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Cricket fans around the world will be able to unlock these emojis throughout the 2017 season. Tweeting an IPL player emoji is simple. Fans can just Tweet using the designated player hashtag (i.e. #ViratKohli for Virat Kohli) and an emoji version of that player will automatically appear after the hashtag within the Tweet. Embeddable Link: Tweets with these player emoji related hashtags will also count towards the daily IPL player Twitter battle showcased during the live broadcast of the game....

The countdown for IPL Auction 2020 has begun as only a few weeks remain for the event. The domestic players had ruled the roost in the previous auction with the likes of Varun Chakravarthy, Jaydev Unadkat, Prayas Ray Barman and Prabhsimran Singh earning expensive contracts from the franchises. However, the fans may not witness that trend in the upcoming auction. The key reason behind it is the availability of the international stars and also the mega auction that might happen in 2021....

This list also has Indian pacer Ishant Sharma, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews and the Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Pat Cummins. The IPL player auction is slated to be held in Bangalore on February 20. Extra Cover: 5 England players who could start a bidding war The details: There are a total of 799 players in the initial roster which would be trimmed after the franchises submit their choices before the deadline expires at the end of this week....

The raining boundaries are the foremost reason that has led to the success of IPL in the last 11 years. Since its first edition in 2008, the IPL has become a cricketing festival for the world which lasts for 2 months every year in April and May. Every year 8 teams battle amongst each other to lift the glittering trophy and etch their name in the history of the IPL....

That belief helped inform U.S. policy toward China for more than a decade, with Washington trying repeatedly to coax Beijing into behaving better through expanded trade and closer integration in various multilateral institutions. Only in the past couple of years has China’s behavior (from its predatory economic practices to its ongoing persecution of its Uyghur Muslim minority) sparked a serious rethinking of the American approach toward China—and prompted a tilt toward strategic competition with it....

The Houthi movement, funded and armed by Tehran, struck a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station in the city of Jeddah using a cruise missile according to a Houthi military spokesman on Monday. Yahya Sarea said the Houthis used a Quds 2 cruise missile and warned that foreign companies and residents in Saudi Arabia should exercise caution as “operations will continue.” He added that the strike was retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s continued military activities in Yemen, where the kingdom is battling the Houthis in support of the government ousted by the rebels in 2014....

Zarif released a video message Wednesday to celebrate the Iranian new year, and which he also used to condemn continued U.S. sanctions on the country despite the COVID-19 pandemic. “My country is among the hardest hit by the coronavirus,” Zarif said, according to the state-funded Islamic Republic News Agency. “We are now learning how to better confront it — sadly a huge part of the danger Iranians face is due to restrictions unjustly imposed on them by the United States government....

The complex countries, performative personalities and harrowing history of the region rarely allow for black and white answers to even the most straightforward questions. The winner of last week’s “election” in Iran, however, is different. Despite attempts by analysts, journalists and commentators—whether out of habit or in pursuing an agenda—to demystify Ebrahim Raisi or to seek nuance in his political rise, he is exactly who you think he is—a killer....

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s fleet seized the Hankuk Chemi, which was carrying up to 7,200 tonnes of oil-based chemicals, off the coast of Oman. Images published by Iranian agencies showed the tanker being escorted to shore on Monday. South Korea has demanded the vessel’s release and dispatched forces stationed in the Strait of Hormuz, with presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok saying: “The government is taking the seizure of our ship very seriously....

Just one day before the Pentagon’s acting chief announced the decision to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 by January 15 as part of Trump’s plans to end the United States’ “perpetual war” abroad, Revolutionary Guard aerospace commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh railed against the United States on Monday in part of a series of meetings between senior Iranian and Iraqi military officials in Tehran....

Champagne made the comments during a press conference at Canada House in London following a meeting with fellow foreign affairs leaders from Britain, Ukraine, Sweden and Afghanistan. The five countries have formed an International Coordination and Response Group for victims of Flight PS752 and were meeting to discuss how to hold Iran accountable for the incident that claimed 167 lives. “We are here to pursue closure, accountability, transparency and justice for the victims,” Champagne told reporters....

Although it hasn’t been officially published, photocopied and e-mail versions of the 41-page work are being passed around among U.S. Embassy and military officials, contractors and aid workers in Baghdad. There’s even a copy of the guide in the waiting room to U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad’s office; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received a copy after a recent visit to Baghdad, and took it back to Washington with her. “It’s floating out there,” says the guidebook’s author, Richard Houghton III, a former Capitol Hill staffer who has spent the last 19 months working for an NGO in the Green Zone....

But the report avoids the details of the plight of Private Lynch, who’s still undergoing rehabilitation after suffering multiple broken bones and spinal and head injuries. She’s said she has no recollection of the event. The report seems to suggest Lynch was injured after her Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and crashed into a truck in the convoy. The driver of the Humvee, Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa, died of injuries she sustained, and two other occupants were killed under circumstances still under investigation, the report says....

In a statement issued Friday and shared with Newsweek, the Iraqi Resistance Coordination Commission, an umbrella of paramilitary groups aligned with the pro-Iran Axis of Resistance opposed to the U.S. footprint in the region, said its members were “closely monitoring the extent of commitment to the outcomes of the so-called strategic dialogue round” that took place between Washington and Baghdad in July. The message went on to say that the council “did not believe in the seriousness of the occupation and its commitment” to withdrawing combat troops from Iraq according to the established timeline, but was itself “committed to giving the Iraqi negotiator an opportunity to expel the American occupation from our pure land through diplomatic means....

At the palace, Uday greeted Luguev warmly, showing off his collection of expensive cars, rare cognac and Cuban cigars–and, oddly, going on about his insatiable craving for Kit Kat candy bars. Saddam’s son then explained to Luguev how he could help make the Russian rich. The Iraqi government would set up Luguev with contracts to buy tankerloads of Iraqi oil at below-market prices. Luguev could then turn around and sell them to major oil companies at a higher price, and pocket the profit....

The above is an entirely plausible account of the situation in Baghdad, although fortunately even the military and security contractors don’t resort to quite that density of acronyms. (If you want a translation, scroll to the bottom of this entry or click on the links above.) Still, there are enough Iraqonyms in general use to drive a civilian to distraction. What is it with the military and acronyms, anyway? Some of them are useful–MNF-I is certainly easier to say than Multi National Forces - Iraq, the formal name of the coalition military....

Much of the Irish public supports Ahern. They worry that alcohol consumption has gone up 46 percent in Ireland since 1990, even as it’s declined elsewhere in Europe. A quarter of Ireland’s emergency-room cases are now alcohol-related. Lisa Carley, the bartender at the Hairy Lemon in Dublin, considers drinking to be Ireland’s national sport. “It’s just what we do,” she says with a shrug–helping to prove Ahern’s point.

For IRL streamers, these risks often become even worse, as being in public opens them up to potential stalking problems, as well as theft. Unfortunately, one IRL streamer recently discovered how much of a risk streaming can come with. RELATED: Bird Steals Food Out of Hands of IRL Twitch Streamer Russian streamer chaikinna was using their phone to stream from a beach in Russia when the incident took place. The stream is quite casual where the clipped video picks up, with chaikinna enjoying the scenery and talking to her viewers....

The Celtics (5-2) have made a strong start to the NBA season, sitting third in the Eastern Conference, but star guard Irving had not yet found his best form, scoring just three points against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday. But Irving was back at it when Boston played the Pistons again on Tuesday, with 31 points, five rebounds and five assists the reward for Stevens’ faith. “The law of averages mean he’s got a few more coming, right?...