Category: 1. Palestine

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Suspect arrested after vehicle rams into crowd at the Philippine street festival in Canada, killing nine people.

Police in Canada have ruled out “terrorism” as a motive for a deadly car ramming at a street festival in Vancouver.

At least nine people were killed and several injured on Saturday night while they attended celebrations for a major Filipino festival.

Investigations are ongoing as a 30-year-old suspect is in custody.

Here is what to know about the incident and the…

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas.

Hussein al-Sheikh, a relatively unknown Fatah veteran and former prisoner in Israel, has been chosen as deputy chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and vice president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), positioning him as a potential successor to ageing President Mahmoud Abbas.

The appointment of al-Sheikh to the two positions follows years of…

Every time Amira Mohamed stepped onto the pitch, it was never just a game. For her, and hundreds of Egyptian female footballers, the field was a battlefield – not one against opponents, but against generational scepticism.

“It wasn’t always normal for girls to play football,” she said. “It felt like no one took us seriously. But we kept going anyway. We played in silence, with no audience, just for the love of the game.”

Growing up, Mohamed dreamed of playing under stadium lights…

Protests between Indian and Pakistani diaspora communities have erupted in London as tensions soar between both countries in the wake of a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. India blamed Pakistan for the shooting in Pahalgam which killed 26 tourists, sparking renewed fighting over the disputed region.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described his one-on-one encounter with US President Donald Trump at the Vatican, their first meeting since February’s fiery Oval Office exchange, as ‘productive’. They met on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral.

Tigst Assefa sets a record time for a women’s-only race while Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe wins his first London Marathon.

Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shattered the women’s-only world record in winning the 45th London Marathon, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe made a brilliant tactical decision to demolish a stacked men’s field en route to victory.

The 28-year-old Assefa, silver medallist in the event at last year’s Paris Olympics, pulled away from Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya over the final…