FIFA rejects Egypt, Iran objections, allows Pride flags at World Cup match
Soccer fans will be permitted to bring in rainbow flags when Egypt’s national team faces off against Iran on Friday
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Middle East
Attack on ship in Hormuz leads UN to halt evacuation plan for trapped sailors
An attack on a ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz led the UN to suspend efforts to evacuate trapped
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US says wants deal with Iran, but not 'at any price'
Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said Thursday that there were limits to what Washington would accept in any deal with
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Israel, Turkey, Iran offer aid as Venezuela’s 2 quakes kill at least 188
Turkey, Israel and Iran were among the first countries to offer aid to Venezuela on Thursday after two major earthquakes
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Iranian pilgrims mourn their war dead during Ashura rituals
By Ahmed Saeed KARBALA, Iraq, June 25 (Reuters) – Carrying photos of loved ones killed in the war with the
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Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Syrians and Haitians
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for President Donald
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Thousands feared dead in Venezuela after two major earthquakes
By Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas CARACAS, June 25 (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after
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Afghanistan's Taliban government imposes smartphone ban on government officials
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, June 25 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered a nationwide ban on civil servants’
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Gazans nourish dreams at twice-bombed culinary school
Inside a Gaza City culinary academy that has been bombed and rebuilt twice during the war, students chop, whisk, and
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Israel, Lebanon deny that Israel has withdrawn from part of southern Lebanon
BEIRUT, June 25 (Reuters) – Senior Israeli and Lebanese officials denied on Thursday that there had been any Israeli withdrawal
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