Qatar’s Akram Afif, Japan’s Kiko Seike win AFC Player of the Year awards | Football News

Qatar’s Akram Afif, Japan’s Kiko Seike win AFC Player of the Year awards | Football News

Al Sadd forward Afif won the award for the second time after leading Qatar to the AFC Asian Cup title at home in 2023. Qatar’s Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation’s Player of the Year for a second time, along with Kiko Seike from Japan, who secured…

Israeli strikes reportedly kill more than 150 in northern Gaza and Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli strikes reportedly kill more than 150 in northern Gaza and Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The attacks are carried out as the humanitarian situation in both places worsens and ceasefire talks resume with no expected breakthrough. More than 150 people are reported to have been killed in Israel’s latest attacks in northern Gaza and Lebanon. At least 93 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli attack…

‘Intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’: World condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’: World condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United Nations and countries across the globe have denounced Israel after its parliament passed two laws that brands the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) a “terror” group and bans the humanitarian organisation from operating on Israeli soil. The legislation, approved on Monday, would – if implemented – prevent…

More than one in three tree species at risk of extinction: Report | Environment News

More than one in three tree species at risk of extinction: Report | Environment News

The International Union for Conservation of Nature says tree species are at risk of extinction in 192 countries. More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published by the International Union for…

What’s the focus for Harris, Trump in the last few days of the US campaign? | US Election 2024

What’s the focus for Harris, Trump in the last few days of the US campaign? | US Election 2024

Opinion polls suggest the US presidential election is tight. The United States presidential election campaign has entered its last week, with opinion polls suggesting it’s neck and neck. So, what’s the focus for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in these final days? And how big a say could US support…

Traumatised horses saved from Israel’s bombs find refuge in Bekaa Valley | Israel attacks Lebanon

Traumatised horses saved from Israel’s bombs find refuge in Bekaa Valley | Israel attacks Lebanon

Bar Elias, Lebanon – Purebred Arabian horses dart in the light of the setting sun, hooves swirling up clouds of sand. They gallop around the paddock, encouraged by their handlers at a stable built like a small citadel on the outskirts of Bar Elias. But despite the scene’s beauty, as…

Israeli air strikes pummel Lebanese historic city of Tyre | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli air strikes pummel Lebanese historic city of Tyre | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Successive Israeli air strikes have pummeled the southern port city of Tyre in Lebanon following an evacuation warning from the Israeli military for parts of the city, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported. Footage aired by local media and the Lebanese Civil Defence showed thick plumes of smoke rising against…

Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Over the past year, Gaza has become synonymous with epochal catastrophe. But in ancient times, this was a place of prosperity, a strategic crossroads known as “the way of the Philistines”, which connected ancient Egypt with the land of Canaan. Gaza is mentioned in the inscriptions of the Egyptian Pharaoh…