Here are the latest updates:FIFA has appealed for “tolerance, mutual respect and common sense” after US President Donald Trump denounced the annulment of a policy that required football players to stand during the national anthem.“I won’t be watching much anymore!” Trump tweeted Saturday.Trump retweeted a tweet by US Representative Matt Gaetz, who wrote: “I’d rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem.”It was US captain Megan Rapinoe kneeling in support of that led to the US Soccer Federation adopting the rule in 2017. It was...…Here are the latest updates:FIFA has appealed for “tolerance, mutual respect and common sense” after US President Donald Trump denounced the annulment of a policy that required football players to stand during the national anthem.“I won’t be watching much anymore!” Trump tweeted Saturday.Trump retweeted a tweet by US Representative Matt Gaetz, who wrote: “I’d rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem.”It was US captain Megan Rapinoe kneeling in support of that led to the US Soccer Federation adopting the rule in 2017. It was...WW…

Here are the latest updates:This is Elizabeth Melimopoulos, here is a quick summary of the latest developments until 21:00 GMT:US House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow remote proxy voting, Republican aides said.The lawsuit, to be filed in federal court in Washington, will seek to block the new system set up by the Democratic-majority House to allow remote proxy voting during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit will argue that the rule changes are unconstitutional, the Republican aides said.Alphabet Inc’s Google has said...…Here are the latest updates:This is Elizabeth Melimopoulos, here is a quick summary of the latest developments until 21:00 GMT:US House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow remote proxy voting, Republican aides said.The lawsuit, to be filed in federal court in Washington, will seek to block the new system set up by the Democratic-majority House to allow remote proxy voting during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit will argue that the rule changes are unconstitutional, the Republican aides said.Alphabet Inc’s Google has said...WW…

The explosion on Tuesday sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage as far as the outskirts of Beirut.Officials said they expect the death toll to rise further as emergency workers dig through the rubble to search for survivors.Beirut’s city governor  up to 300,000 people have lost their homes and authorities are working on providing them with food, water and shelter.The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Officials linked the blast to some 2,750 tonnes of confiscated ammonium nitrate that were being stored in a warehouse at the port for six...…The explosion on Tuesday sent shockwaves across the city, causing widespread damage as far as the outskirts of Beirut.Officials said they expect the death toll to rise further as emergency workers dig through the rubble to search for survivors.Beirut’s city governor  up to 300,000 people have lost their homes and authorities are working on providing them with food, water and shelter.The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Officials linked the blast to some 2,750 tonnes of confiscated ammonium nitrate that were being stored in a warehouse at the port for six...WW…

Here are the latest updates:France has called for the “rapid formation” of a new government in Lebanon shortly after premier Hassan Diab stepped down over the deadly Beirut port blast.     “The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement.“The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations of the people, whose mission will be to meet the main challenges of the country, especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without...…Here are the latest updates:France has called for the “rapid formation” of a new government in Lebanon shortly after premier Hassan Diab stepped down over the deadly Beirut port blast.     “The aspirations expressed by the Lebanese in terms of reforms and governance must be heard,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement.“The priority must be the rapid formation of a government that can live up to the expectations of the people, whose mission will be to meet the main challenges of the country, especially the reconstruction of Beirut and reforms without...WW…

The alleged burning and abuse of a young Iraqi woman at the hands of her husband and his family has caused outrage on social media, with activists and commentators calling for laws to protect women from domestic violence.circulated of Malak Haider al-Zubaidi, 20, bedridden in a hospital in the holy city of Najaf and screaming in pain, her face swollen from burns and her entire body bandaged.Al-Zubaidi is the second wife of  who, according to her family, had forbidden her from visiting her parents for eight months., a police officer, wrote on his Facebook page that al-Zubeidi has a...…The alleged burning and abuse of a young Iraqi woman at the hands of her husband and his family has caused outrage on social media, with activists and commentators calling for laws to protect women from domestic violence.circulated of Malak Haider al-Zubaidi, 20, bedridden in a hospital in the holy city of Najaf and screaming in pain, her face swollen from burns and her entire body bandaged.Al-Zubaidi is the second wife of  who, according to her family, had forbidden her from visiting her parents for eight months., a police officer, wrote on his Facebook page that al-Zubeidi has a...WW…

Reyhanli, Turkey – Turkish forces downed a fighter jet flown by Syrian government forces over southern Idlib on Tuesday as a strategic town in northwest Syria fell under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s military.“Turkish regime forces targeted one of our warplanes, which led to its fall in the northwest area of Maarat al-Numan,” .On Twitter, the Turkish defence ministry confirmed the news, saying “an L-39 plane belonging to the [Syrian] regime has been downed”. Meanwhile, Syrian government forces overnight took over the key city of Saraqeb, which lies at the junction of...…Reyhanli, Turkey – Turkish forces downed a fighter jet flown by Syrian government forces over southern Idlib on Tuesday as a strategic town in northwest Syria fell under the control of President Bashar al-Assad’s military.“Turkish regime forces targeted one of our warplanes, which led to its fall in the northwest area of Maarat al-Numan,” .On Twitter, the Turkish defence ministry confirmed the news, saying “an L-39 plane belonging to the [Syrian] regime has been downed”. Meanwhile, Syrian government forces overnight took over the key city of Saraqeb, which lies at the junction of...WW…

For at least a dozen Palestinian families living in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the threat of eviction from their homes looms over their heads, paralysing any thoughts of the future.In October, the Israeli magistrate court of Jerusalem ruled to evict 12 of the 24 Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and to give their homes to Israeli Jewish settlers. The court also ruled that each family must pay 70,000 shekels ($20,000) in fees to cover the settlers’ legal expenses.The families were given 30 days to file an appeal, but most expressed little hope for a...…For at least a dozen Palestinian families living in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the threat of eviction from their homes looms over their heads, paralysing any thoughts of the future.In October, the Israeli magistrate court of Jerusalem ruled to evict 12 of the 24 Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and to give their homes to Israeli Jewish settlers. The court also ruled that each family must pay 70,000 shekels ($20,000) in fees to cover the settlers’ legal expenses.The families were given 30 days to file an appeal, but most expressed little hope for a...WW…

Here are the latest updates on Monday, September 28:The Nagorno-Karabakh region said at least 26 more of its servicemen had been killed in fighting with Azerbaijan’s forces.Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, as the two sides pounded each other with rockets and artillery in the fiercest round of the decades-old conflict in more than a quarter of a century.The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Armenia’s “aggression” on Azerbaijan and called for a political solution to the conflict between...…Here are the latest updates on Monday, September 28:The Nagorno-Karabakh region said at least 26 more of its servicemen had been killed in fighting with Azerbaijan’s forces.Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, as the two sides pounded each other with rockets and artillery in the fiercest round of the decades-old conflict in more than a quarter of a century.The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Armenia’s “aggression” on Azerbaijan and called for a political solution to the conflict between...WW…