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Brentford has been part of the Premier League for four years now but still lacks the stature of a top-tier club in England’s top flight. Currently ranked 11th, the Bees are focused on avoiding the relegation zone. After a standout 4-2 win over Newcastle on December 7, Brentford has struggled, with losses to Chelsea (2-1), Newcastle (3-1 in the Carabao …

Inter Milan has been making waves in football, especially after their recent victory in the Italian Super Cup. Under the leadership of coach Simone Inzaghi, the team successfully defended their title, proving their dominance in Italian football. Key players like Lautaro Martinez, who scored the decisive goal in the final, and Marko Arnautovic, who has been in excellent form, have …

Recommend tags for this article. The head of Russia’s civil aviation agency stated on Friday that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny while an Azerbaijani Airlines plane was attempting to land there, before the plane later crashed in Kazakhstan. Dmitry Yadrov shared on Telegram that heavy fog had blanketed Grozny when the incident took place on Wednesday, creating “very complicated” conditions …

The foreign ministers of China and Iran agreed on Saturday that the Middle East should not be a region for external geopolitical competition or conflict among major powers. They emphasized that the region must not become a battleground for nations outside the Middle East. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s new foreign minister, is on his first official visit to China. During his …

On Friday, the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins were apprehended at Beirut airport for attempting to leave with allegedly forged passports, according to Lebanese judicial and security sources. Assad’s uncle had departed the day before without issue. Rasha Khazem, wife of Duraid Assad (son of Rifaat Assad, Bashar’s uncle), and their daughter, Shams, …

A passenger plane caught fire on Sunday after it skidded off a runway at an airport in South Korea, crashing into a concrete wall. The incident, caused by a possible failure of the plane’s front landing gear, resulted in the deaths of most of the 181 people onboard, making it one of the deadliest aviation disasters in South Korean history. …

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon halted its consular services on Saturday, just one day after two relatives of former Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at Beirut airport with suspected fake passports. On the same day, Lebanese authorities deported dozens of Syrians, including former Syrian army officers who had served under Assad, back to the new Syrian authorities after they were …

The Arab League has urged Iran to refrain from inciting unrest in Syria following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Assad, who had ruled for decades with the backing of Iran, was overthrown on December 8 after an Islamist-led coalition seized control of key cities and advanced to Damascus, forcing him to flee to Russia. This marked a significant …