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Ramadan is ending on a bitter note for millions of Muslims unsettled by the Middle East war

Displacement, bombs and air raid sirens weigh on Mideast Eid celebrations

FIFA president Gianni Infantino was speaking during an online FIFA Council meeting on Thursday

'Looking forward to all teams participating'

FIFA planning for World Cup to 'go ahead as scheduled' amid Iran uncertainty

England's Sarina Wiegman was one of just 12 female head coaches at the 2023 World Cup

Ground-breaking regulations

New FIFA ruling boosts prospects for women coaches

US President Donald Trump with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office

'Who knows better about surprise?'

Japan PM placates Trump on Iran, but faces Pearl Harbor surprise

US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's vast South Pars gas field

US, Israel tactics diverge on Iran as Trump's goals still 'fuzzy'

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, outlined his plans to battle crime in Brazil

Controversial El Salvadorean security model

Brazil presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro praises Bukele

'It takes money to kill bad guys,' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday

Reportedly cost $11.3 billion

The Iran war and the cost of killing 'bad guys'

Wall Street stocks cut their losses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war with Iran could end sooner than expecetd

More than five percent

US stocks cut losses on Netanyahu war comments as energy prices soar again

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimates there are around 140 million barrels of oil on the water

In hopes of countering soaring energy costs

US mulls lifting sanctions on Iranian oil at sea despite war on Tehran

Louis Benavides has not seen his wife since she was ordered into pre-trial detention in July 2025

Salvadoran anti-corruption lawyer jailed to 'silence her', husband says

Streets and squares all over California are named after Cesar Chavez, a labor rights activist who has been accused of sexually abusing women and girls in the movement he led

Following New York Times investigation

California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims

IS regarded the Yazidis -- followers of a non-Muslim monotheistic faith -- as heretics

First French case on IS crimes on minorities

Yazidi woman tells French court of rape, slavery and escape from IS

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'I told him, don't do that'

Trump says told Netanyahu not to attack Iran gas fields

Ghalibaf is a veteran of Iranian politics

'We are in an unequal war'

Ghalibaf: Iran's new strongman running war effort

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

'A provisional and urgent measure'

UN shipping body urges 'safe maritime corridor' in Gulf

Dylan Contreras spent 10 months in US custody after his arrest by immigration officials

'Everything we’ve gone through is unfair'

Venezuelan student freed after months in US immigration custody

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for talks during a state visit

First state visit in 37 years

Nigeria 'challenged by terrorism', president says on UK state visit

US President Donald Trump meets with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office

Offhand remark sparks unease

Trump to Japan PM: 'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?'

EU summit in Brussels

PM promises targeted measures if energy prices rise "substantially"

The IMF's spokesperson warned that food price inflation could be 'substantial' if fertilizer prices remain elevated for a long period due to the war

No formal requests for emergency financing

IMF raises concern over global inflation, output over Iran war

The pair discussed Lukashenko potentially visiting the United States

'Significant humanitarian milestone'

Belarus frees 250 political prisoners in US-brokered deal

Warning from history: the group wants to preserve former concentration camp sites

Importance of remembering

Call to add Nazi camps to UNESCO list

'World Happiness Report'

Luxembourg named ninth happiest country worldwide

Morocco were declared winners of their 'home' Africa Cup of Nations when Senegal were stripped of the title because of a player walk-off

'I would like to congratulate all Moroccans'

New Morocco coach praises 'well-deserved' Cup of Nations decision

Sadio Mane captained Senegal to Africa Cup of Nations success

Following revocation

Senegal to appeal CAF Africa Cup of Nations decision

US President Donald Trump holds a tense meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on May 21, 2025. The two countries had the same scores on freedom in the latest study by Freedom House.

As Trump asserts power

US earns its lowest-ever score on freedom index

Lamine Yamal and Barcelona taught Newcastle United a lesson in the Champions League this week

Following a humbling week

Europe's super elite teach English clubs a Champions League lesson

People wearing medical scrubs and face masks walk across campus at the University of Kent in Canterbury which is the centre of a deadly, unprecedented outbreak of meningitis

What we know about the UK's deadly meningitis outbreak

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