Top Trump administration national security officials facing back-to-back congressional hearings starting Wednesday are expected to be pressed on the war in Iran, including a deadly strike on a school, as well as the FBI’s capacity to prevent terror attacks inside the United States. The annual worldwide threats hearings involving the government’s senior-most intelligence officials are...
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Senegal Turns To CAS To Appeal ‘Unfair, Unprecedented, And Unacceptable’ Africa Cup Decision
The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has criticized the “unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision” to strip its team of the Africa Cup of Nations title and award it to host nation Morocco two months after they contested the final. The Confederation of African Football’s appeals board on Tuesday ruled Senegal “forfeited the final” by walking off...
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Mamdani Administration Wants To Pull Legal Support For Ex-NYC Mayor Adams In Sexual Assault Lawsuit
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration wants to stop representing Eric Adams in a lawsuit that alleges the former mayor sexually assaulted a woman more than three decades ago, according to a court filing Tuesday. The move comes just a few months after Mamdani took office, following a bitter campaign season last year that...
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Kenya’s Capital Experiments With Giving Workers Menstrual Leave
It started with a casual lunch conversation between a county governor and his cabinet ministers about a colleague’s menstrual pain. The discussion led to a first in Kenya: The right for female employees to take menstrual leave. The new policy took effect in December 2025. It grants county government employees in the capital, Nairobi, two...
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Israel Says That Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib Has Been Killed
Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday that the Israeli military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Israel Katz announced Khatib’s killing and said that “significant surprises are expected throughout this day on all the fronts,” without elaborating. Khatib’s killing follows Israel killing top Iranian security official Ali Larijani and the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary...
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Iranian Women Soccer Players Granted Asylum In Australia Are Pictured Training In Brisbane
Two players from the Iranian women’s soccer team have joined a practice session with a professional club in Brisbane in their first publicly-shared appearance since it emerged they had been granted asylum in Australia. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were pictured smiling and wearing the club’s colors as they posed alongside a women’s elite squad...
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Iran Wants To Move Its World Cup Matches From US To Mexico. FIFA Is Sticking To Its Schedule
The public wrangling between Iran, FIFA and U.S. President Donald Trump over the narrative of playing in the World Cup shifted on Tuesday to Mexico where President Claudia Sheinbaum seemed open to a suggestion by Islamic Republic diplomats that Iran’s games in June be moved to her country. The Iranian ambassador and embassy in Mexico...
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El Salvador’s Bukele Pushes Through Life Sentences In Nation That Has Imprisoned 1% Of Population
El Salvador’s Congress approved a constitutional amendment pushed forward by President Nayib Bukele on Tuesday to permit life sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population in its war against gangs. The reform was presented by Bukele’s security cabinet earlier in the day before El Salvador’s legislature, which is firmly...
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China Ignores Trump’s Hormuz Request As The Iran War Deepens And His Beijing Trip Slips
China won’t help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as requested by President Donald Trump, but it is probably welcoming the delay in Trump’s highly anticipated trip to Beijing as the U.S. risks getting bogged down in the Middle East, analysts say. The latest developments are unfolding as Trump’s Iran war, in its...
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African Soccer Confederation Strips Senegal Of Africa Cup Title And Declares Morocco The Champion
Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by governing body judges who overturned Senegal’s victory in a chaotic final in January. The Confederation of African Football said its appeals board ruled that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited the final” and its 1-0 win in extra time becomes a 3-0...