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Zelensky: West ‘afraid’ of both Russian and Ukrainian defeat
Zelensky has slammed the West for its ban on using Western arms to strike Russia, saying it is “afraid” of both Russian and Ukrainian defeat.

Zelensky has slammed the West for its ban on using Western arms to strike Russia, saying it is “afraid” of both Russian and Ukrainian defeat.
The president of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has walked out of an annual congress meeting of the world’s football governing body, FIFA, in support of Gaza.

Iran strongly condemns the terrorist attack on a group of foreign tourists at a market in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamiyan, where at least six people were killed.
North Korea successfully test-fires a missile featuring a new navigation system and vows to further bolster its nuclear force as a deterrent against enemy aggression.

The spokesman for the military wing of Hamas says Palestinian fighters are prepared for a long battle of attrition against Israel.

India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says the country’s growing trade with Russia should not be perceived as a “temporary phenomenon”.

Thousands of Yemenis take to the streets across the country to reaffirm their continuous support for the Palestinian people.

Syrian and Palestinian youth in Damascus organize a solidarity stand in support of the Palestinian Resistance and people of the Gaza Strip.
A US media report has said that a number of American allies within NATO are moving closer to sending troops into Ukraine to train its armed forces.

NATO is currently the most dangerous military instrument of the United States and its allies against the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples.
Hamas has rejected America’s establishment of a temporary floating pier designed to increase the amount of aid getting into Gaza as a publicity stunt “to beautify its ugly face.”

Israel’s military has confirmed the death of one of its occupation forces in Friday’s heavy armed clashes with Palestinian resistance groups in the northern Gaza Strip.

Resistance forces from both within and outside the occupied territories are constantly shaking the Israeli military and regime as the Zionist regime continues its genocide.

The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on four Israeli extremist settlers over their involvement in violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 1600 GMT on May 17, 2024.

Yemenis and Jordanians have once again taken to the streets of their countries to reaffirm their support for Palestinians who are subjected to Israel’s US-backed genocidal war.

The Pakistani city of Karachi has hosted a conference on human rights, highlighting the ongoing Palestinian struggle for their inalienable rights.

Israeli official is heckled at the Intenational Court of Justice (ICJ) while defending the occupying regime’s bloodletting in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.