Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on December 08, 2025.

Iran is hosting a five-day anti-terrorism military exercise titled Sahand 20-25 in Iran, with delegations from member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in attendance.

An IRGC spokesman says Iran conducted two missile strikes on the Haifa oil refinery while it killed 36 people during a raid directed at a Mossad installation during the June war.

A Kremlin spokesperson called the Trump administration’s decision not to label Russia as a direct threat to US security a positive development.

Axios reports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “difficult” talk with US negotiators about Ukraine’s territorial issues with Russia.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 17:00 GMT, on December 06, 2025.

Founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, slams the European Union for targeting platforms refusing to censor free speech.

The leader of Chechnya has pledged retaliatory action after a Ukrainian drone attack damaged a high-rise residential structure in Grozny.

The United States has reportedly set a 2027 deadline for NATO’s European members to assume greater responsibility for the bloc’s defense capabilities, including intelligence gathering and missile production.

Hosting the Sahand-2025 drill highlights Iran’s use of SCO integration, regional cooperation, and counterterrorism experience to position itself as a pivotal actor in the emerging Eurasian security architecture.