Five members of Iranian Women’s National Football Team have claimed asylum in Australia following a controversial act during a recent tournament match, where they refused to sing Iran’s national anthem, sparking accusations of treason at home. The incident occurred last week ahead of a match against South Korea, when the…
Amid a fragmented European response to the escalating US-Israel conflict with Iran, Pedro Sánchez has emerged as a prominent voice advocating for peace. In a recent televised address, Sánchez summarized Spain’s position in simple terms: “no to war.” His remarks underscore Spain’s reluctance to participate or support military escalation in…
Iran has a new supreme leader as Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, ascends to power following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mojtaba becomes the third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, taking the helm at a time when the Islamic Republic faces its most severe challenges in five…
The family of a young girl critically injured in a mass school shooting in Canada has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company failed to alert authorities despite being aware of warning signs related to the suspected attacker. The lawsuit was filed after 12-year-old Maya Gebala was severely…
Amnesty International has called on Ivory Coast authorities to release dozens of individuals arrested during protests connected to the country’s October presidential election. The rights group argues that many of those detained were not directly involved in the demonstrations but were simply present in areas where unrest occurred. Disputed Election…
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have jointly called for peace in the Middle East during high-level talks held Monday in Brasília. The meeting took place against the backdrop of escalating violence linked to the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel against Iran, a war…
The High Court of Justice has refused permission to initiate legal proceedings against the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office over the agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius concerning the future of the Chagos Archipelago. The decision, delivered on Tuesday in London, halts a legal challenge brought by three plaintiffs,…
Ghana on Monday welcomed a new group of citizens during a swearing-in ceremony held in the capital, Accra, where members of the African diaspora officially took the oath of allegiance. The ceremony marks another milestone in Ghana’s ongoing efforts to reconnect with descendants of Africans displaced during the trans-Atlantic slave…
Cameroonian mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou is set to return to competition on May 16 in Los Angeles, where he will face Brazilian fighter Philipe Lins, organisers announced on Monday. The 39-year-old former heavyweight champion has not fought since October 2024, when he defeated Brazilian heavyweight Renan Ferreira in…
The film Laundry, directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi, transports audiences to Johannesburg in 1968, a whites-only neighborhood where Black-owned businesses were under constant scrutiny and threat from the apartheid regime. The story follows Khutala, whose family runs a laundry business during a period when resistance to oppression had been largely dismantled.…