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Will the teams make any changes? Who’s the favourite to win? Which players can make an impact? media explains.Who: India vs Pakistan What: T20 Asia Cup Super Fours When: Sunday, September 21 at 14:30 GMT Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on media Sport from 09:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.It will be a case of “here we go again” as bitter rivals India and Pakistan meet on the cricket field for the second time in eight days at the T20 Asia Cup 2025 in Dubai.Recommended Stories list…
Israeli soldiers took Mahmoud Sanaqra after they shot him in February. His mother is still waiting to get him back.Balata refugee camp, occupied West Bank – Jameela Sanaqra’s three sons are gone. She knows for certain that Israel killed two of them.Her third son, her youngest, Mahmoud, was shot in his bedroom by Israeli commandos on February 27, a week before his 26th birthday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Can EU sanctions force Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza?list 2 of 3Attack at Jordan-West Bank crossing kills two Israeli soldierslist 3 of 3Western bids to recognise a…
Iraq is advancing several solar power projects as part of a plan to meet its electricity needs.Iraq is set to open its first industrial-scale solar plant in a vast desert area in Karbala as the government attempts to tackle an electricity crisis that has led to widespread blackouts.Authorities said the plant, the largest of its kind in Iraq, will be inaugurated on Sunday to eventually produce up to 300 megawatts of electricity at its peak, according to Iraqi media reports.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iraq is facing a water crisis, hit by one of its worst droughts…
The Irish rap group has been denied entry for their alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah, accusations the group denies.Irish band Kneecap has slammed the Canadian government for banning the rap trio from entering the country over accusations that it was endorsing political violence and terrorism by supporting groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.Kneecap has emerged as one of the most controversial groups in the music business, with gigs cancelled and the rappers barred from other countries over their strident pro-Palestinian stance.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Member of Irish rap band Kneecap appears at UK court on ‘terrorism’…
World’s first-ever pact aims to fight threats like climate change, over-fishing and deep-sea mining.The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year, after it was ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco.Morocco’s formal adoption of the Marine Biodiversity Treaty on Friday means the agreement will now enter into force on January 17, 2026, offering new protections to an area covering two-thirds of the world’s oceans and as many as 10 million different species, many of which are still unidentified.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why have blue whales stopped singing? The…
Trump administration says Syrian nationals in the US must leave the country within 60 days or face arrest and deportation.The United States has ended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria, warning Syrian migrants they now face arrest and deportation if they do not leave the country within 60 days.The action on Friday came as part of US President Donald Trump’s broad effort to strip legal status from migrants.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ted Cruz breaks with Republicans, slams ‘mafioso’ threats to broadcasterslist 2 of 4Trump says US hit another ‘drug vessel’, Venezuela slams ‘undeclared war’list…
Nine other countries, including France and the UK, also plan to recognise Palestinian statehood next week.Portugal has joined Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom in announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state.In a statement on Friday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the recognition will take place on Sunday, a day before a high-level conference on Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Panic in Gaza City as Israel advances on centre, ‘sandwiching’ populationlist 2 of 4Dutch MP sent out of parliament for wearing colours of Palestine flaglist 3…
Israeli forces kill at least 43 people across Gaza since dawn as death toll from man-made famine rises to 441.Israel is pounding Gaza City with some of the heaviest strikes in two years of war, according to witnesses, as it pushes ahead with an offensive to seize the territory’s largest urban centre.Avichay Adraee, Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, warned Gaza City’s beleaguered population on Friday that it would be deploying “unprecedented force” and told them to “take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands” moving south on al-Rashid coastal road – now the only permitted escape route.Recommended Stories…
France says arrest of Hicham Harb, 42 years after attack, made possible by upcoming recognition of Palestinian state.The Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested a key suspect in a deadly 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in a move that comes amid France’s preparations to recognise a Palestinian state.The terror attack on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Le Marais on August 9, 1982, killed six and left 22 others injured.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3UN approves video address by Palestine’s Abbas after US visa refusallist 2 of 3Western bids to recognise a…
India given scare by Oman but winning run continues after 21-run victory at 2025 Asia Cup.World champions India overcame a gutsy Oman team to win the last group match of the Asia Cup by 21 runs and stay unbeaten in the T20 tournament.India had already qualified for the Super Four stage and posted 188-8 after they elected to bat first at Abu Dhabi on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Ratcliffe’s Man Utd visit before Chelsea clash not crisis talkslist 2 of 4Liverpool coy on Isak starting Merseyside derby – all to knowlist 3 of 4Russian, Belarusian athletes…