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☆ A 'tinderbox' with no easy off-ramps: What the Sudan conflict means for the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Smoke rises during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan on April 19, 2023. "We urge the Sudanese army to respect the ceasefire and its conditions to alleviate the suffering of innocent civilians. - | Afp | Getty ImagesNotorious Russian mercenary force Wagner Group has been linked to various commercial and military operations in Sudan. Italian citizens are boarded on an Italian Air Force C130 aircraft during their evacuation from Khartoum, Sudan, in this undated photo obtained by Reuters on April 24, 2023. "The RSF is likely to target oil infrastructure linking South Sudan with Khartoum and the export terminal at Port Sudan," Verisk Maplecroft's Hunter suggested.

☆ Syria says Israel hits Homs outposts, sources say air bases bombed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Iranian military personnel alongside fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah are stationed at both airports and there is a strong presence of pro-Iranian militias in that area of Homs province, the sources said. Syria denies Western and Israeli allegations that Iran, whose top military officials frequently visit Syria, has an extensive military presence in the country. A Syrian military source said on state media that the strikes caused some material damage with five military personnel injured. Israel has intensified strikes in the last year on Syrian airports and air bases to disrupt what it says is Iran's use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to militias. read moreIran declined to comment on the Western and Israeli accusations.

☆ Syrian says air defenses confront Israeli attack over Homs area
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AMMAN, April 2(Reuters) - Israel targeted outposts in Syria's Homs province in a raid early on Sunday, the Syrian defence ministry said, while Western intelligence sources said the strikes hit a series of air bases in the central region of the country where Iranian personnel are based. The strikes pointed to intensifying Israeli efforts to counter Tehran's foothold in the country, analysts said. Two Western intelligence sources said the rocket strikes targeted the T4 air base located west of the ancient city of Palmyra, and al Dabaa airport near al Qusayr city near the Lebanese border where Iranian backed Hezbollah are entrenched. Iranian military personnel alongside fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah are stationed at both airports and there is a strong presence of pro-Iranian militias in that area of Homs province, the sources said. A Syrian military source said on state media that the strikes caused some material damage with five military personnel injured.

☆ Israeli strike hits near Aleppo airport - Syrian officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

AMMAN March 22 (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike hit near Syria's Aleppo airport early Wednesday, causing "material damage" and shutting down operations there, Syrian officials said, while regional intelligence sources said the attack hit an Iranian arms depot. In the third attack on Aleppo airport in six months, Israel launched "a number of missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, west of the coastal city of Latakia, at 3:55 a.m.", the Syrian defence ministry said in a statement on state media. Two regional intelligence sources said the strike hit an underground munitions depot linked to the nearby Nairab military airport, where missile systems delivered on several Iranian military planes had been stored. Nairab military airport has been used regularly for Iranian arms deliveries and the movement of troops, the intelligence sources said. An Israeli strike on March 7 that knocked Aleppo airport out of service blew up an Iranian arms cargo shipment hours after it was delivered by a plane that Damascus said was carrying aid, the Western intelligence sources say.

☆ Infantino to serve another four-year term as FIFA President
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DOHA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino will serve another four-year term at the helm of world soccer’s governing body after emerging as the only candidate for the next election in March. He will be re-elected at the FIFA congress in Rwanda in March for a third term. Infantino won the FIFA presidency in 2016 on an initial three-year term, replacing Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected in 2019. He thanked more than 200 members associations who FIFA said had offered him their backing for another term as President. Infantino was then re-elected unopposed, having won a second term at FIFA’s Paris Congress in 2019.

"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” Guterres told delegates gathered in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible,” he said. Signatories to the 2015 Paris climate agreement pledged to achieve a long-term goal of keeping global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Guterres said that goal will only stay alive if the world can achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The World Trade Organization, meanwhile, said in a report published on Monday that it should tackle trade barriers for low carbon industries to address the role of global trade in driving climate change.

☆ Pope ends Bahrain trip with visit to Gulf's oldest church
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Yara NardiMANAMA, Bahrain, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis departed from Bahrain on Sunday after a four-day trip that culminated with a visit to the Gulf's oldest Catholic church, where he told bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area. Many Catholics also visit from neighbouring Saudi Arabia, which bars public worship by non-Muslims. At the end of the church service, Pope Francis thanked King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for Bahrain's "exquisite hospitality". Pope Francis' visit, where he closed an East-West dialogue hosted by Bahrain, continues his policy of improving ties with the Islamic world following a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates in 2019. Thousands of Catholics in Bahrain and from around the Gulf poured into a stadium to hear the Pope say Mass on Saturday.

☆ Pope Francis thrills small Gulf Catholic community with big Mass
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Pope Francis greets people as he attends a holy mass at Bahrain National Stadium during his apostolic journey, in Riffa, Bahrain, November 5, 2022. REUTERS/Hamad I MohammedAWALI, Bahrain, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said Mass for thousands of Catholics in Bahrain on Saturday, thrilling members of the small foreign Catholic community from around the Gulf and urging them to show kindness to their hosts, even if they feel sometimes badly treated. "This is a miracle," said Mary Grace Fortes, 36, a Filipino who works at the reception of a hotel in Bahrain. The prayers of the faithful during the Mass were read in languages spoken by foreign workers including Tagalog, Swahili, Malayalam, Tamil and Konkani. The Mass was attended by one of the sons of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and several government ministers.

☆ Pope, in Bahrain, condemns rearmament pushing world to 'the brink'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

AWALI, Bahrain, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday appealed to religious leaders to help bring the world back from "the brink of a delicate precipice" and oppose a new race to rearm that he said was redesigning Cold War-era spheres of influence. The visit continues the pope's policy of improving ties with the Islamic world following a historic visit to Abu Dhabi in 2019, the first by any pope to the Arabian peninsula. Apparently referring to Ukraine, Francis condemned a situation where "a few potentates are caught up in a resolute struggle for partisan interests, reviving obsolete rhetoric, redesigning spheres of influence and opposing blocs". The cathedral was built on land donated by the king and one of the monarch's sons welcomed him to the church. On Saturday, the pope was due to say Mass for an estimated 30,000 people at Bahrain's National Stadium.

GAZA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Hamas leaders will visit Syria on Wednesday, in a move by the Palestinian Islamist group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on protests. Hamas leaders publicly endorsed the 2011 street uprising against Assad's dynastic rule and vacated their Syria headquarters in Damascus in 2012, a move that angered their common ally, Iran. Palestinian political analyst Mustafa Sawwaf said Hamas’s reconciliatory move towards Syria aims to create new ground for the Islamist faction. In June, two Hamas officials told Reuters the group had decided to restore relations with Syria. Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas, told Reuters the delegation to Syria would be led by senior Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya, as part of a wider delegation made up of leaders of other factions.

☆ Qatar to stage 2023 Asian Cup, most likely in early 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and President of Qatar Football Association (QFA) Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani pose during an announcement ceremony of 2023 Asian Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 17, 2022. Asian Football Confederation/Kamarul Akhir/Handout via REUTERSKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Qatar will stage the next Asian Cup in place of original hosts China, the Asian Confederation (AFC) announced on Monday, with the tournament likely to be moved from mid-2023 to early 2024 to avoid the heat of the Gulf summer. The Asian Cup is held every four years. The QFA is proposing all eight be used for the Asian Cup, Al Salat said. Qatar was also one of three nations bidding to stage the 2027 edition of the Asian Cup after Iran and Uzbekistan withdrew expressions of interest.

Guinness i-a acordat titlul „Piscina cea mai adâncă pentru scufundări” pe 27 iunie, scrie digi24.ro. Componenta vedetă a Deep Dive Dubai este orașul subacvatic. Sistemele de iluminat și de sunet de ultimă generație au fost montate în interiorul piscinei pentru a crea diferite atmosfere. Deep Dive Dubai oferă cursuri atât pentru începători în scufundări, cât și pentru scafandri certificați. De asemenea, scafandrii pot explora singuri piscina și orașul subacvatic după un tur cu unul dintre ghizi.

Organizations: Deep, Guinness, certificați Locations: Dubai

☆ În Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: AFPÎn Dubai s-a deschis cea mai adâncă piscină din lume; Are 60 metri adâcime și conține un oraș scufundat cu galerii: VIDEOCea mai adâncă piscină din lume de 60 de metri a fost inaugurată în Dubai, orașul care se mândrește deja cu cea mai înaltă clădire de pe glob. Guinness i-a acordat titlul „Piscina cea mai adâncă pentru scufundări” pe 27 iunie. Componenta vedetă a Deep Dive Dubai este orașul subacvatic. Scufundătorii pot explora apartamente scufundate și abandonate și pot juca biliard sub apă. De asemenea, scafandrii pot explora singuri piscina și orașul subacvatic după un tur cu unul dintre ghizi, scrie Mediafax.

Organizations: Guinness, Deep, certificați, Mediafax Locations: Dubai

☆ (FOTO) Un prinț din Bahrain a intrat în Nepal cu 2.000 de vaccinuri AstraZeneca. Cum a motivat prezența dozelor
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un prinţ din Bahrain, sosit în Nepal pentru a escalada Everestul, a ajuns în ţară cu 2.000 de doze de vaccin împotriva noului coronavirus fără aprobare oficială. Nepalul anchetează modul în care șeicul Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa a intrat țară având asupra sa cele 2.000 de doze, fără a obține în prealabil aprobare. Prințul, care a sosit luni la Kathmandu, intenţiona să doneze dozele de vaccin AstraZeneca unui sat, potrivit ambasadei Nepalului în Bahrain, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Dozele de vaccin "au fost introduse însă în ţară fără a urma procedura necesară şi fără autorizarea prealabilă a biroului nostru. Nepalul şi-a început campania de vaccinare în luna ianuarie după ce a primit un milion de doze de vaccin AstraZeneca din India.

Persons: Șeicul, șeicul Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, Prințul, intenţiona, Prinţul Organizations: Agerpres, Gărzii Regale, World Travel, Tourism Council Locations: Bahrain, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepalului, Himalaya, India

☆ Cel mai longeviv premier din lume, în funcție de 49 de ani, a murit
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sheikh Khalifa ben Salman al Khalifa, unchiul actualului rege al Bahrainului, Hamad, a murit marți, la spitalul Mayo Clinic din statul american Minnesota. Anunțul a fost făcut de către palatul regal. În ţară a fost decretată o săptămână de doliu naţional, informează b1.ro. Sheikh Khalifa ben Salman al Khalif era considerat drept figura dominantă în Bahrain, fiind prim-ministru din 1971. În 2011-2012, Sheikh Khalifa ben Salman al Khalif a denunţat mişcarea de contestare Primăvara arabă și efectele ei asupra țărilor arabe: „Credeţi că îmi place ce văd că s-a întâmplat în toate aceste ţări?

Persons: Sheikh Khalifa ben, Khalifa, Hamad, ., Khalif, al Organizations: ţară Locations: Bahrainului, american Minnesota, Bahrain, Iranului, Arabiei Saudite

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