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Video games-Hangzhou Asian Video games to start on Sept. 23 subsequent 12 months

The Hangzhou Asian Video games, which couldn’t be hosted this 12 months due to COVID-19, can be held from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 2023, the governing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) stated on Tuesday. The nineteenth version of the multi-sports Video games, second in dimension solely to the Summer time Olympics, was scheduled to happen from Sept. 10-25 within the capital of Zhejiang province, some 175 kilometres southwest of China’s monetary centre Shanghai.

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Motor racing-Williams able to run each vehicles with upgrades

Nicholas Latifi will lastly have the identical efficiency upgrades on his automobile as Williams System One group mate Alex Albon at this weekend’s French Grand Prix. The group stated on Tuesday they now had components for each vehicles after Albon tried them out in Britain and Austria.

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Golf-Trump tells golfers to ‘take the cash’ and be a part of LIV Golf

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged gamers to “take the cash” and be a part of the LIV Golf Invitational Collection, suggesting that those that stay loyal to the PGA Tour will finally pay a much bigger worth for staying put. Trump, whose Bedminster course in New Jersey will host the subsequent LIV occasion from July 29-31, feels any golfers who don’t reap the benefits of the cash being provided to gamers to make the swap will lose out.

Athletics-No substitute for expertise as Olympic champions earn world gold

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Expertise prevailed on day 4 of the World Championships with Kenyan runner Religion Kipyegon and Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas among the many Olympic champions standing on high of the rostrum in Eugene, Oregon on Tuesday. Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali backed up his Tokyo 3,000 metres steeplechase win by ending Kenya’s dominance on the worlds, whereas Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim had excessive bounce gold all to himself this time.

Athletics-Lyles places 200m area on discover with red-hot warmth

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Reigning world champion Noah Lyles confirmed he’s no temper to surrender his 200 metres crown after setting a red-hot tempo to win his warmth on Monday. The sprinting showman rounded the curve with ease earlier than wagging his finger at the remainder of the sector down the straight to complete in 19.98 seconds and advance to Tuesday’s semi-finals.

Soccer-Martial on track once more as Manchester United down Palace 3-1

Manchester United’s ahead Anthony Martial scored his third aim of the pre-season as they eased previous Crystal Palace 3-1 in a pleasant on Tuesday. The win in entrance of a heaving crowd of 76,499 on the Melbourne Cricket Floor continued new supervisor Erik ten Hag’s brilliant begin following a 4-1 victory over Melbourne Victory and 4-0 romp towards Liverpool in Bangkok final week.

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Biking-Vingegaard shadows Pogacar to remain in management on the Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar went on the offensive as promised however was by no means able to unsettle Tour de France total chief Jonas Vingegaard within the first of three key mountain levels on Tuesday. The defending champion attacked twice on the ascent to the Port de Lers (11.4km at 7%) and as soon as within the descent however yellow jersey holder Vingegaard shadowed him to retain his lead of two minutes and 22 seconds.

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Cricket-Lord’s relaxes gown code for Pavilion as warmth rises

Lord’s relaxed its strict Pavilion gown code on Tuesday with members not required to put on jackets as temperatures soared into the mid 30s Celsius for the beginning of the County Championship sport between Middlesex and Sussex. A lot of Britain is gripped in a heatwave with temperatures anticipated to threaten all-time information afterward Tuesday, with predictions of the mercury rising above 40 levels.

Cricket-Van der Dussen scores ton as South Africa publish 333-5 in first ODI

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Rassie van der Dussen scored a career-best 133 as South Africa posted 333 for 5 of their 50 overs in sweltering warmth within the first One-Day Worldwide towards England at Chester-le-Road on Tuesday. South Africa elected to bat after profitable the toss and made essentially the most of what’s prone to be a deteriorating pitch beneath the baking solar, with Van der Dussen scoring his third ODI century and placing on a document third-wicket stand for the vacationers towards England of 151 with Aiden Markram (77).

Naomi Osaka to make return at San Jose subsequent month

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Naomi Osaka dedicated subsequent month’s event in San Jose, Calif., her first look since a first-round loss on the French Open on Could 23. The four-time Grand Slam winner accepted a wild-card entry into the Mubadala Silicon Valley Traditional on Monday.

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Fuerzas lideradas por kurdos repelen a rebeldes sirios apoyados por Turquía

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QAMISHLI, Siria (AP) — Las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias lideradas por los kurdos anunciaron el martes que han lanzado una contraofensiva contra el Ejército Nacional Sirio respaldado por Ankara para recuperar áreas cerca de la frontera norte de Siria con Turquía.

Las FDS son aliado crucial de Estados Unidos en Siria, enfocándose en las células durmientes del extremista grupo Estado Islámico dispersas por el este del país.

Desde la caída del régimen totalitario de Bashar Assad a principios de este mes, los enfrentamientos se han intensificado entre el grupo apoyado por Estados Unidos y el ENS, que capturó la ciudad clave de Manbij y las áreas circundantes.

Los intensos enfrentamientos, que han durado semanas, ocurren en un momento en que Siria, devastada por más de una década de guerra y miseria económica, negocia su futuro político tras medio siglo bajo el dominio de la dinastía Assad.

Ruken Jamal, portavoz de la Unidad de Protección de Mujeres, o YPJ, bajo las FDS, dijo a The Associated Press que sus combatientes están a poco más de 11 kilómetros del centro de Manbij en su contraofensiva en curso.

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Acusó a Ankara de intentar debilitar la influencia del grupo en las negociaciones sobre el futuro político de Siria a través del ENS,

“Siria está ahora en una nueva fase, y se están llevando a cabo discusiones sobre el futuro del país”, dijo Jamal. “Turquía está intentando, a través de sus ataques, distraernos con batallas y excluirmos de las negociaciones en Damasco”.

El Observatorio Sirio para los Derechos Humanos, un grupo que monitorea la guerra desde Gran Bretaña, dice que desde que la ofensiva del ENS contra los kurdos comenzó a principios de este mes, decenas de combatientes de ambos lados han muerto.

Ankara ve a las FDS como una filial de su archienemigo, el Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdistán, o PKK, al que clasifica como una organización terrorista. Grupos armados respaldados por Turquía junto con jets turcos han atacado durante años posiciones de las FDS en el norte de Siria, en un intento de crear una zona de amortiguamiento a lo largo de la extensa frontera compartida.

Mientras que el ENS estuvo involucrado en la insurgencia relámpago liderada por el grupo islamista Hayat Tahrir al-Sham que derrocó a Assad, ha continuado su avance contra las FDS, vistas como el segundo actor clave de Siria para su futuro político.

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El lunes, el portavoz de las FDS, Farhad Shami, dijo que las fuerzas del grupo repelieron a los rebeldes respaldados por Turquía de áreas cerca de la presa de Tishrin en el Éufrates, una fuente clave de energía hidroeléctrica. Dijo que las FDS también destruyeron un tanque perteneciente a los rebeldes al sureste de Manbij.

El monitor de guerra con sede en Gran Bretaña dijo el martes que el grupo liderado por los kurdos, tras los combates nocturnos, ha recuperado cuatro aldeas en las áreas cerca de la presa estratégica.

Los jets turcos también bombardearon la ciudad fronteriza de Kobani en los últimos días.

Durante el conflicto de Siria, los kurdos se hicieron con un enclave de gobierno autónomo en el noreste de Siria, sin aliarse completamente ni con Assad en Damasco ni con los rebeldes que intentaban derrocarlo.

Incluso tras el derrocamiento de Assad, parece que la posición de Ankara no cambiará. El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores turco Hakan Fidan visitó Siria y mantuvo una posición firme sobre el grupo liderado por los kurdos en su reunión con el líder de facto Ahmad al-Sharaa de HTS.

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“Ha convertido la región en un caldero de terror con miembros del PKK y grupos de extrema izquierda que han venido de Turquía, Irak, Irán y Europa”, dijo Fidan en una conferencia de prensa después de la reunión. “La comunidad internacional está haciendo la vista gorda a esta anarquía debido a la custodia que proporciona (contra el Estado Islámico)”.

Con los combates en curso, el comandante de las FDS, Mazloum Abdi, ha expresado su preocupación por un fuerte resurgimiento del EI debido al vacío de poder en Siria y los combates que han dejado al grupo liderado por los kurdos incapaz de llevar a cabo sus ataques y redadas en las células durmientes del grupo extremista.

Decenas de miles de niños, familiares y partidarios de los militantes del EI todavía están retenidos en grandes centros de detención en el noreste de Siria, en áreas bajo control de las FDS.

Chehayeb informó desde Beirut.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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Netanyahu warns Houthis amid calls for Israel to wipe out terror leadership as it did with Nasrallah, Sinwar

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TEL AVIV – Amid negotiations to forge a hostages-for-cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon mostly holds, Jerusalem has an opportunity to direct additional military resources to cut Yemen’s Houthi leadership down to size, according to former Israeli officials.

“Israel has to accelerate and expand attacks [in Yemen], not only on national infrastructure but also on the political leadership,” retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli Military Intelligence and president of MIND Israel, told Fox News Digital. 

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“Targeted killings are an option if there is good intelligence to enable such operations. The leaders of the Houthis should meet Sinwar and Nasrallah and the sooner the better,” he added.

US NAVY SHIPS REPEL ATTACK FROM HOUTHIS IN GULF OF ADEN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu split screen with Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, leader of the Houthis. (Getty Images)

An Israel Defense Forces strike killed Hezbollah terror master Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 28, while Israeli ground troops eliminated Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Oct. 17, and Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last summer.

Houthi terror leaders:

The Houthis are led by Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi (Abu Jibril), whom the U.S. State Department designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2021.

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According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), other top officials include Abdul Khaliq Badruddin Al-Houthi (Abu Yunis), commander of the Republican Guard (Presidential Reserve), whom the U.S. also blacklisted in 2021; Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi (Abu Ahmad), a member of the Supreme Political Council; and Abdul Karim Amiruddin Husayn Al-Houthi, interior minister and director of the executive office of Ansar Allah.

An undated picture of Houthi terror leader Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi. FDD's Long War Journal notes he was designated by the State Department as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2021.

An undated picture of Houthi terror leader Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi. FDD’s Long War Journal notes he was designated by the State Department as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in 2021. (FDD’s Long War Journal)

Joe Truzman, a research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital that intel-based assassination operations take time and that, to date, the Israelis have been preoccupied with Gaza and Lebanon.

“But it can be done. We’ve seen Israel target nuclear scientists and military personnel in Iran. This can be replicated in Yemen. If the Houthis continue these attacks, more of Israel’s focus turns to them,” Truzman said.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser in Israel and a senior fellow at the Washington-based JINSA think tank, outlined to Fox News Digital the intricacy of such attempts.

US MILITARY CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL AIRSTRIKES ON HOUTHI REBEL FORCES IN YEMEN

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A handout picture obtained from Yemen’s Huthi Ansarullah Media Center shows a huge column of fire erupting following IDF strikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. (Ansarullah Media Center/AFP via Getty Images)

“You have to be sure that a target is in the place that you bomb. If he has three houses, how do you know which one he’s in? You need real-time intel,” said Amidror, who noted that it was relatively easy for Israel to hit Nasrallah from the moment his exact location was known.

“It took 15-20 minutes to strike [the Hezbollah headquarters] in Beirut because it is so close to Israel,” he said. “Yemen is a huge logistical operation, it requires refueling jets, let alone the tactical issues on the ground. A totally different sort of intelligence is needed.

“Both Nasrallah and Sinwar were known enemies and we amassed information on them over many years, but the Houthis were not a priority,” continued Amidror. “The way forward is to begin intensifying the collection of intelligence by building bridges with those who can provide it.” 

Overnight Wednesday, the IAF struck targets some 1,200 miles away in Yemen, after a Houthi missile hit an elementary school in Ramat Gan, just east of Tel Aviv.

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IDF profile picture showing Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah, who the IDF confirmed was killed in a strike in September. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)

The pre-dawn strikes were conducted in two waves, targeting the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea, the Hodeidah and Salif ports, as well as the D’Habban and Haziz power stations in Sana’a, according to reports.

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In July, a Houthi drone killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, prompting the IAF to strike Yemen’s Hodeidah Port. Israeli jets also conducted dozens of strikes in the area of Hodeidah in September.

Overall, the Houthis have launched over 200 missiles and 170 drones at Israel since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 people. Since then, the Houthis have also attacked more than six dozen commercial vessels – particularly in the Bab-el-Mandeb, the southern maritime gateway to Egypt’s Suez Canal.

“The distance to Yemen is about the longest range the IAF has ever flown, but they could expand that with more refueling,” Brig. Gen. (res.) Relik Shafir, a former IAF pilot who took part in Operation Opera, the attack on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981, told Fox News Digital. 

“It’s uncomfortable for a pilot to sit in an F-15, F-16 or F-35 for seven hours. You need to be fully aware and at your top level of concentration,” he continued. “Israel can strike far enough for any existing enemy and the air force uses guided missiles that fire at a precision of two or three feet.”

Sinwar poster in Iran

Deceased Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar on a poster in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 13, 2024. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a warning to the Houthis, “We will strike their strategic infrastructure and decapitate their leaders. Just as we did to [former Hamas chief Ismail] Haniyeh, Sinwar and Nasrallah, in Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon – we will do in Hodeidah and Sanaa.” 

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Jerusalem had previously refrained from taking responsibility for the July 31 killing of Haniyeh, who traveled to the Iranian capital for the inauguration of the country’s president.

On Friday, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder stated that the Israelis “certainly have a right to defend themselves.” 

Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and his bodyguard were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Aug. 1, 2024 in Tehran.

Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and his bodyguard were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Aug. 1, 2024 in Tehran. (Cem Tekkesinoglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Houthis “are a danger to everybody in the Middle East,” former Mossad head Efraim Halevy told Fox News Digital. “In the end, most countries in the region will be interested and willing to cooperate in efforts to bring about the end of these attacks, which have no justification whatsoever.”

ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TARGET YEMEN’S HOUTHI-CONTROLLED CAPITAL OF SANAA, PORT CITY OF HODEIDA

Israeli Air Force jets depart for strikes in Yemen.

Israeli Air Force jets depart for strikes in Yemen. (IDF)

Halevy insisted that “terrorist activity of every kind is a challenge that has to be met with an appropriate response. The Houthis have incurred losses and if they continue to provoke us, we will have to do more.”

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In March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition launched a military intervention against the Houthis at the request of then-Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from Sana’a the previous September. Yemen’s civil war remains stalemated, with the internationally recognized government, led by the Presidential Leadership Council since 2022, based in Aden, in the country’s south, since February 2015.

A source close to that government told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster on Saturday that Jerusalem should initiate assassinations of Houthi leaders, while the Saudi outlet Al-Arabiya reported that senior Houthi officials had fled Sana’a out of concern they would be targeted.

“We need to understand more deeply what it is that would cripple the Houthis’ ability to operate,” former Israeli national security adviser Eyal Hulata told Fox News Digital. “For this, we need more intelligence, more assessments and coordination between the different parties.”

Houthi militants in vehicles

Houthi fighters man heavy machine guns mounted on vehicles at a rally in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

The big question, Hulata posited, is whether the Houthis will continue to pose a threat if Israel and Hamas agree to a cease-fire.

“If they become a major enemy, Israel will need to address this by directing resources it was hoping to avoid – and maybe is still hoping to,” he said.

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On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israelis to be “patient” while intimating Jerusalem was preparing to up the intensity of its campaign against the Houthis.

“We will take forceful, determined and sophisticated action. Even if it takes time, the result will be the same,” he vowed. “Just as we have acted forcefully against the terror arms of Iran’s axis of evil, so too will we act against the Houthis.”

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Five convicted over Amsterdam clashes with Israeli football fans

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Men found guilty of crimes including kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv and inciting violence in chat groups.

A Dutch court has convicted five men for their part in last month’s violence involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam district court on Tuesday found them guilty of a range of crimes from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the street to inciting violence in chat groups.

The heaviest sentence imposed was six months in prison, for a man identified as Sefa O for public violence against several people.

The violence took place on November 8 during two days of skirmishes in the city, where the Israeli football fans clashed with apparent pro-Palestinian protesters before and after a Europa League football match between their team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax.

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Videos shared on social media at the time showed Israeli fans chanting racist, anti-Arab songs, vandalising a taxi and burning a Palestinian flag.

The fighting broke out after that and was instigated by the Israeli fans, witnesses and a local councilman told Al Jazeera at the time.

Police arrested people who had beaten the Israeli fans, as global leaders made accusations of anti-Semitism.

The prosecutor in the case said the beatings had “little to do with football” but added that “in this case, there was no evidence of … a terrorist intent and the violence was not motivated by anti-Semitic sentiment”.

“The violence was influenced by the situation in Gaza, not by anti-Semitism,” said the prosecutor.

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The most serious case under consideration by the court on Tuesday was Sefa, who prosecutors said played a “leading role” in the violence.

The court saw images of a man identified as Sefa kicking a person on the ground, chasing targets, and punching people in the head and the body.

Another man identified as Umutcan A, 24, received a sentence of one month for assaulting fans and ripping a Maccabi scarf from one of them.

A 22-year-old, identified as Abushabab M, faces a charge of attempted murder, but his case has been postponed while he undergoes a psychiatric assessment. He was born in the Gaza Strip and grew up in a war zone, his lawyer told the court, while Abushabab sat sobbing as his case was being heard.

A further six suspects are set to appear at a later stage. Three of these suspects are minors and their cases will be heard behind closed doors.

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Police said they were investigating at least 45 people over the violence, including that carried out by fans of the Israeli club.

At an emotionally charged news conference the morning after the riots, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said the city had been “deeply damaged” by “hateful anti-Semitic rioters”.

However, Halsema later said she regretted the parallel she had drawn between the violence and “memories of pogroms”, saying this word had been used as propaganda.

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