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Mexico has invited Spain's King Felipe VI to attend the opening match of the 2026 World Cup at Azteca Stadium, President Claudia Sheinbaum said. The invitation, sent by Mexico's 2026 World Cup government representative Gabriela Cuevas to all diplomatically recognised countries, comes after the king unexpectedly acknowledged colonial-era abuses and …
Lawyers for plaintiffs say the University of California, Berkeley has agreed to new measures intended to curb antisemitic harassment on campus. The settlement, announced by the plaintiffs' counsel, includes bans on excluding speakers who support Israel or Zionism from student forums, mandatory antisemitism and anti-discrimination training for facul…
President Donald Trump drew an explicit parallel between recent U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while defending the operations in a Washington meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Trump questioned why Japan had not warned him about Pearl Harbor and said the notion of surprise was shared, prom…
Rafael Caro Quintero, the 73-year-old founder of the Guadalajara Cartel now detained in Brooklyn, is engaged in early-stage plea discussions with U.S. prosecutors, his attorney said at a federal hearing. Prosecutors have indicated there is no formal offer, and a trial remains tentatively scheduled for March 8, 2027. Caro Quintero faces charges incl…
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker and former Revolutionary Guards commander, has assumed an increasingly pivotal role within Tehran's political architecture as Israeli and U.S. strikes have removed several senior figures. Positioned at the crossroads of political, security and clerical networks, Qalibaf has articulated a hardline po…
The air campaign against Iran has rearranged political and strategic calculations across the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerges politically fortified as public attention pivots from Gaza to Iran, where there is broader national consensus. By contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump faces constrained choices and growing expo…
Three unnamed Israeli officials told reporters that Israel coordinated its strike on Iran's South Pars gas field with the United States, but they said the operation would likely not be repeated. The attack prompted Iranian aerial assaults on energy infrastructure across the Middle East, causing significant harm to facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia …
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States has not altered its goals in the campaign against Iran since strikes began on February 28. Pentagon figures cited in the briefing said roughly 7,000 targets inside Iran have been struck, including more than 40 mine-laying vessels and 11 submarines. Military leaders reiterated intentions to …
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has settled confidentially with three British men who had brought civil claims alleging sexual assault between 2000 and 2013. A London High Court order dated March 13 recorded the settlement and stayed the lawsuits, cancelling a trial that had been set for October. Two of the claimants had testified in Spacey’s 2023…
Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on March 19, after nearly three weeks, permitting a small number of wounded Palestinians and family members to cross into Egypt for medical care. The move follows talks involving envoys from President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" and Hamas officials in Cairo aimed at preserving the Gaza ceasef…
Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul was comfortably reelected prime minister in a parliamentary ballot, becoming the country’s first leader to win a second term in two decades. Backed by a coalition that includes Pheu Thai, Anutin must now form a cabinet and confront economic pressures ranging from high household debt to global …
Anutin Charnvirakul was reelected prime minister after a commanding performance in a parliamentary ballot, securing the vote threshold and an alliance expected to hold a majority in the current legislature. His return marks the first time in two decades a Thai premier has been voted back into office, following Bhumjaithai’s unexpected electoral ris…
Anutin Charnvirakul and his Bhumjaithai Party emerged from Thailand’s snap election with a commanding parliamentary position, forming a 16-party coalition that re-elected him as prime minister. His campaign leaned heavily on nationalist sentiment fostered by renewed border clashes with Cambodia. Despite electoral success, Thailand faces economic st…
A U.S. immigration judge has concluded the asylum proceedings for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, who were detained during a January immigration operation in Minneapolis. The child and his father were held for 10 days in a Texas facility before being released and returning home. The family's attorney has said the ruling will be appeale…
A strike on Iran's South Pars gas field by Israel prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to characterize the action as a violent response, while warning that Israel should not conduct further attacks unless Iran strikes an innocent third party. The assault and subsequent Iranian missile launches at Qatar and Saudi Arabia have inflicted damage on majo…
President Donald Trump stated that Israel was responsible for the attack on Iran’s portion of the South Pars natural gas field and said neither the United States nor Qatar were involved. He warned that Israel would cease strikes on South Pars unless Iran attacked Qatar, and pledged U.S. military action against the field if Tehran targeted Doha. The…
Japan's top government spokesperson has dismissed a U.S. intelligence assessment that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan represent a major change in Japan's stance. Tokyo maintains its position that it judges existential threats based on all available information, while Beijing has responded angrily to Takaichi's remarks by urging c…
Russian-launched drones struck residential buildings in the Black Sea port of Odesa early on Thursday, igniting fires and injuring at least three people, according to local officials. Separate drone attacks were reported in Lviv, the Volyn region and Crimea, while Russian air defences in Stavropol said they had repelled an attack from Ukrainian dro…
The Interior Department said the National Park Service will temporarily place a bronze statue of Caesar Rodney - a signer of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved people - in Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza for up to six months as part of the Trump administration's commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary. The statue was removed from…
Three Palestinian women were killed and 13 others wounded when a missile hit a hair salon in Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron. Palestinian and Israeli authorities say the strike appears to have involved a cluster munition. The incident is described as the first Iranian strike in the occupied West Bank to result in Palestinian deaths since the start o…
The World Happiness Report's latest analysis, drawing on Gallup polling and other datasets, indicates that heavy social media consumption is associated with lower life satisfaction among young people in several English-speaking nations. While the study does not claim a proven causal link, combined data suggest that algorithmically delivered, passiv…
Federal prosecutors have charged 20-year-old Wyatt James Brzoska of northeastern Ohio with making interstate threats against a mosque and unlawfully possessing firearms while using a controlled substance. A criminal complaint alleges a series of TikTok posts that referenced mass shootings and extremist iconography, and investigators say he admitted…
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Kuwait’s long- and short-term sovereign ratings at 'AA-/A-1+' with a stable outlook, even after the Middle East conflict forced a steep curtailment of oil production and exports via the Strait of Hormuz. The agency cited the nation’s sizable net asset position and liquid reserves as key mitigants to the immediate eco…
Sweden says a Swedish national detained in Iran since June of last year was executed on Wednesday. The Swedish foreign minister summoned Iran’s ambassador in Stockholm and criticized the legal proceedings as falling short of due process, while the EU’s foreign policy chief condemned the execution and expressed condolences to the family.
Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves announced that his government will no longer recognize the legitimacy of Cuba’s government and has ordered the Cuban embassy in San Jose to be closed. Speaking at an event attended by the U.S. ambassador, Chaves cited alleged mistreatment and repression on the island and called for removing communist influence f…
