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FIFA hands Palestinian FA boss 12-month 'match' ban over Messi comments
FIFA on Friday hit the Palestinian Football Association chief with a year-long "match" ban after he called for protests against Lionel Messi over plans for Argentina to play Israel in Jerusalem.In a …
Zimbabwe court dismisses opposition's election challenge
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court on Friday ruled dismissed the opposition party MDC's challenge against the disputed July 30 election in which incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa won.Delivering the…
Japan's first female fighter pilot takes flight
A Japanese woman will be flying through the glass ceiling as she becomes her country's first female fighter pilot.First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima, 26, will begin duty on Friday having completed her …
Formula One: Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel fastest in Belgian GP opening practice session
Sebastian Vettel topped the opening practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix as Formula One got back underway at Spa-Francorchamps after a three-week summer break.The top three positions were occu…
Uganda ex-police boss charged over illegal repatriations
Uganda's former powerful police chief General Kale Kayihura has been charged before a court martial in the capital, Kampala, with abetting the illegal repatriation of Rwandan refugees and dissidents …
Peru struck by 7.1 magnitude earthquake
A magnitude 7.1 quake struck nearly 250 km (155 miles) northwest of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, in the early hours of Friday at a depth of 610 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There were no immediate …
Football fan stabbed before Europa League playoff match in Athens
A Burnley fan was stabbed in the leg and four others were injured in clashes before Thursday's 3-1 Europa League playoff defeat by Olympiakos in Athens, the Premier League club said.The BBC reported …
West Nile virus outbreak in Israel kills 2, 68 ill
Israel's Health ministry on Friday said two people have died and 68 others have taken ill, as a result of outbreak of the West Nile virus.NAN reports that West Nile virus, is a viral infection typica…
Zimbabwe court set to rule on presidential election petition
Zimbabwe's top court will on Friday decide whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa's disputed July 30 election victory should stand against complaints by his main rival that it was rigged.The election, …
Indonesian man pays alimony worth $10,000 to ex-wife in coins
An Indonesian civil servant who owed his ex-wife a large alimony has paid back some $10,000 worth of missed payments in coins.Dwi Susilarto arrived at court on Thursday hauling a dozen sacks filled w…
South Korean ex-president Park's sentence extended
A South Korean appeal court on Friday extended ex-president Park Geun-hye's prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power by one year.The decision by the Seoul High Court means the former head of…
No safe limit for alcohol consumption, global study confirms
A large new global study published in the Lancet has confirmed previous research which has shown that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.The researchers admit moderate drinking may protect…
Scott Morrison selected Australia's new prime minister following Malcolm Turnbull ousting
Treasurer Scott Morrison was on Friday picked as Australia's new prime minister after a Liberal party coup in a stunning upset against key challenger Peter Dutton.Morrison, an ally of deposed leader …
Five soldiers killed in clashes in eastern Ukraine
Five soldiers have been killed and seven wounded in eastern Ukraine during an assault by separatist forces, Ukraine's defence ministry says.Four died during a five-hour clash near Krymske, a village …
Five bodies of migrants recovered by coast guard
Tunisia's coast guard said it recovered the bodies of five migrants on Thursday whose boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa.Crews were now searching fo…
British Airways, Air France to suspend flights to and from Tehran
Commercial airlines, British Airways and Air France on Thursday announced that flights to and from Tehran will be suspended from next month.On its part, British Airways the decision was not made in v…
British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released from jail temporarily
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been in prison in Tehran for more than two years on sedition charges, has been released for three days, her husband said on Thursday."Nazani…
UEFA considering VAR in latter stages of Champions League
UEFA has confirmed it is considering the possibility of implementing Video Assistant Referee's (VARs) in the Champions League, with sources telling ESPN FC that it could be introduced for this season…