Sunday 22 September 2019

Fifa 'assured' Iranian women will be able to attend football matches

Female football fans cheering at the World Cup 2018
Women cheering at a screening of a match at last year's World Cup- one of the very rare occasions female fans were admitted along side men
Women in Iran will be able to attend football matches, starting with a World Cup qualifier next month, according to football's world governing body, Fifa.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said

Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment

Iran has been holding military parades to mark the start of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war
Iran has been holding military parades to mark the start of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war
Iran's president has warned that foreign forces are threatening the security of the Gulf, after the US said it was deploying troops to the region.

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks

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The signs and impacts of global heating are speeding up, the latest science on climate change, published ahead of key UN talks in New York, says.
The data, compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says the five-year period from 2014 to 2019 is the warmest on record.

Monday 2 September 2019

Ivorian authorities arrest 12 DJ Arafat fans who 'desecrated' his tomb



Twelve people have been arrested by authorities in Ivory Coast over the forced invasion of the grave of late music icon, DJ Arafat.
A press statement from the Mayor of Abidjan, Vincent Tohbi IriĆ©, said “investigations continue for the arrest of all culprits and to locate the responsibilities at all levels.”

Sudan court charge ousted Bashir with corruption, illicit forex possession


A Sudanese judge on Saturday formally indicted Omar al-Bashir for possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption, charges the ousted leader challenged as he was publicly questioned for the first time since his overthrow.