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It was just another group match in the FIFA World Cup 2026 on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, where Colombia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were fighting out to be better poised to come out of their groups. Stakes were low, and the atmosphere normal for a World Cup match. But one man stood…
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Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand makes a save during the World Cup Group G soccer match between Belgium and Iran in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles, on Sunday (June 21, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP Every time the world shrinks into a ball to celebrate the beautiful game with eyes on superstars, stalwarts, and legends at…
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Earlier this month, after months of strangling life in Cuba by blockading fuel supplies, the Trump administration moved to indict the 94-year-old former President Raul Castro Ruz over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft over the Florida Straits. Mr. Castro was then the Defence Minister of Cuba. The then President and Raul’s brother, Fidel…
General view of Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: Reuters On April 29, the UAE announced it would leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ending nearly six decades of membership. The decision, effective May 1, removes one of the group’s largest producers. OPEC…
At a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, a new intergovernmental organisation was formally established. The Board of Peace, proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and endorsed by the UN Security Council in November 2025, is envisaged as part of broader global efforts to rebuild war-torn…
On July 17, 2024, Peter Kent Navarro walked out of a federal prison in Miami, and a few hours later, emerged on the stage of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee in Wisconsin. “I went to prison so that you do not have to,” he told the believers of MAGA [Make America Great Again]…
The new Danish Royal Coat of Arms, right, is seen next to the one established in 1972, seen at left. | Photo Credit: AP On January 1, the King of Denmark unveiled a new coat of arms after more than 50 years. It features the polar bear and the ram (symbolising Greenland and the Faroe…
Her cell in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin prison has a window that opens to a view of the Alborz mountains. The mountain range that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan and merges into the heights of Khorasan has acted as a natural barrier and protector of Tehran for centuries. From the window, she…
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