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Stampede in Iraq stadium, 4 killed: International match was happening for the first time in 40 years, more than 65 thousand people gathered

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Four people were killed and 80 injured in a stampede at Iraq's football stadium on Thursday.  The incident took place during the final of the International Football Tournament being held in Iraq after 4 decades.  When thousands of people gathered at Basra Stadium and its surrounding area to watch the match. Iraq's Football Federation reported that 90% of tickets for the final had been sold well in advance.  Due to which the people who came from thousands of kilometers away to watch the match got angry.  Football fans got angry and started gathering outside the stadium, after which the crowd became so crowded that a stampede started. More than 65 thousand people gathered to watch the match According to the report of Aljazeera, the capacity of Basra International Stadium is 65 thousand people.  However, on Thursday, more than 65 thousand people gathered to watch the final match of the Arabian Gulf Cup.  Seeing such a large number of people gathering, all the ...
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Taiwan will include women in the army: Will give military training, plan made in view of increasing threat of attack from China

Sensing China's intrusion and preparations for war, Taiwan has stepped up its preparations.  For this, Taiwan is going to include women in the reserve force and give them military training like men.  Women who want to join the reserve force can voluntarily register for training. The Defense Ministry said it will train 220 women soldiers from the second quarter of this year.  Major General Yu Wen-Cheng of the All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency of Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has said that this year the plan will be on trial.  As of now, we have the capacity to provide military training only to male candidates, while there is no such system for women. MPs have reacted sharply to this statement taken amid increasing infiltration of Chinese aircraft , saying that excluding women from reserve training is gender discrimination.  In fact, China is infiltrating Taiwan's airspace with fighter jets every day.  China has recently conducted a major naval exercise very...
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