Hundreds of foreigners fleeing Sudan have arrived in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, Saudi state media reported, as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire. A ferry with around 1,900 evacuees arrived at a Saudi naval base in Jeddah, after crossing the Red Sea from Port Sudan, in the latest evacuation to the kingdom by sea, the SPA state news agency reported on Saturday. The group included the first known Iranian evacuees to escape the fighting, as Iran’s foreign ministry said 65 Iranian citizens had left from Port Sudan, through Jeddah,…
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Seattle Mariners All-Star centre fielder Julio Rodriguez left Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the sixth inning due to lower-back tightness. Left fielder A.J. Pollock replaced Rodriguez in the leadoff spot of the batting order while Jarred Kelenic slid over to centre in the field. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Rodriguez entered the game hitting a .236/.300/.445 slash line this season, with five home runs and 13 RBIs. He was 1-for-3 at the plate Saturday, hitting a single to start the third inning and then stealing second base, but he was left stranded…
Iran’s supreme leader meets Iraqi president, says recent security and economic agreements need to be fully implemented.Tehran, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has told Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid that the presence of “even one American in Iraq is too many”. The two met in Tehran on Saturday in Rashid’s first visit to Iran as head of state since his election last October. Rashid also held meetings with President Ebrahim Raisi and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. “The Americans are not friends of Iraq,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by his official website. “The Americans have friendships…
Moscow says the Polish authorities burst onto the embassy school’s grounds with the aim of seizing it.Russia has promised that it will respond harshly to what it said was Poland’s illegal seizure of its embassy school in Warsaw, an act it called a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. Polish state-run news channel TVP Info reported that police had shown up outside the Russian embassy school on Kieleckiej Street in Warsaw on Saturday morning. When asked about the incident, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman told the Reuters news agency that the building housing the embassy school belonged…
CAMDEN. N.J. (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers says NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid is doubtful for Game 1 of the playoff series against the Boston Celtics with a sprained right knee. Embiid was examined by doctors this week and has yet to practice ahead of Monday’s Eastern Conference semifinals opener at Boston. The Sixers have had the longest break of any NBA team after they swept the Brooklyn Nets last Saturday. Embiid was hurt in Game 3 and missed the next game. “If I was a betting man, I would probably say doubtful for at least Game 1,…
Leicester’s hopes of Women’s Super League survival were handed a big boost as they beat Liverpool 4-0.A second straight league win sees the Foxes move off the foot of the table and into 10th, two points clear of Reading who now drop into the relegation zone. Leicester went in front in the 15th minute when Josie Green’s effort from just inside the area took a deflection into the bottom left of the net.They benefited from another deflection just six minutes later as Carrie Jones picked the ball up outside the box and her audacious effort hit a defender to loop…
Luke Bolton bagged a last-gasp winner as Salford closed in on securing a League Two play-off place with an incredible 3-2 away win over fellow promotion-chasers Carlisle.First-half goals from Colin Hendry and Bolton put the visitors firmly in the driving seat. But Joe Garner pulled a goal back for the hosts with 13 minutes remaining, before they had Jon Mellish sent-off for violent conduct with seven minutes remaining.The midfielder was given his marching orders for seemingly pushing Salford’s Elliot Watt in the face after Garner had won a penalty when Liam Shephard foul him in the box.Kristian Dennis stepped up…
Pope Francis thanked Hungarians on Saturday for welcoming Ukrainian refugees and urged them to help anyone in need, as he called for a culture of charity in a country where the prime minister has justified firm anti-immigration policies with fears that migration threatens Christian culture in Europe. On the second day of a visit to Hungary, Francis met refugees and poor people at St. Elizabeth’s church – named for a Hungarian princess who renounced her wealth to dedicate herself to the poor as a follower of the pope’s namesake, St Francis of Assisi. The refugees included some who had fled…
LONDON (AP) — With yet another victory, Roy Hodgson has surely completed his short-term mission of securing Crystal Palace’s Premier League status for another season. Palace beat West Ham 4-3 in an end-to-end game at Selhurst Park on Saturday to move to 40 points, the number long associated with being the safety mark in England’s top flight. That should be more than enough to guarantee Palace’s survival, with the team now 11 points above the relegation zone. Since the 75-year-old Hodgson came in as interim manager until the end of the season, Palace has won four of its six league…
As tens of thousands of Sudanese people stream north over the border into Egypt fleeing violence, stories of days-long delays at the border are emerging, with travellers suffering in the heat without food, water, or shelter. But, observers say, the mass exodus developing into a refugee crisis for Egypt seems unlikely, for now. Sudan erupted into violence two weeks ago as the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), spearheaded by General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, attacked each other with helpless civilians caught in the crossfire. Fighter jets thundered overhead as foreign governments…