With less than six months to go until the FIFA World Cup 2026, the schedule for the 39-day tournament co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States has been released.
Widely considered the most famous sporting event in the world, the 2026…
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Olympic flame travels through the streets of Rome and Vatican
The torch relay will start on Saturday from Rome’s fascist-era Stadio dei Marmi.
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Iran and Egypt foreign ministers discuss Gaza, bilateral ties
TEHRAN – In a telephone call on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt discussed bilateral relations and the ongoing Israeli violence in Gaza. Iran’s Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty agreed to continue dialogue to…
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As Christmas lights return to Bethlehem, Palestinians look for hope
By Alexander Cornwell
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec 6 (Reuters) – A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022.
The Palestinian city, revered by Christians as the…
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National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth
The US National Park Service (NPS) is removing Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from its list of fee-free entrance days.
The move is part of President Donald Trump’s “modernisation” of the park service, which, beginning in 2026, also…
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Iran-linked network in Chad trained Africans to target Israelis – Infobae
Ali Akbar Velayati’s remarks on X were a rare sharp public rebuke to one of Iran’s Arab neighbors across the Persian Gulf, with whom Tehran has long feuded but has shifted toward detente in recent years as pressure from the United States and…
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Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran’s rise, colonialism, and US political change | Politics
Mahmood Mamdani on exile from Uganda, Idi Amin, and what Zohran’s rise says about politics in the US.
How do the legacies of empire continue to shape politics today? In his new book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the…
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Trump administration halts immigration processing for 19 countries
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Citing concerns over national security and public safety, the U.S. government has paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing by immigrants from 19 non-European countries.
The pause…
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“Fear of Others” published in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “Fear of Others” written by Christophe André, Patrick Légeron, and Antoine Pelissolo has been released in the bookstores across Iran.
Simin Ramezani has translated the book and Qoqnoos…
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Audiobook of “Wilf the Mighty Worrier Rescues the Dinosaurs” available for Persian listeners
TEHRAN- An audiobook of the Persian edition of British screenwriter and author Georgia Pritchett’s “Wilf the Mighty Worrier Rescues the Dinosaurs” has been released by Ketab Park, which is also the publisher of the Persian print edition of…
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