An Israeli footballer left Turkey on Monday after being detained overnight and charged with incitement to hatred by displaying a message about the Israel-Hamas war during a top division match.
Sagiv Jehezkel, 28, held up a bandage on his wrist reading "100 days. 07/10" next to a Star of David when he celebrated scoring a goal for Antalyaspor against Trabzonspor on Sunday.
Pleas for peace and sporadic pro-Palestinian demonstrations were on display in Doha on Sunday as the team's opening match of the Asian Cup against Iran fell on the 100th day of the war in Gaza.
The 27,619 fans inside the Education City Stadium paused for a moment's silence for the victims of the conflict, with a solitary shout of "Free Palestine" from one fan cutting through the quiet.
Supporters draped in keffiyeh scarves and the red, white, green and black Palestinian national flag clasped shoulders during their national anthem.
Amid the warren of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, armed Palestinian militants wander around and greet passers-by from the ruins left by an Israeli raid.
The city, home to two refugee camps, shows the scars of the increasing number of Israeli military operations in the West Bank targeting militant strongholds.
Israeli raids were not uncommon before the war triggered by Hamas's bloody October 7 attack, but the conflict has caused a marked intensification.
Bombardments by the Sudanese Armed Forces killed seven civilians on Sunday in the White Nile state village of Al-Qutaynah, activists said.
Sudan, in northeast Africa, has been devastated by a war between feuding generals since April last year, and the strike in White Nile state is the latest indication of fighting spreading southwards from the capital Khartoum.
As it does, more people are forced to flee in a country which has the world's largest number of displaced, at more than 7.4 million, according to the United Nations.
The United States denied Yemeni rebel reports that it carried out new attacks Sunday on rebel targets in Yemen.
Huthi media said US and British strikes had hit rebel-held Hodeida, but a US defence official speaking on condition of anonymity said, "No US or coalition strike occurred today".
The Ansar Allah news website of the rebel group had earlier said that "air strikes from the American-British aggression hit Hodeida".
On a cold and rainy Sunday in Tel Aviv, hundreds of Israelis joined events to mark 100 days since Hamas militants attacked Israel, sparking a retaliation that has since taken tens of thousands of Palestinian lives.
The crowd's focus was on the hostages taken by Hamas fighters on October 7, of whom 132 remain in Gaza, according to Israeli officials, though 25 are thought to be dead.
"One hundred days and they are still abandoned there, 100 days and there is no sign of their return," said Amit Zach, a graphic designer who joined the crowds in Tel Aviv.
Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the country's 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings, and to demand the release of jailed opposition leaders.
They marched down the central thoroughfare of the capital Tunis waving the national flag, commemorating the day when dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted -- which set off a series of uprisings across the Middle East.
About 300 peace protesters rallied on Sunday outside Britain's Akrotiri military base in Cyprus, charging it is fuelling regional conflicts in Gaza and Yemen.
The demonstrators demanded the closure of military bases that have been under British control since the eastern Mediterranean island nation's independence in 1960.
They carried a banner demanding a "Ceasefire Now" in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Palestinian territory since October 7 while another read "Stop funding genocide".
Saudi Arabia hope that the influx of foreign stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar into their club football will help the national team win their first Asian Cup in 28 years.
Saudi Pro League sides have shelled out to lure big-name players while Saudi Arabia is set to host the 2034 World Cup, all part of a broader move into global sport.
With Roberto Mancini, who guided his native Italy to European Championship glory in 2021, now coach, the Saudis start their Asian Cup campaign against Oman on Tuesday.
