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Youthful, gaming-obsessed Saudi seeks homegrown hit

Saudi trainees attend a training course at the Saudi Esport Academy in Riyadh

Agence France-Presse

Yemenis at Asian Games divided by war, united by sport

Yemen are at the Asian Games in China despite multiple obstacles

Agence France-Presse

Iranian women win big in fight over right to watch soccer games

How Iran is winning game of chess in Kirkuk

Kurdish Peshmarga forces are seen near Altun Kupri, between Kirkuk and Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18B4882C00

Shiny and deadly, unexploded munitions a threat to Gaza children

Many casualties are children desperate for something to do or searching through the rubble

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Iraqis marvel at ancient Iraq in new 'Assassin's Creed' game

A man plays the newly released video game 'Assassin's Creed Mirage' in a cybercafe in Baghdad on October 4, 2023

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China's Xi declares biggest-ever Asian Games open

Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Asian Games

Agence France-Presse

Israel's gaming industry continues expansion

Gaming in Israel

US Devises 'Influence Games' For Working with Syria, Levant

People gather at a mass burial for the victims purportedly killed during an artillery barrage from Syrian forces in Houla in this handout image dated May 26, 2012. U.N. observers in Syria have confirmed that artillery and tank shells were fired at a residential area of Houla, Syria, where at least 108 people, including many children, were killed, the U.N. chief said on Sunday in a letter to the Security Council. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. N

Disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah no longer inconceivable: analysts

The idea of disarming Hezbollah is no longer inconceivable, as the US presses Lebanon to act in the wake of the group's war with Israel

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