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7+ min ago (385+ words) Iran's football chief has labelled the World Cup game chosen by organisers as an LGBTQ "Pride Match' as an "irrational move'. Iran's football chief has objected to the "irrational" branding of its World Cup 2026 match against Egypt, which local organisers in the United States have suggested will be held in support of the LGBTQ community. The organising committee in Seattle, Washington state, where the match is scheduled to take place next year, had previously announced their intention to hold a "Pride Match" coinciding with the northwestern city's Pride Weekend in late June. Following last week's FIFA tournament draw, Egypt and Iran are now slated to face off in Seattle on June 26, the Friday before. The head of Iran's Football Federation, Mehdi Taj, was quoted by local news agency ISNA as saying Tehran and Cairo had both raised "objections against the…...

8+ min ago (270+ words) SEOUL (AFP) : South Korea said it had sent up fighter jets on Tuesday after seven Russian and two Chinese military aircraft entered its air defense zone. The Russian and Chinese aircraft entered the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) around 10 a.m. local time (0100 GMT), Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. None of the planes violated South Korean airspace, they said. Seoul said it deployed "fighter jets to take tactical measures in preparation for any contingencies" in response. The planes flew in and out of the zone for an hour before leaving, the military said, according to Yonhap. The planes were spotted before they entered the air defense identification zone, defined as a broader area in which countries police aircraft for security reasons but which does not constitute their airspace. China's defense ministry later said it had organized drills…...

36+ min ago (312+ words) NEW DELHI " A video circulating on social media went viral like crazy and it appeared in top searches. The 19-minute clip was of a young couple who went viral with their lewd acts, and now authorities stepped in with warning. A shocking 19-minute video showing intimate acts has taken social media by storm since late November, triggering widespread panic and legal warnings. The clip, clocking in at 19 minutes and 34 seconds, continues to spread rapidly across messaging platforms, despite repeated advisories from authorities. Indian Police have not shared details whether the viral clip was intentionally recorded, leaked, or created using AI. However, Cyber Cell experts strongly suspect AI manipulation. Indian Cyber Cell officcials revealed that probe indicate viral clip is "AI-generated." He also warned that additional clips circulating as "Part 2" and "Part 3" appear to be artificially created as well. Users are…...

39+ min ago (220+ words) JAKARTA (Reuters):" A fire broke out at a seven-story building in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday, an official said on Tuesday, with 20 people confirmed dead. The fire has been extinguished and efforts to find more possible victims inside the building continue, Susatyo Purnomo Condro, the head of Central Jakarta police, told reporters. The fire erupted on the first floor at around midday, Condro said, and then spread to the upper floors. Some of the employees were having lunch in the building at the time while others had left the office, he said. As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll had reached 20, he said. "Now, we are still focusing on evacuating victims and to do fire cooling," Condro said. The building is the office of Terra Drone Indonesia, which provides drones for aerial survey activities with clients in the mining to…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (197+ words) ISLAMABAD " British-American woman Jasveen Sangha was from wealthy and highly educated family, who has been sentenced as the central figure in a high-profile drug trafficking case that implicated some of Hollywood's elite. Once a socialite known for lavish parties and a glam events, Jasveen now faces up to 65 years in federal prison for her role in supplying drugs that contributed to the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry. Authorities say this case also exposed wider ketamine distribution network that spanned borders, with drugs sourced from corrupt doctors and pharmacies in Mexico. Drug enforcement termed Sangha "a highly educated woman who chose to profit from drug trafficking to maintain a high-profile social life." Her legal team confirmed that Sangha has been clean for 17 months and expressed remorse for the deaths connected to her actions, while final sentencing is scheduled for February…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (1769+ words) Damascus, Syria " By the time the red sun slipped beyond the horizon, the playground was empty except for one little girl, nine-year-old Fouziah Alalawi, who stood staring at the bend where her father always appeared to pick her up from school. It was February 20, 2013, and war had become the background of her childhood: the distant thunder of shelling, the sharp percussion of gunfire, and the sudden quiet that made the adults tense. That evening, Fouziah was left alone at the school gates. When she walked to her mother's office, Somayah Alsaaed understood before her daughter spoke. Her husband, Mohammed, 43, had been taken. The family had already been displaced once from their homes in al-Maliha, the nearby town that had recently fallen under the control of the opposition Free Syrian Army. But Mohammed, a quiet man with a PhD in rural…...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (87+ words) Mohamed Salah fans at the Arab Cup say he has done a lot for his club and shouldn't be sidelined. Mohamed Salah fans at Arab Cup react to his Liverpool benching "I hope he continues at Liverpool and Arne Slot gets sacked." Mohamed Salah fans at the Arab Cup told Al Jazeera's Rylee Carlson he has done a lot for his club and shouldn't be sidelined. Salah had said he felt disrespected after being benched in several games, prompting a backlash from Liverpool management....

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (688+ words) Al Jazeera speaks to Syrians as they celebrate one year since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Damascus, Syria "Syrians have marked the first anniversary of the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad with fireworks and jubilant celebrations in major cities, amid renewed optimism for long-lasting freedom and safety after 14 years of war. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa told large crowds in Damascus on Monday that the country had turned the page from a "dark chapter" in its history and now "looks towards a promising future". Over the past year, al-Sharaa's government has taken steps to provide basic services to citizens, as millions of refugees weigh the decision to return home. Al-Sharaa promised to bring justice to the families of the victims of the al-Assad regime and build an inclusive Syria, amid ongoing efforts to bring all armed forces under…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (453+ words) Ron DeSantis posted his executive order to list the United States-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group on social media on Monday. The move follows a similar declaration by the Republican governor of Texas last month. CAIR has rejected the labelling by both states and mounted legal challenges. In a separate post, DeSantis asserted that the Florida Legislature is "crafting legislation to stop the creep of Sharia law, and I hope that they codify these protections for Floridians against CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood in their legislation. The designation, which triggers heightened oversight by state law enforcement agencies and establishes financial and operational restrictions, was also declared against the Muslim Brotherhood. DeSantis's order asserted that CAIR was "founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, which, without offering evidence, the governor asserted was attempting to establish "a world-wide Islamic caliphate…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago (566+ words) The conviction, related to actions in 2003 and 2004, was the ICC's first regarding crimes committed in Darfur. The region is now suffering further due to war. The International Criminal Court has sentenced a former leader of the Janjaweed militia to 20 years in prison for committing atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, 76, also known as Ali Kushayb, was sentenced on Tuesday following his conviction in October for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the first time the ICC has convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur, a region that is once again seeing mass atrocities amid a vicious civil war between the government-linked Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which traces its origins back to the Janjaweed militia. The court had unanimously convicted Kushayb on 31 counts, including attacks against civilians, murder, torture, rape, pillaging,…...