Egypt’s hopes of staying in the World Cup were wiped out in stoppage time, and their head coach made sure his frustration was impossible to miss afterward. On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Atlanta, Argentina pulled off a dramatic 3-2…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup has reached the sharp end of the knockout phase, with the round of 16 now underway and only a dozen nations still able to win the trophy. Whether you call it football or soccer, the…
Iran’s national team used its official social media account to take a cheeky swipe at the United States after the Americans were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup, turning a sporting result into a pointed political joke. The U.S.,…
French President Emmanuel Macron will soon visit Syria, making him the first Western leader to arrive in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, Syrian state media announced Sunday. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency cited…
Tehran is witnessing an unprecedented display of collective mourning as millions of Iranians pack the nation’s capital for a historic funeral procession. The event, which began Monday, marks the most dramatic gathering of people at two of the city’s largest…
Donald Trump had largely stayed quiet on the World Cup despite the United States co-hosting the tournament, but that changed after FIFA made a shock call on Folarin Balogun’s suspension. The U.S. striker’s one-game ban was suspended, allowing him to…
Mexico fans dream of more wins in the World Cup, singing “What if we do?” as the national team prepares for a crucial match against England. The phrase, which translates to “¿Y si sí?” in Spanish, represents far more than…
A speeding, overcrowded passenger bus plunged from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwestern Pakistan early Friday, killing 40 people and injuring eight others in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent years. The bus went out of…
A North Korean defector has opened up about the traumatic conditions he endured growing up in one of the world’s most closed-off states. Timothy Cho, now a UK-based human rights activist and Conservative politician, has described the brutal realities of…
A retired insurance executive volunteering at Britain’s National Archives has made what experts are calling an extraordinary discovery: a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that has been lost to history for 250 years, hidden among papers seized from…
In southern Lebanon, a landscape ravaged by war and airstrikes, one man has become a lifeline for thousands of animals abandoned by their fleeing families. Houssein Hamze, founder of Mashala Shelter in Nabatieh, has refused to evacuate despite repeated warnings,…
On July 3, 1988, during the closing moments of the Iran-Iraq War, a routine commercial flight became one of aviation’s deadliest catastrophes when the USS Vincennes, a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser equipped with state-of-the-art technology, mistakenly fired two surface-to-air missiles…
A dangerous heat wave is engulfing the eastern United States precisely as the FIFA World Cup 2026 enters its crucial knockout rounds, creating hazardous conditions for players competing in some of the tournament’s most important matches and for thousands of…
Residents of U.S. territories in the western Pacific were bracing Friday for a possible super typhoon, just months after the region was hit by the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year. Typhoon Bavi is rapidly intensifying over warm ocean…
China and the European Union have launched a formal trade consultation mechanism following their first high-level ministerial talks in Brussels on June 29, with Beijing indicating that discussions will continue regularly each year and an autumn meeting already scheduled. The…
Diego Maradona once warned about a feature of this year’s World Cup, and the 2026 tournament has given his old comments new life. The Argentina icon, forever linked with his country’s 1986 World Cup triumph and the notorious ‘Hand of…