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Egypt and Al-Ahly keeper El-Shenawy banned four games for striking referee
El-Shenawy was incensed after Al-Ahly's appeal for a penalty following a handball in stoppage time was denied.
Will Israel and Lebanon start ceasefire talks?
Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade attacks on Friday - although at a reduced pace.
Israel strikes residential areas, destroys homes in southern Lebanon
Lebanon is seeing not just a displacement crisis but a rapidly developing food security crisis too, says UN.
Cuban president defiant despite Trump pressure to resign
Miguel Diaz-Canel vows to resist US pressure as Trump escalates threats, tightens oil blockade on the island.
Gaza families still unable to bury dead six months into ‘ceasefire’
About 10,000 Palestinians remain missing, believed to be buried under rubble of collapsed buildings during Israel's war.
Taiwan opposition leader calls for ‘reconciliation’ after meeting Xi
KMT leader Cheng Li-wun stressed shared cultural heritage and suggested she would slow Taiwan's military build-up.
Senegal PM labels Trump ‘agent of global destabilisation’
Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko accused Donald Trump of plunging the world into “chaos”.
Six months into ‘ceasefire’, Gaza suffers under persistent Israeli attacks
Gaza's devastation grows as over 72,000 people killed and 172,000 injured amid Israeli violations of US-brokered truce.
Torpedo-like object discovered by Indonesian fisherman
A fisherman in Indonesia discovered a torpedo-like object near the Lombok Strait, a waterway between Bali and Lombok.
Myanmar’s coup leader Min Aung Hlaing sworn in as president
Min Aung Hlaing seeks to 'enhance' international relations and ties with ASEAN after coup plunged Myanmar into chaos.