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FIFA reported an attendance of 44,985 for Thursday’s World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, but swathes of empty seats around the stadium renewed concerns ...

Jesse Marsch has a simple message for anyone wondering whether his Canada side are ready for the weight of a home World Cup: they are not just ready for it, ...

Italy’s finance police said on Friday it uncovered three illegal broadband TV distribution hubs in Crotone, in the southern Calabria region, and reported four suspects, seizing assets worth about €650,000 ($751,900). ...

Hopes grew on Friday for peace between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump said a deal could be signed as soon as this weekend, even as Tehran ...

South Korea rallied from a goal down to defeat the Czech Republic 2-1 and make a winning start to their World Cup Group A campaign thanks to goals by Hwang ...

Mexico’s Julian Quinones unleashed a spectacular strike and Raul Jimenez scored a header as the co-hosts beat nine-man South Africa 2-0 in their World Cup Group A opener at ...

A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse ...

President Donald Trump called off new U.S. military strikes on Iran on Thursday, saying “final points” of an initial peace deal had been approved and details of a signing ...

Serena Williams’ comeback was put on hold on Thursday as her doubles partner Victoria Mboko withdrew from the Queen’s Club WTA event with a knee injury. After nearly four ...

Hours before the World Cup kickoff, the boost to travel and tourism expected from this year’s biggest sporting event has yet to materialize. For years, the tournament was expected ...

British defence minister John Healey quit on Thursday in a dispute over military spending, accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failing to commit the resources that are needed to keep ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and wanted at some point to take Iran’s oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after ...

In a sport where youth is a highly prized commodity, the World Cup starting this week offers evidence you cannot keep a good man down. A record eight players aged 40 ...

Fuel stations on the Russian-held Crimean peninsula were out of petrol on Thursday, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply lines to the peninsula escalates. A Reuters witness ...

Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing but racist thuggery, Britain’s minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water cannon to tackle rioters ...

Instead of pride, many Iranian-Americans feel shame about the Iran team’s participation in the World Cup and are demanding that FIFA boots the country out of the competition, protesters ...

Javier Aguirre knows exactly what awaits his Mexico side when it hosts the World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday in Mexico City to kick off Group A. Forty ...

Before the World Cup kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino is fending off concern over potential visa issues for players and officials entering the United ...

The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, with President Donald Trump vowing further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a ...

The United States launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump vowed even more attacks if no peace ...

Few Americans, including just 21% of Republicans, think President Donald Trump’s administration has helped deliver justice in cases connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel’s attacks on Syria and Lebanon had reached a point where they also threaten Turkey, adding Israel’s “aggression” posed a ...

The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack appealed for calm on Wednesday after the incident triggered a wave of anti-immigrant violence in Belfast overnight, ...

Residents in Russian-controlled Crimea were grappling with gasoline rationing on Wednesday after Ukrainian drone attacks constricted supplies from Russia, a Reuters witness said. More than four years since its 2022 invasion ...