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Iran player dodges question on women’s rights at World Cup

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Women’s rights are a sensitive issue within the Iran team at the World Cup. Masoud Shojaei was evasive during his team’s news conference Tuesday when the midfielder was asked what he thought of Iranian women in stadiums in Russia. “With all due respect for you and your question, we are not just a team. We are a family, and it’s our nation which is playing on the pitch,” Shojaei said. “If you want to talk about this issue, this is an internal issue that we ...

VIDEO: How battery fault caused Tesla car to spontaneously catch fire

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Tesla Motors was under another round of scrutiny on Monday after a homemade video of a Tesla sedan on fire went viral but the incident did not weigh on shares.Actress Mary McCormack posted a video on Twitter of her husband’s car with flames spewing from the bottom part of the Tesla. McCormack is married to director Michael Morris.“This is what happened to my husband and his car today,” McCormack said in a Twitter post that went viral.McCormack, who has starred in the series ...

Indian authorities break up police test-cheating gang

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Police in northern India have broken up a gang that promised professional test-takers and high-tech listening devices to help applicants pass a two-day test to become police constables, officials said on Tuesday. The Uttar Pradesh state Special Task Force made 23 arrests on Monday and Tuesday, said police official Amitabh Yash, and police were carrying out additional raids in search of more people. The suspects were arrested in major cities across the state. Those arrested included so-called ...

Indian arrested for making bomb hoax call to catch flight

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

An Indian who was delayed for a morning flight found an innovative way to give himself a chance – making a hoax bomb call to the airline – only to get arrested. According to a news report, the man identified as Mohit Kumar Tank, a choreographer with a dance reality show, made the call fearing that he won’t be able to reach the airport on time. He then made a hoax bomb threat call to IndiGo’s call center for its Jaipur-Mumbai flight, the report said. The call was received ...

WATCH: Mexican grandmother ‘blessed’ each player before World Cup match

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Mexico stunned the footballing nation by defeating the current World Cup champions Germany 1-0 in a thrilling encounter on Sunday, PSV player Hirving Lozano finished off a beautiful counter-attacking move, ended up wrong-footing Mesut Ozil and easily put a shot behind Manuel Neur. But people all over the world are crediting this historic win to a Mexican grandmother who "blessed" each Mexican player as they appeared on TV. Most notably she "double-blessed" Mexican goalkeeper ...

WATCH: French President Emmanuel Macron scolds teen for calling him ‘Manu’

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

President Emmanuel Macron has upbraided a French teenager after the boy addressed him informally as “Manu” and sang the socialist anthem in front of him. Macron was attending a ceremony in northern France to commemorate General Charles De Gaulle’s call for popular resistance during World War II. The young man, who looked to be in his mid-teens, was standing behind a barrier as Macron passed along the crowd. He was captured on LCI television singing the words of the ...

Here’s what an Egyptian-Russian family has to say about tonight’s match

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Egyptian and Russian football fans are excited ahead of their second match at the World Cup on Tuesday. However, things may be a little different when the same family includes Russians and Egyptians. Al Arabiya English met with Lamiaa, an Egyptian, who is married to Sergei, a Russian, and they told us that they hope both their teams make it to the Round of 16. Sergei said he will cheer for Egypt since his wife is Egyptian and he cannot cheer for someone else. Lamiaa added that they both cheer ...

Zayn Malik: Would ‘be cool’ to run for office in America

Monday, 18 June 2018

British pop star Zayn Malik says he been startled by the welcoming spirit of the United States and might even consider running for office in his new home. The former One Direction heartthrob said he was “a bit shocked” at first by the friendliness of Americans and felt that the country was being “misrepresented across the globe.” “No matter what color, what gender, what sexuality, what class -- none of that matters here. People genuinely want to know you for who you ...

Enemies in arms: Taliban militant, Afghan soldier dance amid shaky truce

Monday, 18 June 2018

Social media users in Afghanistan have been circulating a video for captured on the second day of Eid al-Fitr holiday showing a Taliban militant dancing with an Afghan soldier to the tunes of Pashtun music in the background.The video begins with one of the soldiers pointing a gun at the Taliban militant joking with him as he invites him to dance. They begin dancing together when another Afghan soldier joins them in applause, as the dancing soldier fires his gun in joy.Both the Afghan government ...

VIDEO: American women perform traditional Saudi Ardha dance

Monday, 18 June 2018

A video being shared on social media showed a group of American tourists performing the Saudi traditional Ardha dance, one of the most important folk dances in the kingdom.The video was shared on Twitter by the Saudi American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), where it has been viewed more the 60,000 times so far.The Saudi ardha was often associated with military achievements, but nowadays, it is performed during special occasions and celebrations and has become a widespread practice ...