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The Russian leader also vowed to strengthen national security despite the growing number of Ukrainian attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said Moscow is going through a “difficult period” but insisted the country would overcome every challenge as Ukraine stepped up retaliatory strikes deep inside Russian territory. Speaking at the congress of the ruling United Russia…

Mam for president? There’s just Zo way. Mayor Mamdani laughed off the idea of changing the US Constitution so he can run for president when he’s done with New York City in an interview Sunday. “No,” Mamdani told ABC News’ “This Week” when asked. “I think the Constitution looks good the way it is.” Under Article II,…

The remains of at least 117 dogs were found on the grounds of a California “no-kill“ animal shelter, many of them with gunshot wounds, authorities said. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that it also discovered 21 canine skulls, hundreds of bones and other remains during searches at Miranda’s Rescue Animal Sanctuary, a 50-acre (20-hectare) facility…

FROM dogs forced to sprint on treadmills to horses doped with Viagra, gun-toting mafia gangsters are lining their pockets with millions from animal abuse. The dark underworld of the so-called “zoo mafia” operates with impunity across Italy – with videos of illegal races published across social media. Horrifying footage shows masked Sicilian gangsters shooting AK-47s while chasing…

TAYLOR Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding will be a star-studded celebration, as many A-listers are expected to gather for the couple’s big day – though not everyone made the guest list. The lovebirds are rumored to be tying the knot next week at a lavish multi-day bash in New York City‘s Madison Square Garden. It’s foreseen to…

Police have urged people to “strictly avoid” the area around the airport in Tomblaine. The plane was reportedly carrying skydivers. A civilian aircraft crashed near the northeastern French town of Tomblaine on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board. Police urged people to “strictly avoid” the area around the airport in Tomblaine, the French AFP news agency…

The broadcaster Geo News was handed a 15-day suspension for a documentary that was “liable to hurt the religious sentiments of viewers,” Pakistan’s media watchdog said. Pakistani broadcaster Geo News on Sunday apologized for airing a documentary after it was handed a 15-day suspension a day earlier. Geo News said it apologized for the contents of the…

It’s been more than two weeks since the World Cup started, and Leon Goretzka still is getting familiar with the landscape. A hilarious video emerged Saturday afternoon of Germany’s midfielder accidentally walking onto the wrong bus. Goretzka was spotted accidentally walking into the Ecuador team bus instead of the Germany team bus. As Goretzka entered the bus,…

A gruesome underwater buffet drew a pack of hungry sharks to California’s central coast Friday, where drone footage captured the predators tearing into the rotting carcass of a dead whale in a feeding frenzy. The dramatic video, filmed off Martin’s Beach just south of Half Moon Bay, showed everything from juvenile great white sharks to massive adults…

(This June 27 story has been corrected to say 20 people were injured, not no injuries, in headline and first bullet point) A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, sending out tremors that could be ​felt from the capital Kabul across the border into neighbouring Pakistan. ​There were…

Democratic Republic of Congo superfan Michel Kuka Mboladinga will miss their key World Cupclash against Uzbekistan on Saturday because he was not granted a ​United States visa. Mboladinga rose to prominence at the Africa Cup of Nations ‌finals in Morocco at the turn of the year. He cut a unique figure on the terraces as he stood…

This stunt was all wet. A suited-up Mayor Zohran Mamdani leapt into an East Harlem pool Saturday morning to officially kick off the Big Apple’s summer pool season. Hizzoner joined dozens of young kids at Thomas Jefferson Pool for the plunge and broke the rules in the process, which requires all swimmers to wear bathing suits in…

Former Pakistan captain Sana Mir has blasted critics and fans who are giving a ‘sexist’ touch to the performance of the national team in the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup. Former Pakistan captain Sana Mir has blasted critics and fans who are giving a ‘sexist’ touch to the performance of the national team in the ongoing Women’s…

King Charles has made history by revealing his £12.9m tax bill, but the payment is far from ordinary. The announcement comes alongside the Royal Household publishing its annual financial report. Here’s what the document tells us – and doesn’t tell us – about the King’s unique tax situation. 1. The King pays some taxes voluntarily King Charles…

Once, video games came with lots of physical goodies, such as guides, maps and manuals. Those days are mostly gone, but gamers have, up to now, usually been able to rely on one thing they could literally get their hands on – a disc. But when pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 went live on Thursday, developer…

Bare hands and shovels shift through the rubble, while a drone scans overhead. Every moment, every action matters. It is a race against time to find survivors. Here in the coastal state of La Guaira, which borders the capital district containing nearby Caracas, catastrophic damage is seen almost everywhere you look. The state has been one of…

COUNTRY legend Alan Jackson is preparing to take the stage one final time – but behind his emotional farewell has been a grueling 15-year battle with a degenerative nerve disease that has changed his life. The music icon was diagnosed with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease in 2011, but kept it private for a decade before publicly revealing the condition…

It comes after Vance told the pope to be “careful” about his theology following Leo‘s condemnation of those who “once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.” Rather than backing down, Leo has gone further — declaring the Church’s centuries-old just war theory is now “outdated.” Vance argued that while Leo serves as a “shepherd” to the…

Paris has banned drinking alcohol in public as a record-breaking heatwave pushes its hospitals to breaking point. Here is the science of why alcohol turns dangerous in extreme heat, and what is fuelling Europe’s deadly temperatures. On a sweltering Friday afternoon by the Seine, the simplest Parisian ritual of all, a cold beer in the sun, briefly…

An investigation by The Telegraph reveals how Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used a sham science foundation office during work release to maintain his lifestyle, host associates and continue abusing women despite being behind bars. Jeffrey Epstein was meant to be serving an 18-month prison sentence in Florida after pleading guilty to state charges involving solicitation of prostitution and…

Iran launched missile and drone strikes on US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain after fresh American attacks on Iranian targets. As tensions surged despite a fragile ceasefire, US President Donald Trump warned Iran could “cease to exist” if Washington is forced to escalate its military response. The Middle East plunged deeper into conflict early Sunday after…

Officials said more than 1,600 foreign rescuers had arrived and that additional teams were on the way, adding to a growing international response to the twin quakes that struck on Wednesday and unleashed hundreds of aftershocks. The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400 on Saturday (Jun 27) as foreign rescue teams poured into…

“The only person on board was the pilot, who died, and 13 people were injured at the scene,” said Beijing authorities. A pilot was killed when his small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, with 13 people also injured, Chinese authorities said on Saturday (Jun 27), without elaborating on the cause of the rare incident. Witnesses of…

The statement followed U.S. strikes on Iran’s missile, drone storage locations and coastal radar sites in retaliation for its attack on a commercial ship that was passing Hormuz Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, said Saturday that the U.S. had attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations, vowing the strike would lead…

The US launched strikes against what it described as missile and drone sites, along with coastal radar installations in Iran. The West Asia region was on edge again on Friday night and Saturday morning as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy claimed it had struck US military positions in response to American airstrikes on Iranian coastal…

Germans braced ​for sweltering conditions on Saturday as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in Western Europe was expected ‌to move east after temperatures broke records above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany have all experienced record heat in June, and the weather system could test more records as it rolls…

Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams raced ​to find survivors on Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes rose above 900 with foreign crews and aid only beginning to reach devastated areas nearly two days after the ‌quakes. The government said 172 people remained trapped, 920 were dead and 3,360 injured after the quakes devastated parts of…

The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ​ship in the Strait of Hormuz, with each country accusing the other of violating terms of a ceasefire agreed on last week. U.S. Central Command said aircraft struck missile and drone ‌storage locations and coastal radar sites, later publishing a…

A “central figure” in a $250 million Minnesota welfare fraud scheme was arrested in Somalia this week after spending nearly four years on the run, the Justice Department announced Friday. Abdikerm Eidleh, 42, was one of the original suspects indicted in connection to the nation’s largest COVID-19 fraud scheme – the infamous Feeding Our Future scam. He…

The NHL world waited in anticipation for the 2026 No. 1 overall pick to be announced Friday night. As expected, it was Penn State’s Gavin McKenna selected by the Maple Leafs. But the bigger surprise was who announced the pick. Fellow Canadian and devoted Maple Leafs fan Justin Bieber announced the selection in Buffalo on Friday night.…

CHARLIE Kirk’s alleged assassin will still face the death penalty at trial despite a judge finding a prosecutor in contempt of court. Judge Tony Graf refused to strip capital punishment from the case against Tyler Robinson after ruling that Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard violated a pretrial publicity order. The decision was handed down on Friday…

A RUSSIAN soldier has threatened to turn weapons on Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin tyrant stares down the barrel of another rebellion. One veteran who vented his outrage at the bloody invasion of Ukraine in a viral social media post has vowed to spark an uprising if Putin doesn’t “tell the truth”. The ex-soldier, called Alexander Lunin,…

SHOCKING surveillance footage shows the moment a woman wanted by cops in connection with alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reaches into the water. The blurry video appears to capture the woman crouching down and reaching in before pulling at something along the edge of the pool. The incident unfolded at about 3.36pm on Friday,…

India discloses names of six soldiers killed during ‘Operation Sindoor’ For the first time India has publicly revealed the names of six Indian soldiers who died during last year’s four-day military conflict with Pakistan, Indian media reported on Friday. The names of five Indian army soldiers and one Air Force personnel have been published in the ‘Roll…

On a recent season of an Indian music show, a young singer from the northern state of Bihar performs a haunting, century-old folk song about separation, colonialism and longing. It tells the story of a woman watching her husband leave to fight in a distant war under British rule. She mourns his absence, curses the empire that…

Iraq has considered leaving OPEC if the oil producer group does not allow Baghdad to ​significantly increase oil production, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The prospect of Iraq leaving would be a serious blow ‌to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which saw the United Arab Emirates walk away less than two months…

A federal judge ordered Elon Musk to testify under oath in two proposed class actions accusing him of defrauding voters in swing states before the ​2024 election by promising a $1 million-a-day giveaway. In a decision on Thursday, U.S. ‌Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin, Texas, also recommended that Musk and his political action committee America PAC…

Australia’s prime minister ​said on Friday he was keen to make sure the country’s social media ban ‌for children was as strong as possible, as a new study found that the measure — the first of its kind and now six months old — had little impact on teen use. The government plans to stress-test the law…

Hundreds of people in Venezuela were trapped under rubble and many more remained unaccounted for on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes devastated areas in and around the capital Caracas, killing ​hundreds, damaging buildings and leaving thousands homeless. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas on Wednesday evening, followed less than a…

The U.N. International Maritime Organization ​paused its operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after a vessel reported an attack, reigniting concerns about whether a preliminary deal to end the Iran war ‌will hold. Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine (2603.TW), said on Friday its ship was hit close to Oman by an “unknown object” while…

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for President Donald Trump’s administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation, giving another boost to his hardline approach toward immigration. The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative justices, overturned decisions ​by federal…

Data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler shows vessel crossings through the key waterway jumped 105 per cent on June 24, 2026, reaching 70 crossings. Ship movement through the Strait of Hormuz has shown signs of recovery after months of disruption linked to the Iran war and rising regional tensions. Data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler shows vessel…

India’s long-held position that the bombing was orchestrated by Khalistani extremists operating from Canada has been formally corroborated by Canadian authorities. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has for the first time acknowledged that Khalistani terrorists were involved in the bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985 that killed 329 people, most of whom were Canadians…

Beyond chips, data and computing power, the battle between Beijing and Washington is increasingly being fought over the researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs shaping the technology’s future. When Will Wang left Apple in Silicon Valley in 2018, he was not chasing the next tech startup. He was looking for a place to build hardware. A graduate of Shanghai…

Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala, downgraded from a typhoon, was packing gusts of up to 144kmh and could potentially converge with Tropical Storm Higos. Japanese airlines cancelled on Friday (Jun 26) more than 100 flights as two tropical storms barrelled towards the archipelago, with authorities advising evacuations in some areas because of possible flooding and landslides. Severe Tropical…

VANDERPUMP Rules alum Tom Sandoval has filed for a restraining order against girlfriend Victoria Lee Robinson after she was arrested. Sandoval, 44, claims in the legal filing that the model, 33, hit him so hard in the face that his vision blurred. According to court documents obtained by The U.S. Sun, Sandoval, 42, alleges the pair were…

The New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promise to “freeze the rent” on Thursday — in a move landlord advocates slammed as “an absolute farce.” The board passed a rent freeze on both one-year and two-year leases for the Big Apple’s roughly 1 million rent-stabilized units in a 7-1 vote. Arpit…

The biggest casualty of the U.S.-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former U.S. officials and diplomats ​say. Netanyahu shaped his political identity on an audacious assertion: that he alone could keep…

Lebanon and Israel are discussing a U.S.-backed proposal for Israeli forces to transfer some of the Lebanese territory invaded in ​their war with Hezbollah to Lebanon’s military, officials on both sides said, in a possible step towards restoring Lebanese control of occupied territory. The proposed pilot project is part of the ‌latest round of Israeli-Lebanese talks in…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait on Wednesday, vowing not to ​undermine their security as he sought to reassure Gulf allies sceptical of a proposed deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The U.S.-Iran accord reached last week — the ‌first signed by American and Iranian…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a ​deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran on February ‌28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children. Reuters first reported in March that an initial internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were…

The first earthquake in Venezuela had a magnitude of 7.1, while the second earthquake was of 7.5 magnitude. Back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage, collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes roiled the region, with buildings evacuated in cities and…

During a closed-door testimony before the US House Oversight Committee, Gates admitted to having affairs with three women and said Epstein knew about two of them. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has told a US congressional panel that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein may have tried to use details about his personal life to pressure him. During a closed-door…

Ben Stokes has apologised to his teammates after missing the second Test due to a nightclub incident. Ben Stokes has admitted that one of his first responsibilities after returning as England captain was to apologise to his teammates following the nightclub controversy that forced him to miss the second Test against New Zealand. Stokes and Gus Atkinson…

SHAKIRA wildly celebrated Colombia’s World Cup win against DR Congo by dancing backstage at her world tour. The Latino superstar has earned iconic status at the World Cup after performing two hit songs for the tournament. And the Waka Waka singer was overjoyed after Daniel Munoz netted a late winner to seal a 1-0 win over the…

South Korea’s military says it is investigating the soldier’s reasons for crossing the inner-Korean border. While dozens of North Koreans flee each year, usually via China, crossing directly south is very rare. South Korea’s military said on Wednesday that it had detained a North Korean soldier overnight after he crossed near the central section of the inter-Korean…

Fire at Tata’s data center caused ‘extensive damage’ A fire at a data center owned by Singapore’s ST ​Telemedia and India’s Tata Communications caused “extensive damage” to parts of the facility, according to a report from Reuters news agency. The fire was “so severe that it caused extensive damage” to parts of the facility and hindered services,…

A Florida teenager said YouTube’s addictive design contributed to depression, anxiety and sleep loss. Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok are also facing similar allegations about their impact on young users. Google’s YouTube settled a lawsuit brought by a Florida teen who alleged that the platform’s addictive design impacted his mental health, his lawyers said on Tuesday. The terms…

President Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) got into a shouting match during a lunch meeting Wednesday over the US war with Iran, according to sources and lawmakers who were in attendance. GOP senators described Trump as being “mad as a murder hornet” and raising his voice at the Louisiana Republican for joining three other Republicans in…

Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter. The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy. That makes them the lightest known planets of their size, said the University of…

The state funeral of Ayatolla Ali Khamenei is scheduled to begin on July 4, with Khamenei’s body lying in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla complex. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the state funeral and burial ceremonies of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a…

US President Donald Trump refuted claims that Iran is imposing tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, labeling them as “fake news.” He stated that Iran assured the U.S. that no charges are being levied on vessels using the waterway. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed reports that Iran is charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the plans at the commissioning of the Choe Hyon, one of two 5,000-ton-class warships the country launched last year. North Korea will equip its navy with nuclear weapons and build larger warships, leader Kim Jong Un said, according to state media Wednesday (Jun 24), as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a…

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem called for a full Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, while Israel said its forces struck terrorists there despite a recent ceasefire. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Tuesday (Jun 23) demanded a scheduled withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon as authorities said Israeli gunfire killed two people there despite a recent lull…

THE cause of the Florida condo collapse that left 98 people dead has been revealed by federal investigators five years after the incident. A 12-story beachfront condo building fell to the ground in Surfside, Florida, in the middle of the night on June 24, 2021, claiming the lives of 98 people. At the time of the collapse,…

AMERICA is showing the world its “real truth” at the World Cup, and Donald Trump’s tournament chief says the country now commands more global respect than it has in generations. From beer-draining Scots in Boston and “Viking” Norwegians rowing through New York’s subway to overseas fans trying to fly home with bottles of ranch, the tournament has…

The Ankara prosecutor’s office said 209 people were detained, while 32 others remained at large. Turkey has announced a ban on demonstrations amid preparations for next month’s NATO summit in the capital. Turkish security forces on Tuesday arrested more than 200 people suspected of links to the self-styled Islamic State and other groups Ankara deems terrorist organizations,…

The Taliban are tightening the screws on women’s clothing, shooting at protesters and ordering even their own officials to stop using smartphones. Behind the regime’s omnipresent control, there are signs of deep anxiety. The news from Afghanistan — or at least the news that can be gleamed and pieced together through the screen of censorship imposed by…

Until recently, Kunal Shah was a familiar name mainly within India’s startup and investor circles. The founder of fintech company Cred had steadily built a following beyond the businesses he created. His podcast appearances often ventured into topics such as trust, incentives, wealth creation and human behaviour. His social media posts ranged from artificial intelligence to philosophy.…

A leading human rights activist who has spent years campaigning against enforced disappearances in the Pakistani province of Balochistan has been sentenced to life in prison over the killing of a paramilitary soldier at a rally in 2024. Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Balochistan Unity Committee (BYC), was convicted of murder and terrorism alongside fellow activist Sibghatullah.…

The unsettling swarm of drones that a downed US pilot in Iran said moved in a bizarre “jellyfish-like” formation indicates the Iranian regime has devoted significant resources to beefing up its drone program — so it can counter the conventional battlefield tech of its rivals. “They are adapting faster than us,” Brett Velicovich, drone expert and founder…

Ronaldo vs Messi World Cup 2026: Cristiano Ronaldo avoided answering too many questions around Lionel Messi. He even ignored reporters who asked him questions about the Argentina great. Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t keen to answer too many questions around Lionel Messi as he silenced his critics with a double against Uzbekistan in Portugal’s thumping 5-0 win in their…

The comments were made early on in the second Trump presidency, according to New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. US Vice President JD Vance had suggested that troops from India or Saudi Arabia, could be deployed as peacekeepers in Ukraine in a discussion at the White House on the American strategy on the Ukraine…

Donald Trump warns US could finish the job in Iran in under a week, insists Iran agreed to IAEA inspections, as US Senate moves to limit his military action against Tehran United States President Donald Trump has warned that they could “finish the job” in Iran in less than a week if Tehran does not act “reasonably,”…

Elon Musk was pointing to a case cited by USAID in which a Syrian national was charged with diverting millions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to an al-Qaida affiliate group. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has drawn attention to cases where US-funded humanitarian assistance was diverted to terrorist organisations, reigniting debate over whether aid distributed through…

The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of ​the Republican president from an increasingly restive Congress. The Senate voted 50-48 in favor of the war powers resolution, which passed the House of Representatives early this month, reflecting growing concern even ‌among some of…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran had agreed ​to nuclear inspections into “infinity,” while Tehran said it had made no such concession in negotiations, raising questions about the viability of their fragile peace deal. The two countries, which ended ‌a first round of negotiations in Switzerland on Monday, also offered conflicting accounts about financial…

Russia has accused the United States of failing to deliver on “understandings” reached between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald ​Trump at a summit in Alaska last August, a shift that suggests growing frustration in Moscow. In the space of three days, three ‌senior Russian officials have said, without providing specifics, that Washington has not followed through. Their…

The U.S. has provided doses of an experimental antibody drug from Mapp Biopharmaceutical for use in ​clinical trials to fight the widening Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, a Health Department spokesperson said, a shift from its position of making the drug available just for ‌Americans. After dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development and slashing…

China ​has overtaken the U.S. to win the top spot on a list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, but the results may ‌say more about Beijing’s desire to show self-sufficiency in computing systems than its standing in the global AI race, experts said. The LineShine system at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, China, uses domestically designed…

Cristiano Ronaldo silenced his critics in spectacular fashion, becoming the first player to score ​in six World Cups while netting twice in Portugal’s emphatic 5-0 Group K rout of Uzbekistan in Houston on Tuesday. After the match ‌the 41-year-old shouted “I’m back, I’m back” into the television cameras — an outpouring after critics had questioned his place…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was quitting, paving the way for what is expected to ​be an orderly transfer of power to frontrunner Andy Burnham, who could become Britain’s seventh leader in 10 years as early as next month. In an emotional speech, Starmer said ‌he had listened to his governing Labour Party and…

American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a U.S. interim deal with Iran and White House criticism that together ​appeared to signal fissures in Israel’s decades-old alliance with Washington. The U.S.-Israeli relationship has been on a roller coaster, from the early confidence they shared after their joint attack…

The United States waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days from Monday after the first talks under a nascent ​peace deal, while officials reported a sustained lull in fighting in Lebanon under the agreement aimed at ending hostilities across the region. The developments followed a weekend that had appeared to ‌put the week-old accord in jeopardy, including…

Thirteen people were killed ​and dozens injured in an explosion at a gas processing facility inside Qatar’s massive Ras Laffan ‌industrial complex, Qatar’s energy minister said on Monday, one of the deadliest gas industry accidents in more than two decades. Liquefied natural gas facilities were not impacted by the explosion, Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi said. State-owned…

Lionel Messi became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history, netting twice during Argentina’s 2-0 ​Group J win over Austria on Monday. The double also ‌extended Messi’s scoring streak to six consecutive World Cup matches. The Argentina captain had moved level with Brazilian great Marta, whose 17 goals in ​the women’s tournament had stood as the…

At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a ​heatwave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities on Monday. As schools in France closed or modified timetables, forecasters in Britain predicted temperatures could ‌break records for June this week. The temperature in Bordeaux in France’s western wine…

Iran left a message in their SoFi Stadium locker room on Sunday thanking Los Angeles for its hospitality ​during the World Cup and saying they are leaving ‌with dignity after a 0-0 draw with Belgium kept alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stages. Los Angeles hosted both of Iran’s Group G ​matches so far, with the…

Ukraine’s military said it had hit a plant producing electronics for missiles in Russia’s border Voronezh region ​on Monday and the Russian region’s governor said five people were killed and ‌dozens injured in the attack. The missile assault on the city of Voronezh announced by the Ukrainian military was the latest blow to Russia’s defence industry inflicted…