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The WHO on Tuesday urged countries to remain calm and take “rational” measures against the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, as Germany’s next chancellor voiced support for compulsory vaccinations. The emergence of Omicron, first reported to …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said his soldiers would “destroy” rebels from the northern Tigray region, in the latest instalment of state media footage purportedly showing him at the war front. “You are comprehensively destroying the enemy, there…

The Iran judo federation’s appeal against a four-year ban from international events for refusing to let its athletes face opponents from Israel was heard on Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said the Iranian appeal against an International Ju…

Over the course of the past year, the Egyptian government, led by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has been transporting the millennia-old remains of the Pharaohs from the Museum of Antiquities outside Tahrir Square to the new Grand Egyptian Museum outs…

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine announced his retirement from the sport two months after being been banned from competitions after his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics where he faced an Israeli competitor. Nourine and his coach Ammar Benikhlef were ban…

Sports leaders appointed by the Taliban have promised Olympic officials that Afghanistan will continue to allow its athletes and teams to compete internationally. The International Olympic Committee announced the pledge Thursday after its delegation me…

After the Talibanseized Kabul in August, following a calamitous US departure that marked the end of America’s longest war, Afghanistan’s female athletes, who have in recent years become symbols of resistance and empowerment, were suddenly gripped by fe…

Rafa Nadal is aiming to return from injury at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi next month before playing another tournament in his buildup to the Australian Open, the world number five said. Nadal struggled with back issues at the start of this year an…

Moroccan-American TV host Tarek El Moussa tied the knot with Selling Sunset’s real estate agent Heather Rae Young at an intimate wedding ceremony on Saturday. The couple married in front of their friends and families at a ceremony in a hotel near the C…

An elderly Catholic priest was among three activists to enter their third week of a hunger strike on Monday to protest the “unbearable harassment” faced by migrants and refugees in Calais. They called on authorities to grant migrants trêve hivernale – …