Category: 3. Middle East

Embolo is Switzerland’s first-choice forward, with 24 goals in 86 internationals, but could not join the squad.

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo has not travelled with the rest of the World Cup squad to the…

GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – Surging global transport costs and supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis are threatening the delivery of lifesaving aid to children, the U.N. children’s agency warned on Tuesday.

Nearly 100 days after…

Iran’s football team will leave for Spain this weekend en route to their World Cup base in Mexico despite still awaiting visas, the head of the country’s football federation said.

The 2026 World Cup is being hosted jointly by the United States,…

Southampton back Tonda Eckert despite missing out on a playoff final for a Premier League place due to spying scandal.

Southampton manager Tonda Eckert has apologised for orchestrating the “spygate” scandal…

By Alexander Cornwell

TEL AVIV, June 2 (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu is under criticism at home after U.S. President Donald Trump declared Israel would halt plans to attack Iran ally Hezbollah in Beirut, highlighting pressure the Israeli leader…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed a mock ‘executive order’ allowing children to stay up late to watch the 2026 NBA Finals. The kids added their handprints to the document as Mamdani led chants for the Knicks, who will face…

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper is the latest senior official in a steady stream of world leaders visiting China this year.

During her three-day trip this week, Cooper is expected to meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Vice President…

Israel has portrayed the capture of a Crusader-era fortress as a turning point in its offensive against Hezbollah, but the operation has also sparked fears of a new quagmire in south Lebanon.

Israeli authorities praised the symbolism of the…

52-year-old Ryan McFarland killed six of his family members and later took his own life when confronted by the police in Muscatine in the US state of Iowa.