North-Africa
Somali-heritage players to feature at World Cup 2026 as U.S. blocks Somali referee
Tuesday June 9, 2026 For Somalia, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be a mixed stage of pride and frustration: while the…
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North-Africa
Somali-heritage players to feature at World Cup 2026 as U.S. denies Somali referee entry
Tuesday June 9, 2026 Somalia will not take the field at the FIFA World Cup, but Somali football will still be represented…
World
Trump says Middle East peace deal talks are in final throes
Hopes for a Middle East breakthrough surged after US President Donald Trump said negotiators had entered the “final throes” of efforts to…
World
China’s Xi to visit North Korea after meetings with Trump and Putin
With a flourish of warm rhetoric and hard-edged diplomacy, China’s President Xi Jinping set off for North Korea praising what he called…
World
Assessing whether Donald Trump is winning his fight against wind power
For years, Donald Trump has made wind power a personal foil — a hostility said to date back to the sight of…
World
Trump Confirms Mass Rally, Scraps US 250th Anniversary Concerts
President Donald Trump says Washington will host a massive rally on 24 June to mark America’s 250th anniversary, after planned concerts were…
World
Trump says a Putin-Zelensky meeting would be ‘great’
Donald Trump said a face-to-face meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin would be “great,” throwing his weight behind the prospect of…
World
Trump administration drops its $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund
A rare revolt from Republican senators has forced the Trump administration to scrap President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “weaponisation” fund, a…
World
Netanyahu tells Trump Israel will strike Beirut if Hezbollah keeps firing
The threat of a wider war sharpened on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had warned US President Donald…
World
Trump considers replacing anniversary concert with MAGA rally
A birthday celebration for America’s 250th anniversary has become a political flashpoint after US President Donald Trump urged organizers to scrap a…
World
Iran Says It Does Not Trust US as Trump Hardens Terms
Trust, Iran’s chief negotiator made clear, remains in short supply. Tehran will not sign off on any agreement with Washington, he said,…
