Supporters in Tehran cheer for the Iranian national team during a screening of its World Cup match against Spain on June 20. (AFP/Getty Images)/ On Friday, 18 influential Iranian women living in the West, published an to FIFA calling on the organization that governs international soccer to help ...
known Iranian women, including famous writers, artists, and human rights lawyers, have written an open letter to the International Football Association (FIFA), asking it to demand Iran to lift its ban on women attending sports stadiums. were permitted to go to a football stadium to watch their ...
In an open letter, prominent women of Iranian origin including Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and legendary singer Googoosh have urged the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to demand that Iran end its discriminatory ban on women in ...
Jordan Bardella, a rising star of the French right, spoke on stage at the event in Jerusalem/ Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe ...
Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked ...
A Sindbad submarine (not the vessel lost) in Hurghada on Thursday/ Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board. after the Sindbad vessel foundered at about 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT), officials say. ...
Sindbad submarine vessels seen off the coast of Hurghada in August 2022./ Six Russian tourists have died after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea near the Egyptian city of Hurghada. Thirty-nine other people were rescued after the vessel - the Sinbad - sank at about 10:00 local time (08:00 ...
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Beit Lahia, with many chanting anti-Hamas slogans/ Hundreds of people have taken part in the largest anti-Hamas protest in Gaza since the war with Israel began, taking to the streets to demand the group step down from power. Masked Hamas militants, some ...
Palestinian Oscar winner says he was beaten by Israeli settlers/ Three weeks ago, Palestinian film-maker Hamdan Ballal stood in front of the world's cameras in Hollywood, picking up an Oscar for best documentary film. The cameras were watching him again on Tuesday, a hand to his bruised face, as ...
National security adviser Michael Waltz in the Oval Office with President Trump./ The White House has confirmed that a journalist was inadvertently added to an unsecure group chat in which US national security officials planned a military strike in Yemen. that he was included on a Signal message ...
Badar Khan Suri, a scholar of conflict studies, was arrested on 17 March over terror charges/ It was an invitation from a classmate 15 years ago that changed the life of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian scholar now facing deportation from the US over accusations he is linked to a Hamas member. On that ...
Fire breaks out in Nasser Hospital after Israeli air strike/ An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza killed a senior Hamas leader and an aide on Sunday evening, a Hamas official told the BBC. Ismail Barhoum, the head of the group's financial affairs, was killed in the strike on Nasser ...
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry has announced. That number - 50,021 - equates to about 2.1% of the 2.3 million pre-war population of the territory, or around 1 in 46 people. A total of 113,274 ...