Category Archives: World
Asian Football Confederation says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A leading soccer official in Asia says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup which kicks off in June in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Also on Monday in Tehra...
Mar 16, 2026
Laporta set to win another term as Barcelona president after opponent concedes election
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Joan Laporta is on course to be officially reelected as the president of FC Barcelona for another five years after a leadership vote among members of the Spanish soccer powerho...
Mar 15, 2026
5th member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday. The playe...
Mar 15, 2026
Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Another three members of the Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government m...
Mar 14, 2026
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jrgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has ...
Mar 14, 2026
North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joi...
Mar 13, 2026
Tehran claims the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S....
Mar 13, 2026
Missile strikes a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) - A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said. Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over...
Mar 13, 2026
8 accused of antifa ties convicted on terrorism charges over shooting at Texas immigration facility
DALLAS (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted eight people on terrorism charges over a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors tied to antifa, the far-left movement that h...
Mar 13, 2026
Prosecutor drops vehicular homicide charge against teen charged in death of teacher in prank
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the...
Mar 13, 2026
