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May 26, 2026 - World

Fifa approached Mexico after US declined to host Iran squad despite it playing group games in the United StatesMexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the US did not want to host the team.The team will still play its group stage matches in the US but its base has been moved to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego, California, a move that Iran’s football federation announced recently and that was formally confirmed by Fifa, the sport’s governing body, on Monday. Continue reading...

May 26, 2026 - World

Australia's government says 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group have booked flights to return from Syria and some could face charges

May 26, 2026 - World

Hezbollah and Israel launch attacks amid increasingly imperilled ceasefire and stalling talks between US and IranMiddle East crisis: live updatesThe Israeli army has intensified strikes in southern Lebanon, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in an effort to “crush” Hezbollah in a further erosion of an already fragmented ceasefire.In turn, Hezbollah said it staged several attacks on Monday on three barracks and a military post in northern Israel “in response to the violation of the ceasefire” by Israel. Continue reading...

May 25, 2026 - World

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and Trump had agreed that "any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear threat entirely".

May 25, 2026 - World

Human Rights Watch reports that the United Arab Emirates trained Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside a paramilitary group in Sudan's war