TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Myanmar police used water cannon against people who were protesting the one-week-old military coup in the capital Naypyitaw on Monday as nationwide protests continued for a third day. - World news - The crowd control device was briefly used on Monday at a demonstration that was clogging a road. It was fired in short bursts, knocking some people to the ground,...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – While Iran has managed to tackle the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic sooner than expected, Europe and the US are still plagued by the new wave, President Hassan Rouhani said. - Politics news - In comments at a Saturday session of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Rouhani said his administration has succeeded in containing the third wave of COVID-19...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami unveiled plans for the opening of a third official border crossing with Pakistan in the near future. - Politics news - The Rimdan border crossing, situated in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan, was inaugurated in a ceremony on Saturday morning, attended by Eslami and Minister for...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – An explosion hit a Polish supermarket in the Beverhof shopping center in Beverwijk early Wednesday morning, making it the third blast to strike a Polish store in two days, in the Netherlands. - World news - Police said the explosion happened at a store in the town of Beverwijk, 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of Amsterdam. Nobody was injured, but the store was badly...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake entered their third night in Kenosha, US state of Wisconsin, on Tuesday as crowds gathered outside the county courthouse and clashed with police, throwing bottles and fireworks at officers. - World news - About 300 demonstrators defied the city's 8pm curfew again after Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A riot was declared for the third time this week in Portland, US state of Oregon, when demonstrators attacked the Hatfield Federal Courthouse early Saturday morning. - World news - According to Portland police, about a couple hundred people gathered and blocked the streets around the Justice Center on Friday. Some set off commercial grade fireworks on Southwest Main...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – The third cargo of an Iranian tanker flotilla carrying fuel for Venezuela has reached the South American nation’s exclusive economic zone as the previous two were discharging at state-run PDVSA’s ports, Refinitiv Eikon data showed. - Politics news - The Iran-flagged tanker Petunia crossed the Caribbean Sea earlier on Tuesday, following the same route as...