Published by Al-Araby Three Iranian police have been killed this week, Tasnim news agency said Saturday, bringing to six the number of officers to have lost their lives in reported violence over the same period. On Friday, a captain was killed in the southwestern province of Khuzestan during a raid on a “base of armed […]
Kim Kardashian and Leeds aid Afghan female footballers’ flight to Britain
Published by Al-Araby Members of the Afghanistan women’s youth development football team have been airlifted to the UK in an evacuation flight funded by US celebrity Kim Kardashian. The 35 female footballers and their families, a total of 130 people, arrived at Stansted Airport, east of London, in the early hours of Thursday morning, according […]
Azeem Rafiq apologises for 2011 antisemitic FB conversation
Published by Al-Araby Former professional cricketer Azeem Rafiq has said he is “deeply ashamed” for using antisemitic language in recently resurfaced Facebook messages from 2011, days after sharing his own experience of “institutional racism” to the Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport parliamentary committee. Rafiq wept as he recounted racist abuse and bullying that he suffered […]
Three police killed in clashes in southeast Iran
Published by Al-Araby Three members of the Iranian security forces, including a colonel, were killed in clashes with an armed group in the southeast of the country, state news agency IRNA reported. The police chief of Kerman province, Abdolreza Nazeri, quoted late Wednesday by IRNA, said security forces clashed with “an armed group of bandits” […]
Racism in English cricket recounted by Rafiq at parliament
Published by Al-Araby Giving testimony in tears, former cricketer Azeem Rafiq told a British parliamentary hearing on Tuesday that he was humiliated by the racist abuse and bullying he suffered at England’s most successful cricket club. Rafiq said Yorkshire teammates used an offensive term referencing his Pakistani heritage, and the leadership at the 33-time winners […]