Female Iraqi supporters of powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr flash the sign for victory as they take part in a sit-in at Baghdad's Tahrir Square on April 24, 2016, calling for a technocratic government. © AFP
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- Residents of the Syrian town of Shaddadah say Daesh terrorists used to transport oil from the nearby facility of Jabisah to Turkey. The area was recently liberated from Daesh.
- Rights groups say the forced repatriation of Syrian refugees into war zones under an EU-Turkey deal violates international law. The details coming up in a Press TV report.
- In Iraq, thousands of supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pour out onto the streets of Bagdad, urging the government to implement political reforms.
- Several shooting incidents in the US city of Chicago leave a teenager dead, and ten people injured. Also, a spate of bloody shootings occurred in the city over the weekend.
- In Mexico, the families of 43 missing students say authorities are obstructing justice and fabricating evidence about the fate of their loved ones.
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