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Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, on March 9, 2024.
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POLITICS
Tehran: UN human rights mechanisms ‘a plaything’ for some regimes
Iran rejects a report by a mission mandated by the United Nations over the 2022 riots in the country, stating that UN human rights mechanisms have turned into “a plaything” for some regimes.
PALESTINE
A mother in Gaza bids adieu to 5-month-old twins, born after 10 years of wait
The five-month-old twins, who were born during the war after their parents struggled with infertility for over 10 years, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah last week.
IN-DEPTH
EU parliament to shift to the right
Populist radical right parties are expected to gain votes and seats in the 2024 European Parliamentary elections due to the EU leadership's tendency to favor multinational interests over European interests.
NIGERIA
Nigeria: Troops deployed to rescue 250 kidnapped schoolchildren
Nigeria’s president sends the country’s troops to rescue more than 250 kidnapped students.
INDIA
India urged to cease military ties with Israel amid Gaza genocide
A human rights group has urged India to cease all ties with Israel amid the occupying regime’s “ongoing genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
YEMEN
Yemen says strikes US vessel, destroyers with missiles, drones
The Yemeni military says it has targeted a US vessel and several destroyers with naval missiles and drones in the Red Sea.
PALESTINE
Thousands rally outside US Embassy in Jakarta to express support for Gaza
Thousands of Muslims rallied outside the US Embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
PALESTINE
Google fires employee over pro-Palestine protest
Google fires a pro-Palestine employee for protesting at an Israeli tech conference.
POLITICS
Iran: Meta’s removal of Ayatollah Khamenei accounts ‘illegal, unethical’
Iran’s foreign minister condemns Meta’s removal of Instagram and Facebook accounts of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as “illegal and unethical.”
PALESTINE
License to kill: UK ramps up arms sales to Israel despite growing outcry
UK continues to export lethal arms to the Israeli regime despite concerns raised by human rights activists and the interim ruling issued by the ICJ amid the genocide in Gaza.
REPORTS
International Women’s Day celebrated in France
In France and around the world women and men took to the streets to celebrate International Women’s Day.
#RESISTANCEOPS
Mar. 8: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime and its Western backers on Friday, March 8.
PALESTINE
Biden: Ceasefire in Gaza by Ramadan 'looking tough'
US President Joe Biden has said that it would be "tough" to secure a ceasefire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza.
BLACK AND WHITE
Migrate to the US
With its strategy of exploitation of natural resources, subjugation and punishment of people, the United States creates a breeding ground that forces people to migrate from their countries of origin risking everything on a long and painful journey.
IRAQ
Iraqi resistance targets Israel military barracks, oil refineries
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has launched new attacks against Israeli targets in the occupied territories in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza.
POLITICS
Iran calls for removal of Israel from UN women’s rights commission
Iran’s top human rights official has called for the removal of Israel from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
ISRAEL WATCH
Rifts within Netanyahu cabinet
In this episode, we carefully monitor the disagreements within Netanyahu's administration and the repercussions that Benny Gant's visit to the United States left behind.
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