The USA has found strange allies in its fight to keep wrestling in the Olympics/ Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and IOC President Jaques Rogge on Feb. 7 applaud during a ceremony to mark one year out to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia./ ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Wrestlers from the world’s top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in Tehran in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 games. Csaba Hegedus, a senior official with the international ...
(AP) — Wrestlers from the world's top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the , announced the decision at a meeting attended by officials from the world's top wrestling countries late Wednesday in Tehran. Iran's Wrestling ...
Associated Press/Vahid Salemi - U.S. freestyle wrestling team members arrive at the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, Iran, early Tuesday morning, Feb. 19, 2013, to attend World Cup tournament. USA Wrestling has formalized plans for a committee charged with restoring Olympic wrestling. (AP ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Arch foes Iran and the U.S. have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an Olympic sport. U.S. wrestling coach Zeke Jones says the mission has brought the two countries closer despite decades of diplomatic estrangement. He calls the sport an important ...
have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an says the mission has brought the two countries closer despite decades of diplomatic estrangement. He calls the sport an important "ambassador," suggesting possible cooperation to fight an The U.S. team is in Tehran for an ...
Moment BBC has tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settler/ Dust was rising on the track. It hung in the hot midday air as the white jeep came towards us. The driver was less than a minute away. "I think it's Moshe Sharvit," said Gil Alexander, 72, a devout religious Jew who tries to protect ...
A picture of Edan Alexander can be seen at a demonstration in Israel calling for the release of the remaining hostages/ Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who is believed to be the last living captive with US nationality in Gaza, as a part of efforts to reach a ...
The talks between Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff in Oman lasted more than three hours/ A fourth round of talks between the US and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme have taken place in Oman, with both sides agreeing to meet again. US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said the discussions in ...
A third of the community kitchens in Gaza - one of the last lifelines - have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks/ The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...