Iran’s Ghalenoei, Taremi decry US treatment before first World Cup game
Striker Mehdi Taremi says US travel policies are dampening the usual joy that the football tournament ignites.
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Striker Mehdi Taremi says US travel policies are dampening the usual joy that the football tournament ignites.
US diplomat Alan Eyre says despite the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, there is no deal until it has been formalised.
'There's no such thing as an unimportant World Cup match,' 13 World Cup participant nations say in a statement.
Asia's most successful side, Japan, twice come from behind to draw 2-2 with Netherlands in Group F opener.
Smriti Mandhana scored 68, and Deepti Sharma took five wickets as India thrashed Pakistan in front of a sellout crowd.
Germany's hopes at the 2026 World Cup are connected to world-class goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's fitness and form.
Thousands of Dutch fans dressed in orange marched, danced and chanted outside Dallas Stadium ahead of the Netherlands' World Cup match against Japan. A handful of Japanese supporters also joined the festive pre-match atmosphere.
Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.
Seven-time world champion's maiden victory for the Italian manufacturer is also his first F1 win in nearly two years.
A media industry weakened by marauding billionaires is dealing with a US president eager to bend it further.
Four-time winners Germany thrash World Cup debutants Curacao 7-1 in their first group game on Sunday.
Israel hosted Somaliland's President on a landmark visit to Jerusalem after recognising it as an independent state.
AJ probe: Israel expands military control by 1,000sq km on three fronts, using land grabs to mask strategic failures.
The suspended Palestinian league is squeezing a generation of footballers, with little certainty about the future.
For the first time since they won the tournament in 2014, Germany won their opening game at the World Cup.
Trump has commented on Truth Social, condemning Israeli attacks on Beirut as the cease fire is to be extended.
Has America failed to confront its racial past? Ibram X. Kendi on race, identity and the anti-racism backlash.
G7 country leaders meet in France this week for their annual summit amid changing geopolitical dynamics.
President Trump turns 80 today, and the White House lawn has been transformed into a giant arena, complete with floodlights, cameras, giant Star-Spangled Banners and a 90-foot scaffold known as “The Claw,” as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue hosts “Freedom 250”, a celebration featuring professional UFC cage fighting. The…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelensky on Sunday held separate calls with US President Donald Trump as the latter prepared to celebrate his 80th birthday. The leaders discussed the war in Ukraine and their perceptions on how the more then four-year conflict could be ended.
France’s biggest geek get-together started with a bang this year. For its 10th anniversary, the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées, billing the installation as "Europe's largest open-air technology experience."
Activists rally in Geneva to denounce policies of G7 countries ahead of group's annual meeting this week in France.
Al Jazeera reports from the site of an Israeli attack on a residential building in southern Beirut.