Archives for January, 2023

Al-Nassr coach Rudi Garcia (right) presents fellow Frenchman and star driver Sebastien Loeb with a Cristiano Ronaldo club shirt at the Dakar Rally bivouac in Riyadh

Like Cosmos signing Pele, says Ronaldo's new coach

Agence France-Presse

A search of the man's residence in the town of Castrop-Rauxel found no evidence of toxic substances

Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

Agence France-Presse

Demonstrators gather with images of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against weekly Charlie Hebdo outside the French embassy in Tehran

Iranians protest outside French embassy after cartoons

Agence France-Presse

Carlos Sainz in his Audi passing Simon Vitse on the eight stage of the Dakar Rally

Loeb takes Dakar Rally stage after Sainz caught speeding

Agence France-Presse

Videos posted on social media indicated that protests continued at various points in Tehran and other cities nationwide over the last days

Iran regime divided on how to tackle protests: analysts

Agence France-Presse

Theatre director Mustafa Sheta said Palestinian artists 'are under a very abnormal situation'

Show goes on at Palestinian theatres overcoming obstacles

Agence France-Presse

Israeli protesters demonstrate in Tel Aviv against the country's new hard-right government

Israelis protest new Netanyahu government

Agence France-Presse

Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Al Nassr on a bumper deal

Ronaldo clear for Saudi debut on January 22: club source

Agence France-Presse

Organisers said more than 25,000 people showed up to Saturday's demonstration

Thousands march in Paris in memory of 2013 murder of Kurds

Agence France-Presse

Iran has executed four people in connection with the nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death

Iran executes two more men in connection with protests

Agence France-Presse

The unsolved 2013 murder of three Kurdish women activists in Paris has been an open wound for their community

France has 'debt of justice' to slain Kurds: relative

Agence France-Presse

Libya migrants

Explainer: Interpol nabs alleged Libya-based trafficker

The UAE assisted in the task force to arrest Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, who allegedly extorted migrants through a camp in Libya. The North African country is a major embarking point for irregular sea voyages to Europe.

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Analysis

Will Erdogan and Assad soon meet to bury the hatchet?

Erdogan’s opportunism, Putin’s weakness, Iran’s distraction, Israel’s vigilance all complicate Syrian endgame.

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LIV golf

Explainer: Saudi-funded LIV Golf’s legal battle with PGA

LIV Golf is accused of tracking 9/11 victims who have been protesting the breakaway league. The leader of 9/11 Justice called the accusation “bone-chilling,” and LIV has yet to comment.

More than 30 years after the invasion of Kuwait led to a FIFA ban on Iraq, locals are now enthusiastically welcoming their neighbours

Iraq eyes international football comeback with Gulf Cup

Agence France-Presse

Hosam Naoum, archbishop and caretaker of the Protestant cemetery, inspects vandalised graves on Mount Zion outside Jerusalem's Old City

Two Israeli teens arrested over Jerusalem Christian cemetery vandalism

Agence France-Presse