• Chomsky: US practices state terrorism
    • World-renowned polymath Professor Noam Chomsky has condemned the United States use of assassination drones in foreign countries, saying that the attacks amount to state terrorism.
    • 20% of CIA analysts targeters
    • A recent report says that 20 percent of analysts working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) function as “targeters” tasked with picking people out for elimination.
    • Hezbollah dismisses West’s STL threats
    • The Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah has dismissed the West’ s pressures on the Lebanese government to continue funding the US-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Press TV reports.
    • Yoga can help low back pain
    • A new US research says physical yoga practices are as effective as other forms of regular exercise in helping patients suffering from chronic low back pain.
    • Turkey rallies against hijab ban
    • More than a hundred thousand people in Turkey have staged a demonstration in the Turkish southeastern city of Diyarbakir in protest to the government’s Hijab ban.
    • Demos will continue until Saleh is gone
    • Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh has once again promised to step down, but the anti-regime protesters say they will continue holding demonstrations until they see it with their eyes.
    • Tunisian election can be a model
    • With a turnout that has surpassed all expectations, the Tunisian election could set an example for the rest of the region, journalist and writer Adel Lotfi told Press TV in an interview.
    • US Muslims support Occupy Wall Street
    • American Muslims have thrown their weight behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, which is a campaign against social injustice, poverty and corporatism in the US, Press TV reports.
    • Occupy London gains momentum
    • British anti-capitalist movement is gaining momentum as more protest camps are being pitched in other locations across the capital London.
    • Death toll in Turkey quake exceeds 200
    • Turkish Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin says the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey has killed over 200 people while experts estimate that the death toll could top 1,000.
    • Saleh urged to learn from Gaddafi fate
    • Tens of thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets in the capital to call on Ali Abdullah Saleh to learn from the fate of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and step down.
    • Obama announces end to US war in Iraq
    • US President Barack Obama declares a full withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year, as agreed in a security pact signed with Baghdad under his predecessor George W. Bush.
    • Prisoner swap victory for Palestine
    • The Palestinian Resistance Movement of Hamas describes the prisoner exchange with Israel as a sign of the victory of the resistance against the occupying regime.
    • Goldman Sachs reports loss in Q3
    • Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the fifth largest bank in the United States, has reported a wider than expected loss in the third quarter of 2011.
    • FAO marks 60 years of fighting hunger
    • The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters marks the World Food Day celebrations during a ceremony in the Italian capital of Rome.
    • Prematurity increases autism risk
    • A two-decade-long study has revealed that children who are born early and have low birth weight are five times more likely to develop autism.
    • Bahraini troops target women
    • Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have fired tear gas at peaceful female anti-government protesters near the capital, Manama, Press TV has learnt.
    • Oxford uni. funds cluster-bomb trade
    • New revelations show Oxford University has invested hundreds of millions of pounds in a US arms giant involved in production of cluster bombs despite Britain’s membership in a treaty that bans the weapon.
    • Turkey: US is Israel’s attorney
    • Turkey’s prime minister has questioned the Unites States all-out support for and cooperation with Israel. According to Press TV, on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled part of ...
    • Most Muslims reject US anti-Iran claim
    • A new opinion poll shows that more than two-thirds of the Muslim world believes US accusations about Tehran’s involvement in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian envoy to Washington are fabricated.
    • 2,000 OWS protesters nabbed in US
    • The US police have arrested nearly two thousand Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters since the outbreak of the anti-corporatism and -corruption movement in New York in mid-September.
    • Kidney stones, gallstones linked
    • Scientists the Maine Medical Center in Portland have found that people who have had a kidney stone might be at a higher risk of developing gallstones.
    • Worst is yet to come to US
    • Suzy Kassem, Boston-based human rights activist and author of Rise Up and Salute the Sun says if U.S. President Barack Obama does not address the protest crisis spreading throughout the country, “the worst is yet to come.”
    • Intl. Occupy Day hits global stage
    • People across the world are holding protest rallies in the “International Occupy Day” for a cry of rage against poverty, corruption and corporate greed.
    • Stem cells used to grow liver cells
    • Scientists have developed a method for growing functional liver cells from a patient’s own skin cells by combining embryonic stem cells and gene therapy techniques.
    • US drone raids kill 7 in S Yemen
    • Seven people, including an Egyptian, have been killed in attacks carried out by US unmanned aircraft in southern Yemen, a local official says.
    • Saleh forces kill 9 protesters in Yemen
    • Security forces loyal to Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh have killed at least nine anti-regime protesters and wounded dozens of others in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, medics say.
    • UN slams Israel attacks on Palestinians
    • The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has called on the Israeli regime to halt its attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank.
    • Six American protesters detained
    • The US police have detained six opponents to capitalist system, who had entered the US Senate premises, while chanting anti-war slogans.
    • Sadr group rejects US presence in Iraq
    • Head of Iraq’s Sadr movement Moqtada al-Sadr has rejected any form of US presence in the country, as Iraqi officials are mulling over keeping a limited number of American troops.
    • Chocolate can cut women’s stroke risk
    • A new Swedish study has brought more good news for chocolate lovers, saying that women who consume two chocolate bars a week have a significant lower risk of stroke.
    • Baghdad blasts kill 20, injure 60
    • A series of bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad have killed at least 20 people and wounded 60 others, including women and children, Press TV reports.
    • Human brain tends to be optimistic
    • Scientists say human brain is naturally wired to have positive outlook and too much optimism leading to risky behavior might be a “faulty” brain function.
    • Israeli siege harms Gaza olive cultivation
    • Olive cultivation and its related businesses in the Gaza Strip have been severely damaged due to Israel’s invasions and its long-time blockade of the impoverished coastal sliver, Press TV reports.