forming a new government.

The Gaza Ministry of Health warns that a real disaster is sweeping hospitals, oxygen stations, medicine refrigerators, and nurseries in all health facilities still operational in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Osama Hamdan, Hamas’s representative in Lebanon and a member of the group’s politburo, says the resistance group seeks the formation of a national consensus government in Gaza.
Israeli forces have carried out fresh night raids in the occupied West Bank. Two more Palestinians have been killed.

One of the most important strategies in building economic resistance against sanctions is to nurture a knowledge-based economy.