Iran will have to leave US hours after every World Cup match, official says
Mehdi Torabi issued a new visa after previous one expired when team returned to Mexico following the New Zealand game.
Brazilian court convicts Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US interference
US placed tariffs on Brazilian goods and sanctioned judicial officials involved in trial of the father for coup plot.
US sprinter Noah Lyles sets world best 150m time at Golden Spike meet
Lyles clocks 14.67 seconds, edges Dambile of South Africa for gold while Australian teenager Gout Gout finishes third.
Somaliland president visits Israeli Knesset on tour
Somaliland’s President is on a ‘historic’ tour of Israel, where he’s opened an embassy and visited the Knesset.
Brazilian court convicts Jair Bolsonaro’s son of seeking US help for his father
Supreme court finds Eduardo Bolsonaro tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot
A panel of Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US interference in the coup plot trial of his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The panel’s four justices each backed the conviction on Tuesday and were expected to discuss the sentence later in the day.
Continue reading...Ghana’s Partey loses appeal to overturn Canadian visa refusal for World Cup
Thomas Partey will not be able to enter Canada for Ghana's first World Cup match against Panama on Wednesday.
Mbappe breaks scoring record in France win over Senegal in World Cup
Kylian Mbappe becomes France's all-time top scorer with 58 goals, two goals off record World Cup scorer Miroslav Klose.
Los Angeles police fatally shoot pet dog of family celebrating Knicks win
Video taken after the shooting shows a woman sobbing over the pet with nearly a dozen officers standing around
Police in California shot and killed a family’s pet dog wearing a New York Knicks jersey after they were called to a report of a screaming woman who turned out to be celebrating the basketball team’s championship win.
Video of the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting of the two-year-old doodle named Jameson, “the sweetest boy in the world”, according to the dog’s owner, received millions of views on TikTok on Tuesday.
Continue reading...Argentina vs Algeria: LIVE – World Cup 2026
Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, ahead of our text commentary stream service.
South Korea World Cup squad at odds with media over Son Heung-min mockery
South Korean players reportedly refrain from speaking to national media outside official World Cup commitments.
Palestinian Bedouin villagers demolish homes after Israeli orders
Palestinian Bedouins in Beersheba are demolishing their own homes after Israel issued demolition orders.
US Justice Department accuses 15 Minnesota activists of ‘antifa’ activities
Prosecutors have accused the activists of seeking 'to interfere with lawful immigration enforcement operations'.
Six people injured in New Jersey acid attack involving suspects on a moped
One minor has been arrested in connection to Monday attack that Jersey City police said ‘appears to be targeted’
Six people in New Jersey were injured in an acid attack involving suspects on a moped.
Jersey City police responded to reports that two suspects riding a moped drove past a group and threw an acidic substance at them on Monday evening, initially injuring five people.
Continue reading...Returning to destruction in south Lebanon
Many Lebanese are returning to their homes in the south to face the destruction that upended their livelihoods.
Iran, Ukraine dominate G7 summit
Here’s what came out of the G7 summit in France.
Iranian fans honour Minab victims at World Cup match
Iranian fans turned their World Cup match against New Zealand into a moment of remembrance, raising ‘Minab 168’ banners.
California’s tectonic systems at highest levels of stress in 1,000 years – study
San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in ‘critically loaded state’, increasing chance of ‘big one’ quake in future
Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years in what scientists describe as a “critically loaded state”, according to a study published earlier this month.
“Our results show that stress levels on multiple fault segments are now at or above the highest values seen in the past millennium and that the region may be capable of a large through-going rupture involving both fault systems,” Liliane Burkhard, the lead author of the study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, said in a statement.
Continue reading...Africa’s chances at the World Cup
From Cape Verde’s debut to Ghana’s quarter-final legacy, six teams from sub-Saharan Africa to watch at the World Cup.
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could become worst in history, Africa CDC warns
The number of confirmed cases in the country has increased to 837, including 196 deaths.
US judge upholds conviction of ex-judge who helped man evade federal agents
Activists say former judge Hannah Dugan was targeted by the Trump administration for defiance over immigration raids.