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The Olympic Boxing gender testing controversy — Who is Imane Khelif Olympic boxer?

Two female boxers who were disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing gender eligibility tests have been cleared to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris. Iman Khelif and Lin Yu-ting are female boxers, but they have been met online by anti-LGBTQ+ conservatives who claim they are transgender. And it sparked outrage online from…

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Israel arrested the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque after the Friday sermon mourning for Ismail Haniyeh 

Sheikh Ekrama Sabri, the current head of its Supreme Islamic Council, called the Hamas leader a ‘martyr’ during a sermon. A senior Muslim cleric was detained Friday on suspicion of inciting “terrorism” after he mourned slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, his lawyer told AFP. Sheikh Ekrama Sabri, 85, Jerusalem’s…

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Khamenei ordered a direct attack on Israel in response to Haniyeh’s murder

According to the New York Times, citing three Iranian officials, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered direct targeting of several military sites in Israel in retaliation for the deadly attack on Ismail Haniyeh.  The directive was reportedly issued during an emergency meeting of Iran’s National Security Council on Wednesday morning, shortly after Haniyeh’s assassination.  The…

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Pakistan deports British journalist Charles Glass who was visiting Imran Khan

On Wednesday, Pakistan deported British journalist Charles Glass for trying to meet former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in jail. Glass had tried to see Khan in Adiala Jail with Khan’s sister Aleema Khan. Pakistani police raided the British-American journalist’s residence in Islamabad and told him that his visa had been canceled and…

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