Author: Prima News

Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table after a hard-fought 2-1 win over 10-man Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners needed victory following Manchester City’s win over Leeds on Saturday, and they delivered with another strong performance from set-pieces. Arsenal took the lead through William Saliba, who forced the ball home from a corner. It was their 15th league goal from a corner this season. Jurrien Timber later added the second, converting another delivery into the box to make it 16 goals from corners in this campaign. Chelsea found an equaliser just before…

 As Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Gulf States in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes, some in Dubai ran for cover and others froze at windows, watching the sky as if trying to make sense of something that had seemed impossible. “Oh my god … this is the view from my balcony,” influencer Hofit Golan said, voice tight with disbelief as she recorded smoke rising from an explosion on the Palm Jumeirah, the man-made island long marketed as a symbol of Dubai’s luxury and calm. “This is in front of my home. Oh my god,” she told…

The U.S. military said on Sunday it has sunk an Iranian warship and called on Iranian forces to lay down their arms and leave their posts. The U.S. Central Command, which is overseeing ongoing U.S. attacks on Iran, said it sunk an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette in the Gulf of Oman at a Chah Bahar pier. “As the President said, members of Iran’s armed forces, IRGC and police ‘must lay down your weapons.’ Abandon ship,” Central Command said in a post on X, referring to remarks on Saturday by President Donald Trump.

It was Olivia Dean’s night at the Brit Awards — she took home four trophies, including artist of the year and song of the year. Dean, once a Brit school pupil herself, also performed her song “Man I Need” during Saturday’s show. She also won the best new artist the this year’s Grammys. The U.K.’s leading music awards show moved from London to Manchester in the North of England; and was opened by Harry Styles making the TV debut with new song “Aperture” from his new album “Kiss all the Time, Disco Occasionally,” which will be released next week. Rosalía won best international artist with…

Viola Davis delivered a powerful speech about self-worth, resilience and collective progress on the 57th NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night, telling the audience that personal and national growth require confronting truth and hardship. “There is no becoming without healing and without a radical acceptance of one’s truth,” Davis said after receiving the NAACP’s Chairman’s Award at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium near Los Angeles. “We either move forward together or not at all.” The Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner reflected on her journey from childhood poverty in Rhode Island to international success, saying, “I just wanted to be somebody. I wanted success because…

Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man who ruled for 36 years. Iranian state TV announced his death in the early hours of Sunday, the voice of the broadcaster breaking with emotion as he confirmed Khamenei had been killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday. Footage from Tehran showed mourners packed into a square, dressed in black and many of them weeping. But videos posted on social media showed joy and defiance elsewhere, with people cheering as a statue was…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its top leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into confrontation with Israel and the United States over its nuclear program while crushing democracy protests, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes. He was 86. Iranian state media reported the death early Sunday, after a major attack launched by Israel and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump said hours earlier that Khamenei had been killed in the joint operation. Khamenei dramatically remolded the Islamic Republic since he took the reins after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah…

The US said Saturday that the safety of its allies is “not conditional” as it defended military attacks against Iran during an emergency UN Security Council meeting. “Iran’s continued pursuit of advanced missile capabilities, coupled with its refusal to abandon nuclear ambitions, despite diplomatic opportunities, presents a grave and mounting danger,” said US envoy to the UN Mike Waltz. Reiterating Washington’s position on Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, he said, “The international community has long affirmed a simple and necessary principle: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.” “That principle is not a matter of politics. It’s a matter of global security,…

More than a thousand demonstrators marched to the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Athens on Sunday to protest against strikes in Iran. Demonstrators mainly affiliated to the Greek Communist Party held banners and placards reading “Hands off Iran” and “close Souda base”. Greece on Saturday tightened security in Souda naval base on the island of Crete, a strategic facility for the United States in the eastern Mediterranean. The U.S. and Israeli embassies were cordoned off with rows of blue police buses. Police sources estimated the number of protesters at more than 1,300.

Global air travel remained heavily disrupted on Sunday as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international hub, closed in one of the sharpest aviation shocks in recent years. Key transit airports, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Doha in Qatar, were shut or severely restricted as much of the region’s airspace remained closed after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Israel said it launched another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday while loud blasts were heard for a second day near Dubai and over Doha after Iran launched…