France is celebrating its national holiday on Tuesday, and on that very day, the French national soccer team will face Spain in the World Cup semifinals in Dallas, Texas: French law enforcement agencies are on high alert.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino secretly dreams of a World Cup with 64 participating nations in 2030. According to him, the possibility will be explored after the 2026 World Cup, but a decision has not yet been made.
The Hungarian parliament has approved a constitutional amendment that could remove President Tamás Sulyok from office. With this move, Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s new government is taking a striking step in settling accounts with Viktor Orbán’s legacy.
One person was killed in a shooting in Biddeford, in the U.S. state of Maine, presumably after a federal immigration agent fired at a car. According to eyewitnesses and local politicians, the incident took place early Monday morning.
Conservative Iranian newspaper Hamshahri has sparked uproar after publishing an infographic listing 13 foreign leaders it suggests should fear 'retaliation' in the wake of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. The publication followed an initial message from his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, who vowed to avenge the deaths of those who, according to Tehran, were killed in American and Israeli attacks.
African prisoners of war in Ukraine say they do not want to go home, but want to return to Russia. Their stories expose an uncomfortable reality in the struggle between Moscow and Kyiv for influence in Africa. After all, not everyone fighting on the Russian side says they ended up there against their will. This is evident from research carried by Politico.
Ukraine is turning Russian military secrets into a new asset for European security. With the new “TrophyLab” platform, Kyiv is, for the first time, sharing centrally collected research findings on captured Russian weapons with allies, defense companies, and researchers.
On the sidelines of last week’s NATO summit in Ankara, the German news outlet RND spoke with Margus Tsahkna, the foreign minister of Estonia, a neighboring country of Russia. In the interview, Tsahkna stated that he sees support for Putin crumbling among the Russian elite.
Hamshahri, an ultra-conservative newspaper in Tehran, published remarks by Mojtaba Khamenei on Saturday. He stated that a “death list” exists to avenge his father’s death.
In a column in El Debate, a Spanish online newspaper, Mariano Rajoy, the former Prime Minister of Spain, made a remarkable statement about the upcoming match between Spain and France: Spain will face a French national team “without any French players.”