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The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election rally for a pro-Taliban Muslim leader has risen to 54, as Pakistan held funerals and the government promised to hunt down those behind the attack.While no one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s bombing, which ...
Army chief says in a statement the decision was necessary to avoid fighting within the armed forces.Niger’s army has declared allegiance to the defence and security forces that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, according to a statement signed by Abdou Sidikou Issa, the army chief of staff.Th...
Three Palestinians have been shot dead by the Israeli military in the northern occupied West Bank, the latest deaths in a surge of violence in the territory since early last year.“Three Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bullets in Nablus,” the Palestinian Health Ministry said on T...
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For George Matus, a 55-year-old Argentina fan from Buenos Aires, Diego Maradona is a god who now sits in the heavens above, and Lionel Messi is his messiah on the football pitch. It has been 36 years since Argentina last won the football World Cup, but the magic of 1986 lives on in the memories of M...
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Mohammed Kudus turned into a key member of the Black Stars since scoring on his international debut against South Africa in a 2021 AFCON qualifier and seemed set to be influential at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.In Nima, in the dense neighbourhood of Accra that he calls home, Mohammed Kudus commands god...
Iran’s football federation says it has lodged a complaint to FIFA over the removal of the word “Allah” from the Islamic Republic’s flag on social media posts by its counterpart in the United States, ahead of an upcoming World Cup game between the two countries.“In an un...
Football fans in Qatar have appeared to hit back at the German team’s World Cup protest over the ban on “One Love” armbands by holding pictures of Germany’s former team player Mesut Ozil who became a target of recist abuse in Germany. The group of fans at the Spain vs G...
Hosts become first team to be knocked out of the World Cup after losing their second game but the coach Sanchez expected that Qatar football will survive World Cup exit.Qatar coach Felix Sanchez has said his side should not be branded a “failure and disappointment” after it lost its seco...
The Numbers come on the day the three-million ticket sales mark was reached when Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Serbia the most attended FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 match so far and on the same day, Doha’s FIFA Fan Festival hosted 98,000 fans. After the first round of FIFA World Cup group ...
A vibrant United States side outplayed England in their World Cup Group B battle but were left to rue a flurry of missed chances as they were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw at the Al Bayt Stadium on Friday.England, unchanged from Monday’s 6-2 win over Iran, could have sealed their place in th...
Tears rolled down of Neymar when star player was pictured on the Brazil bench after leaving his team’s 2-0 lead over Serbia to begin their World Cup campaign in Qatar on Thursday, after picking up an injury to his right ankle.Brazil, who are seeking a sixth World Cup trophy, will now have to w...
Japan’s football fans are earning respect for their tradition of staying behind to help clean stadiums after World Cup games.Japan’s stunning victory over Germany left their football fans in a state of joyous disbelief on Wednesday.Now, supporters of the Samurai Blue are earning praise i...
Iran’s army is holding a large-scale sea, land and air military drill, which comes shortly after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and United States Navy had a confrontation in the Sea of Oman over a seized oil tanker.The drill was launched on Sunday morning and is expected to incor...
Unidentified gunmen have killed 11 soldiers defending a village in a remote part of southwest Niger where armed group fighters operate, the defence ministry said.The heavily armed attackers approached in a convoy of cars and motorbikes on Thursday afternoon, clashing with soldiers stationed outside ...
Sudan’s top general on Thursday ordered the release of four ministers of the now-deposed government who were detained amid a widely condemned military coup last week, the country’s state-run news agency reported.Moez Hadra, a defense lawyer for the deposed officials, said the ministers h...
Officers from Mexico’s National Guard fatally shot a migrant after opening fire at a pick-up truck attempting to avoid a checkpoint, authorities said.The National Guard said the truck, which was carrying 13 migrants, did not respond to orders to stop for inspection near the southern town of Pi...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned to Istanbul instead of attending the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.The state-run Anadolu Agency said the president returned to Istanbul late on Sunday night directly after attending the G20 summit in Rome. Erdogan was ex...
The United States wants to deepen its relationship with Taiwan and will work to counter China’s “malign” influence, a top US diplomat to the island has said, as tensions between Beijing and Taipei remain at their highest in decades.Sandra Oudkirk, the new director of the American I...
In its latest report to the United States Congress, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has detailed Washington’s decision to cut off the Taliban government’s access to billions in funds and assets that has led to devastation across the cash-strapped n...
Cooped up at home in Afghanistan’s Herat city, Zainab Muhammadi reminisces about hanging out with her friends in the cafeteria after coding class. Now she logs on every day to secret online lessons.Her school shut down after the Taliban took control of the country in August. But that did not s...
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