US eases World Cup restrictions on Iran after FIFA complaint
The squad will be allowed to arrive two days before its next match after protests of unequal treatment The US has eased travel restrictions on Iran’s national football team at … Read More
US to set up testing ranges mimicking Ukraine battlefield
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the military and defense companies would work together on drone warfare The US will set up at least two domestic testing ranges that mimic battlefield … Read More
Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world’s largest ultramarathon
Athletes gather before the start of the Comrades Marathon in Durban. Photograph: James Oatway/The Guardian For one day every June, South Africa’s searing racial inequality seems to melt away at … Read More
UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF celebrate after seizing El Fasher in Darfur last October, which the UN said had the ‘hallmarks of genocide’ after 60,000 civilians were massacred. Photograph: AFP View image … Read More
Kenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facility
Riot police fire on demonstrators on 9 June during deadly protests against the Ebola quarantine centre at Laikipia air base, in Nanyuki. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA View image in fullscreen Riot … Read More
Germany and France to take over EU’s largest tank maker
Berlin will buy a 40% stake in defense giant KNDS, putting it on par with Paris, as the two countries continue to militarize Germany and France are preparing an unprecedented … Read More
Who is Andy Burnham, the UK’s prime minister in waiting?
Keir Starmer’s likely successor offers a fresh coat of paint over the same unpopular policies British Labour MP Andy Burnham looks set to be airdropped into Downing Street to replace … Read More
Iran to set up Hormuz hotline with US
The new channel will help resolve incidents in the strategic waterway amid conflicting guidance for shipowners Iran has agreed to set up a ‘hotline’ with the US and other countries … Read More
‘Macron has been deposed’: French pensioner shoots police after declaring revolution
An elite tactical unit was deployed to disarm an 82-year-old man after his wife called the police An 82-year-old retired craftsman opened fire on French gendarmes after declaring that a … Read More
IDF soldiers ‘shot my three-year-old in the head’ – Gazan father (VIDEO)
Israeli troops opened fire without warning and blocked medical help, the devastated man has said A Palestinian farmer and his three-year-old son were ambushed by IDF troops near the Gaza … Read More