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This is a test La Liga – ‘Fraudsters’ The back page of the Sun reports Manchester City have been accused of an ‘Enron-style’ financial deception by LaLiga boss Javier Tebas. Outspoken Tebas claims the Etihad outfit had ‘hidden losses that would have impacted their Financial Fair Play status concealed in related Abu Dhabi-owned companies. Prem champs City have dismissed the
Pro-Palestinian protests took place this week on the campuses of at least three universities in New York. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]A pro-Palestinian protest at Barnard College in New York City that took place on Wednesday continued into Thursday with at least one person being taken into police custody. The protest on Wednesday was a sit-in with students advocating for the reversal of the expulsion of two students who had demonstrated against an Israeli studies class. The gathering lasted until late in the evening, with dozens of students refusing to leave Milbank Hall until their demands were met, including asylum for students who…
Senior officials from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party were set to meet with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, on Thursday, as part of renewed peace efforts between Ankara and the banned Kurdish group. The officials from the Equality and Democracy Party, DEM, are expected to convey a message from Ocalan, which is widely anticipated to be a call for the PKK to disarm. The call could potentially bring an end to a conflict that has spanned over four decades and claimed tens of thousands of lives. Ocalan, 75, has been imprisoned on the island…
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Langkawi, Malaysia – At a small beach on the island of Langkawi, a group of children laugh and play, enjoying the sun and gentle waves. Some build sandcastles, and others play on the nearby swing set. A small group are busy finding shells and collecting them to present to their teacher. All of the children are Rohingya refugees. Some were born in Malaysia, and others arrived by boat after fleeing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Arafat Mohammad supervises his students with a smile. He recalls that it was not so long ago that they were all too afraid to step onto…
Under the dappled sunlight filtering through decades-old Morrocan palm trees, a group of writers gathered around a long table in the Moussafir area beside the pool at Marrakech’s Jnane tamsna estate. The morning November sun cast a warm glow over the embroidered yellow tablecloth, where notebooks lay open, their covers stamped with Silk Road Slippers, and pens hovered over fresh, lined pages. All had their heads down, quiet in contemplative thought, as pens unravelled stories they had long carried within them. The 15 participants had come from the US and Canada, the UK, France, Switzerland, Morocco, Turkey, and India, drawn together by a…
The UN chief voiced alarm Monday at rising violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and calls for annexation after Israel announced expanded military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory. “I am gravely concerned by the rising violence in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers and other violations, as well as calls for annexation,” Antonio Guterres told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The military began a major raid in the West Bank’s north a month ago, just after a truce went into effect in the Gaza Strip, a separate Palestinian territory. Israel on Sunday said…
Nasrallah was assassinated by Israel five months ago and his public funeral delayed for security reasons.Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon are set to pay their last respects to Hezbollah’s late leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, last September. The public funeral, delayed for security reasons, is scheduled for 1pm (11:00 GMT) on Sunday at Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has a capacity of about 50,000 people. Hezbollah organisers have installed thousands of extra seats on the pitch and many more outside, where mourners will…
Hamas and Israel are set to complete the final prisoner-exchange of the first phase of the fragile Gaza ceasefire on Saturday amid heightened tensions surrounding the misidentification of one of the bodies released by the Palestinian group earlier this week. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed from Israeli jails in exchange for six Israeli captives held by Palestinian factions in Gaza, the last of the 33 prisoners Hamas agreed to hand over as part of the 42-day truce that came into effect in January. The swap comes amid rising tensions between the two sides following the handover of the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure “Hamas pays the full price” for failing to hand over captive Shiri Bibas after the Palestinian group released a body Israel said was not hers. The remains of four people, whom the group said were captives, were handed over on Thursday, the first such transfer under a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Hamas said the remains included those of Bibas and her two young sons, whose father was released by the group earlier this month. On Friday, however, Israel said the body purported to be of Shiri Bibas…
NewsFeedThe detained director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital has been shown in shackles in a video on Israeli media that has been condemned by his family. It’s the first time Dr Hussam Abu Safia has been seen since his arrest in December.Published On 20 Feb 202520 Feb 2025
Local prosecutors in Florida said on Tuesday their hate crimes unit was probing a shooting by a male suspect who, according to police, fired on two men he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors. The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office said its hate crimes unit “reviews every criminal offense that has the potential of being motivated by hate.” Rights advocates note a rise in anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian and antisemitic hate since the start of U.S. ally Israel’s war in Gaza following an October 7, 2023, attack. The website of Miami-Dade County Corrections says the suspect, 27-year-old Mordechai Brafman,…
Another Delta airline plane crashes. The aircraft was crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport. The Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis skidded along the runway with flames visible and it came to a halt upside down as firefighters came to the rescue. The US Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was operated by Delta’s subsidiary Endeavor Air. All 80 people on board a plane which crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto have survived, officials said. Crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport Survivors said they were suspended upside down in their seats and had to release…
Egypt is racing against time to put together a plan for rebuilding the Gaza Strip and ward off a proposal by US President Donald Trump that would depopulate the devastated territory and convert it into a “Middle East Riviera” under US ownership. Cairo has reportedly determined the general contours of its Gaza plan, but a final blueprint is unlikely before a mini-Arab summit that Saudi Arabia is expected to host on 20 February. Cairo is also keen to draft a final plan for Gaza’s reconstruction before an emergency Arab summit it will host on 27 February so that it can…
Dirty politics spark police probe in Nelson as an investigation into claims of irregularity over a council by-election has led to the suspensions of three Labour activists to the party. Pendle Borough Council Cllr Nelson Town Council chairman Faraz Ahmad and Bradley ward’s independent representative on Pendle Borough Council Cllr Mohammed Iqbal revealed some of the individuals on the petition had allegedly not consented to their names being used. A police spokesman said: “We received a complaint earlier this month about an alleged irregularity in Bradley ward in Nelson following the calling of a by-election and we are in the…
South Korea DeepSeek app removal has been agreed over compliance issues as Personal Information Protection Commission says Chinese startup accepted proposal to suspend downloads of AI chatbot. South Korea has suspended downloads of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot pending a review of the Chinese start-up’s privacy standards. South Korea’s privacy watchdog said on Monday that DeepSeek’s R1 chatbot was removed from the local versions of Apple’s App Store and Google Play after the Hangzhou-based firm acknowledged that it had failed to comply with personal data protection rules. The Personal Information Protection Commission said in a statement that DeepSeek accepted its proposal…
One prisoner described conditions in Israeli detention centres as “more difficult than you can imagine” [Getty]Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in exchange for three Israeli captives freed by Hamas, completing the sixth prisoner exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last month. Four of the Palestinians released were in “critical condition” and had to be rushed to hospital in the occupied West Bank for treatment, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, providing more evidence of the harsh treatment of detainees in Israeli detention centres. One prisoner described conditions in Israeli custody as “more difficult than you can…
UK’s Starmer set to visit Trump shortly. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting Donald Trump is soothing news to a panicked downing street as the parties hatch a plan to hold talks soon in Washington, the two sides confirmed Friday. “He asked for a meeting, and I agreed,” Trump told reporters. “We’re going to have a friendly meeting. We have a lot of good things going on. “I think he wants to come next week or the weekend.” Starmer met Trump’s special envoy to the UK Mark Burnett in London on Thursday “during which he took a call from President…
Donald Trump’s latest move delivers a major blow to US-EU trade relations, raising concerns over tariffs, NATO tensions, and economic policies. What does this mean for the future of transatlantic relations? Read more.
Will Starmer be able to stand up to Trump and his aggressive MAGA strategy that is using a sledgehammer to negotiate. MAGA is motivated by a deep distrust of America’s allies rather than of America’s enemies. In Trump’s mind we have ripped America off and taken its friendship for granted. In these circumstances, nothing can be ruled out. Will Starmer be able to stand up to Trump Trump is an American nationalist who puts America first, not Britain. Whether Trump truly defends American interests is a question for another day. But it is clear that Farage, and much of the…
Central bank says Southeast Asian economy on track for robust investment, exports and household spending going forward.Malaysia’s economy grew 5.1 percent in 2024, as strong domestic demand and investment offset a downturn in the commodities sector, according to the Southeast Asian country’s central bank. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5 percent in the October-December quarter, Bank Negara Malaysia said on Friday, down from 5.3 percent growth in the third quarter but ahead of an advance estimate of 4.8 percent. The year on year performance marked a significant jump from GDP growth of 3.7 percent in 2023. “Going forward, while the…
At least 28 injured after attack in Munich after a car has driven into a group of people in Munich, Germany, local police confirmed on Thursday. At least 28 people are said to be injured, some who are in critical condition. Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder has said the incident is a “suspected attack.” Find the latest updates below. Facts we know from the Munich attack Afghan asylum seeker The man has been identified as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove at a group of people in Munich, Germany police say, injuring at least 28 Just before 11:00 on Thursday morning, a man…
Mahmoud Al-Saqa, a grocery store owner in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, told Middle East news that “since the statement, we’ve seen a sudden spike in prices. People now buy only what is absolutely necessary, fearing the situation will persist.” The markets in the war-torn Gaza Strip recently witnessed a significant surge in prices, reflecting the growing fears and uncertainty gripping Palestinian residents in the coastal enclave amid escalating threats by Israel to resume its genocidal war. Soaring prices compound burdens faced by Gaza’s Palestinians Local merchants have increased the prices of essential commodities and food items following a statement by Abu Obeida,…
It “has hampered access to humanitarian relief, led to shortage of food and aggravated hunger,” Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chairman of an AU panel on Sudan, said [GETTY]African Union officials on Tuesday branded Sudan’s civil war the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” and warned it was leaving hundreds of thousands of children malnourished. The Sudanese army has been at war since April 2023 with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a conflict that has displaced around 12 million people, according to the AU and the International Rescue Committee. It “has hampered access to humanitarian relief, led to shortage of…
