• Jordanian authorities shut down Al-Yarmouk TV station

    Beirut, May 8, 2024 — After the Al-Yarmouk TV channel was raided on Tuesday night, the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on Jordanian authorities to ensure the outlet can reopen and work freely without fear of reprisal. On May 7, 2024, Jordanian security forces stormed the Al-Yarmouk offices in the capital, Amman, confiscated

  • Coming Soon: The Eid Al Adha Long Vacay!

    Still dreaming of that epic nine-day Eid al Fitr vacation, huh? Well, buckle up, because it’s like the universe heard your pleas (sort of). Get the latest news on your phone, for free! Follow Lovin Dubai on WhatsApp here! Another holiday extravaganza is on the way… Eid Al Adha is on the horizon, and rumor …

  • Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation

    Israel has long had a rocky relationship with Al Jazeera, accusing it of bias.

  • Shabab Al-Ahly is champion of the U-19 league

    The Shabab Al-Ahly football team was crowned champion of the U-19 Youth League competition, after defeating the Khor Fakkan team with five unanswered goals in the match that brought them together, the day before yesterday, at Shabab Al-Ahly Club Stadium in Al-Awir, within the 30th and final round of the league. The goals of Shabab […]

  • “Calmness” helped Al-Orouba win the “Amateur” League

    The captain of the Orouba team, player Muhannad Khamis, described his team’s victory in the first division “amateur” league shield four rounds before the end of the season, and qualifying to play in the next season of the ADNOC Professional League, as a great and well-deserved achievement. He stressed that Al-Orouba’s presentation of high technical […]

  • Royals honor 2014 AL champs with weekend-long celebration

    KANSAS CITY -- Ten years ago, the Royals brought postseason baseball back to Kansas City with an electrifying October run. It included a truly wild, extra-inning Wild Card Game win over the A’s. It included an eight-game postseason winning streak. And it gave Kansas City its first American League pennant

    • ESPN

    'Impatient' Neymar promises Al Hilal fans 'lots of fun'

    Neymar has said he is "impatient" to return to action after celebrating Al Hilal's Saudi Pro League (SPL) title with his teammates on Saturday.

    • ESPN

    Undefeated Al Hilal win Saudi Pro League title

    Undefeated Al Hilal won a record-extending 19th Saudi Pro League title on Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Al Hazem to reclaim the trophy from Al Ittihad who won it last season.

  • Al-Sharjah reserves a seat in the quarter-finals of the Basketball Cup

    The Sharjah team clinched the qualification ticket to the quarter-finals in the “Emirates Cup” basketball competition, after renewing its victory over its host Al-Bataeh (90-76), the day before yesterday, for the preliminary round, knowing that “The King” won the first leg by (108). -96). Sharjah imposed an advantage with the results of the first, second, […]

  • Israel’s Battle Against Free Speech: The Shuttering of Al Jazeera

    “Politics,” as the harsh, albeit successful German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck claimed, “is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best.” To that should be added the stark awareness of being prudent, gingerly wise, appropriately cautious. Mind how you go in avoiding any foolishness on the way. Going after the motley More

  • Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why

    What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war criticsThe White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy”.If the White House remains concerned, it has a strange way of showing it. Joe Biden and his administration have supported and encouraged recent censorial laws and court cases...

    • WNYC

    Newshour, Israel shuts down international news channel Al-Jazeera

    Israel has shut down international news channel Al-Jazeera, accusing the platform of bias in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war. The network has called the ban 'a criminal action' aimed at concealing the truth of the war. We get reaction from the International Federation of Journalists. Also: dozens killed in southern Brazil after floods and mudslides; and the death of actor Bernard Hill(Photo: an Al-Jazeera building in Doha. Credit: Reuters / Arafat Barbakh)