A Belfast football club has spoken out after former Glasgow Rangers player Nacho Novo, who suffered a heart attack this year, was subject to abuse from a Celtic supporter who sang “hope you die in your sleep.” Novo was confronted by the supporter as the player arrived in Belfast for a prize-giving ceremony for children. […]
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Saudi Arabia is pulling Lebanon apart — and a sectarian conflict is a very real possibility
Aziz Taher/Reuters The resignation last month of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the hands of Saudi Arabia has put Hezbollah, a Shia jihadist group, at the helm of Lebanese politics. Impoverished Sunnis, many who feel leaderless and have radicalized over the decades as a result, may become pushed into sectarian violence with Shias in the […]