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Football’s Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled to be held in June and July next year in Ivory Coast, has been pushed back to January-February 2024 in a bid to avoid the rainy season, it was announced on Sunday. Patrice Motsepe, head of the Confederation o…

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator on Friday made an unannounced visit to Russia, two days after indirect talks between the Islamic Republic and US ended in Qatar with Washington saying there was “no progress made”. Ali Bagheri met with Russia’s Deputy Fo…

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has indicated that Russian victory in Ukraine is in the interests of both Syria and Iran. His comments came during his reception of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir al-Lihyan in Damascus on Saturday. The Syrian pre…

Authorities in Kenya have expressed their intention to build safe houses solely for abused domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, where cases of abuses against domestic workers are often reported, according to to Arabi21. The Kenyan government said it wants…

Jordan’s prime minister on Sunday said a number of officials had been sacked as he blamed “negligence” for a toxic gas leak that killed at least 13 people. A tank of chlorine gas fell as it was being loaded by crane onto a ship in Jordan’s Red Sea port…

A Palestinian teenager died on Sunday after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank a day earlier, Palestinian medical sources said. The 17-year-old was identified as Kamel Alawnah by the Palestinian health ministry, which said he “succu…

Turkish customs authorities have detained a Russian cargo ship carrying grain which Ukraine says is stolen, Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey said on Sunday. Ukraine had previously asked Turkey to detain the Russian-flagged Zhibek Zholy cargo ship, accord…

The African Cup of Nations for Women kicked off in Morocco on Saturday, as the north African kingdom hosted the football competition for the first time in its history. It is the first edition of the competition to feature 12 teams – including Tunisia a…

Egyptian military sources revealed on Saturday that President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has published an edict providing immunity and unprecedented privileges to army officers, going against the Egyptian constitution, according to reports. Online news outlet…

Workers at Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba began a work stoppage on Sunday to protest poor safety precautions following the deaths of thirteen people in a chlorine gas leak accident at a major berth, unionists said. The deaths and injury of over 300 wor…