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Lebanon Prepares for Asian Basketball Qualifiers in Dubai

Lebanon's men's national basketball team delegation left Beirut on Friday morning for Dubai (United Arab Emirates) for a training camp in preparation for games against the UAE on November 22 and Syria on November 25, as part of the “second window” of Asian Cup qualifiers, the finals of which will be hosted by Saudi Arabia next year. List of ...

Equitable Distribution of Humanitarian Aid: A Strategy for Lebanon?

Since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on September 23, Lebanon has been facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Massive destruction of neighborhoods and residential areas, with more than 1.2 million people internally displaced…  According to the latest human toll, dated October 30, 2024, 2,792 people have been killed ...

Iran Executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

Iranian authorities on Monday executed German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, who had been detained since 2020, the judiciary's Mizan website said. "After going through the judicial process and the final approval of the court decision by the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd... was carried out this morning," the website said, ...

Basketball: Uncertainty Surrounds Lebanon's Participation in the Qualifiers

As the Lebanese basketball team prepares for the "second window" of the Asian Cup qualifiers, the shadow of the war ravaging the Land of the Cedars complicates its participation. The matches against the United Arab Emirates on November 22 and Syria on November 25 are threatened by the current instability.   The squad will be led by a talented ...

Iran Protests EU Support for UAE Over Disputed Islands

Iran summoned the ambassador of Hungary, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, to protest a joint EU-Gulf Cooperation Council statement on islands controlled by Iran but claimed by the UAE, state media reported on Sunday. The statement, published after the first summit between the two regional blocs on Wednesday, said, "We ...

Basketball: Omari Spellman to Play Asia Qualifiers with Lebanese Team

The Lebanese men’s basketball team has announced that naturalized player Omari Spellman will be available for the Asia Cup Qualifiers in November. The ex-Golden State Warrior will be officially playing for the national team in their meetings against the UAE on the 22nd of November away from home. He will also be joining for the game against ...

Beirut Welcomes Humanitarian Aid From Gulf States

Lebanon continues to receive much-needed humanitarian aid from several countries as it grapples with a worsening crisis and escalation of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Saudi Arabia The second plane from Saudi Arabia's relief air bridge to Lebanon arrived at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut on Monday, carrying 30 tons of ...

UAE Leader Seeks to Deepen 'Strategic' Ties in US Visit

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is due on Monday in Washington for a first official visit at a time of soaring tensions in the Middle East, seeking to highlight economic and technological cooperation. Presidential advisor Anwar Gargash said the Emiratis, who want to reorient their economy away from oil and towards new ...

Telegram Founder To Face Charges over 'Violence' Against His Child

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, who was arrested in France on charges of failing to curb illegal content on the app, is also being investigated on suspicion of "serious acts of violence" against one of his children, a source close to the case said Wednesday. The probe, opened recently by the French child welfare office, concerns ...

In a Rare Move, UAE Accepts Taliban Government Ambassador

The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan's Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so. The oil-rich Gulf state said it was committed to "building bridges" to help the Afghan people, after the Kabul foreign ministry announced on social media that new ...

US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had invited Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to start US-mediated negotiations beginning on August 14 in Switzerland. "The United States remains ...

Russia and Ukraine Each Free 95 POWs in Latest Exchange

Russia and Ukraine have released a total of 190 captured soldiers in the latest prisoner exchange between the two countries, officials in Moscow and Kyiv announced on Wednesday. Thousands of POWs have been freed in more than 50 individual exchanges throughout the war – an area where the two sides have been able to strike rare agreements since ...