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Egypt need extra time to beat Benin 3-1 but book their place in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.Mohamed Salah scored with the last kick in extra time to seal’s Egypt’s 3-1 win over Benin at Stade d’Agadir in the Morocco-hosted Africa Cup of Nations last 16.The Pharaohs dug deep after being surprisingly held to 1-1 in normal time on Monday after Benin’s Jodel Dossou pounced on a rebound to level the football game in the 83rd minute.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast amid growing tensions with Indialist 2 of 4NBA:…
US president renews his threat to hit Iran ‘very hard’ if the country’s security forces kill anti-government protesters.United States Senator Lindsey Graham has shared a photo of President Donald Trump holding a signed hat that says “Make Iran Great Again”, fuelling concerns about the possibility of renewed war with Iran.Graham, a Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, posted the picture on X on Monday, saying that Trump has made the US stronger at home and abroad.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump’s abduction of Maduro escalates concerns over potential war with Iranlist 2 of 3What the US did…
Tehran is no Caracas. The Islamic Republic stands on solid ground even if it faces multiple crises.President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States was “locked and loaded” if Iran’s security forces killed peaceful protesters carried a special sting. Less than 24 hours later, US special forces attacked Caracas, abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his home and took him to New York to face trial on “narcoterrorism” charges.In showing that his administration can follow through on threats in Venezuela, Trump has escalated the psychological pressure on the Islamic Republic. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called his statement “reckless and…
Iranians from all walks of life are no strangers to protesting or striking over political, economic and other grievances.Tehran, Iran – Protests and strikes have spread across Iran over the past week amid a rapid economic decline and grievances over multiple ongoing crises.Shopkeepers took to the streets and closed down businesses in downtown Tehran on December 28, sparking demonstrations that have now been recorded in most of Iran’s 31 provinces.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iran’s Khamenei says rioters ‘must be put in their place’ amid protestslist 2 of 4Syrian delegation meets Israelis in Paris amid sovereignty breacheslist 3…
Dozens of families fled a targeted village after an Israeli warning was issued, with drone activity in the area.Israel’s military has launched attacks on what it described as Hezbollah and Hamas “targets” in Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for four villages in the country’s east and south.An Israeli army spokesperson said earlier that it was planning air strikes on Hezbollah and Hamas “military infrastructure” in the villages of Hammara and Ain el-Tineh in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, and Kfar Hatta and Annan in the south.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Hezbollah weapons deadline: What’s next for Lebanon amid…
Water expert Jad Isaac tells media that Palestinians are trapped buying 100 million cubic metres (26 billion gallons) of water annually from Israel while their own springs are seized to force displacement.In the eastern occupied West Bank, the al-Auja spring has flowed for centuries, serving as one of the largest and oldest water basins in Palestine.But Palestinian families who have relied on it for generations say Israeli settlers are effectively stealing the water, creating a crisis that experts are calling “water apartheid“.An Israeli settlement outpost now stands between the villagers of al-Auja and their water source. Residents report that settlers…
Talks have been continuing on and off to reach a security deal between the sides for months.A Syrian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and General Intelligence Director-General Hussein al-Salama, is joining a new round of negotiations with Israeli counterparts in the French capital Paris, under the coordination and mediation of the United States, according to Syrian state news agency SANA.A government source told SANA on Monday that the resumption of these negotiations affirms Syria’s unwavering commitment to restoring its non-negotiable national rights.Israel has, since the fall of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, extended its occupation of Syrian…
Israeli attacks have killed at least 414 Palestinians and injured 1,145 in daily truce violations since October 10.The Israeli military has spent the past 24 hours expanding the so-called “yellow line” in eastern Gaza, particularly in eastern Gaza City’s Tuffah, Shujayea, and Zeitoun neighbourhoods, according to media teams on the ground, squeezing Palestinians into ever smaller clusters of the enclave.The Israeli army’s actions on Monday are also pushing it closer to the key artery of Salah al-Din Street, forcing displaced families sheltering near the area to flee as more of them come under intensive threat, as Israel’s genocidal war on…
External interventions created political and administrative chaos that intensified internal divisions.Events in Yemen are escalating quickly and dramatically, reaching the point of armed clashes erupting between the Arab coalition supporting the internationally recognised government in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, and the so‑called “Southern Transitional Council” (STC), backed by the United Arab Emirates.Many view these developments as a natural outcome of a long, cumulative trajectory of complexities the country has experienced since the civil war erupted in late 2014, and the humanitarian and economic repercussions that followed.External interventions had a profound impact in creating political and administrative chaos that intensified…
BCB to ask ICC to relocate fixtures to Sri Lanka after BCCI “advises” IPL team to release star fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Bangladesh will formally request that its matches in next month’s T20 World Cup be moved from India to Sri Lanka, a senior government adviser announced Sunday, escalating a cricket dispute rooted in recent political tensions between the two neighbors. The decision came a day after Indian cricket authorities pressured the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from his lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) contract. “The board should inform that, where a Bangladeshi cricketer…