Author: Gulf News Week
Liverpool and Egypt star forward Mohamed Salah is centred on winning his first Africa Cup of Nations title.Egypt captain Mohamed Salah has put aside his travails at Liverpool and is focused on Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) success with his national team, coach Hossam Hassan said on Sunday.Egypt’s talisman is at the tournament in Morocco on the back of a fiery outburst after being dropped by the Premier League champions, but his comments and subsequent apology to teammates have had no impact on his form, Hassan said ahead of Egypt’s opening Group B match against Zimbabwe in Agadir on Monday.Recommended…
Algerian lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday on the draft law, which parliament’s speaker calls a ‘defining milestone’.Lawmakers in Algeria have begun debating a draft law that would criminalise France’s colonisation of the North African country amid a period of tense ties between the two countries, according to the People’s National Assembly.French colonial rule in Algeria lasted for more than 130 years, which was marked by torture, enforced disappearances, massacres, economic exploitation and marginalisation of the Indigenous Muslim population.Algeria gained independence from France in 1962, but it came at a high human cost: up to 1.5 million people are…
Decades after the passing of the UN convention on the elimination of discrimination, systemic racism is still rampant.The way the story is often told is that Western countries gifted human rights to the world and are the sole guardians of it. It may come as a surprise for some, then, that the international legal framework for prohibiting racial discrimination largely owes its existence to the efforts of states from the Global South.In 1963, in the midst of the decolonisation wave, a group of nine newly independent African states presented a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) calling for…
Israel pushes death penalty for Palestinians, prompting accusations of racism and violations of global conventions.Palestinian prisoners in Israel already face horrific conditions, with a rights group documenting the deaths of at least 94 of them in the past two years, and the rape of prisoners caught on camera.The far-right Israeli minister responsible for prisons, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has proudly declared that conditions have gotten harsher for Palestinian prisoners under his watch. And in late October, he stood over Palestinian prisoners forced to lie face-down on the floor as he called for the death penalty to be introduced for those he termed…
Dozens of people gathered in central London on Saturday, calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.Tens of people gathered in central London on Saturday to call for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, drawing attention to those detained under what Israel calls ”administrative detention” — a system under which people can be held for indefinite renewable periods of time without a charge and without having committed an offence — on the grounds that a person plans to break the law in the future.Activists wore red ribbons, which they said symbolised danger and urgency, in…
media Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI ‘from passive tool to active partner in journalism’.media Media Network is launching a new integrative artificial intelligence (AI) model in collaboration with Google Cloud.media said on Sunday that it was expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud on the network’s new initiative, dubbed “The Core”, that will integrate AI into its news operations.“The Core” aims to shift the role of AI “from a passive tool to an active partner in journalism”, media said.Relying on six pillars, the initiative will integrate AI systems to help media journalists process complex data, produce immersive…
The talks between the four countries lauded the first stage of the truce, including expanded humanitarian assistance, return of captives, force withdrawals and reduction in hostilities.The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honour their commitments and show restraint, the chief US envoy says after talks in the US city of Miami.Senior officials from the four mediator countries met Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, on Friday to review the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which took effect on October 10, according to a joint statement…
The PM says the part of the plan on south of the Litani River is ‘only days away from completion’.Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah in the south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, according to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.Saturday’s statement comes as the country races to fulfil the key demand in the US-backed deal agreed in November last year and ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel, Lebanon officials meet as pressure mounts to…
On the eve of the 2025 AFCON, football’s governing body in Africa create new four-year cycle and form a Nations League.African football is getting a major shake-up with the creation of the African Nations League and conversion of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle.Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football, announced the changes Saturday during his news conference before the 2025 Africa Cup hosted by Morocco.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Jake Paul says jaw broken as Anthony Joshua knocks him out in sixth roundlist 2 of 4Villareal ready to shake…
Syrian state television denounces the Israeli incursion as another violation of the nation’s sovereignty.Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, an media correspondent on the ground reports.The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the country.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Syria’s al-Sharaa accuses Israel of ‘exporting crises’ across regionlist 2 of 4Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past yearlist 3 of 4Syria’s Hama full of ‘hope, joy’ one year…