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US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley delivers remarks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S., April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
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Houthi fighters ride a truck while patrolling a street in Sanaa January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Yemen: Houthis Sentence Sana’a Journalist to Death without Fair Trial
A coup-run court has sentenced to death Yahya Al-Jubaihi, a journalist who was abducted from his house in Sanaa, Yemen last September, said the Saudi news agency SPA. Yemeni sources said the court ruled to execute Jubaihi, for fabricated and forged accusations. “The...Caption:
A crater is seen at the site of an airstrike, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Let’s Hope it is the Beginning of the End
Let us forget about fake ‘nationalist’ condemnation, and shedding crocodile tears on doubtful ‘sovereignty’, since Syria became nothing but a ‘mailbox’ for exchanging regional international political messages. Let us also look deeper into a situation whereby human...Caption:
The referee Keith Stroud, with ball in hand, has a lot of explaining to do to Newcastle’s captain Jamaal Lascelles over the penalty fiasco. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Reuters
Referees are Damned by their Errors, Ignorance of the Laws is No Defence
The fact that the referee Martin Atkinson sounds even more like the comedian Bob Mortimer than he looks was not the most interesting revelation to emerge from Sky’s recent effort to show the human side of match officials on The Referees – Onside with Carragher and...Caption:
Christian Bassogog says of playing in China: ‘Ezequiel Lavezzi is a player I’ve always liked so I was quite honoured to be on the same pitch as him.’ Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images