The World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States after arriving in Miami and subsequently dropped from the tournament by FIFA had been set to make history for his country.

Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds since he was taken into custody two months ago by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas.

Somali referee Omar Artan won’t officiate in the World Cup after being denied entry into the United States.

The State Department will soon offer a “premium” expedited service for foreigners seeking business or tourist visas that will set applicants back $750 on top of the basic processing fee of $185.

Iran’s World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country or its system of government as exceptional.

Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago.

Israel and Iran appear to be backing away from further strikes, just hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. and Tehran agreed to a ceasefire two months ago.

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people.

Iran’s soccer team has arrived in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup, before three group matches in the United States later this month.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a U_S_ push for denuclearization of North Korea “anachronistic dream."

Leroy Sané scored a tiebreaking goal in the 57th minute, giving Germany a 2-1 win over the United States in a friendly and a nine-game winning streak heading into the World Cup.

Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft.

The upcoming World Cup will feature 48 teams and 104 matches across the United, Mexico, and Canada.

Iran’s World Cup soccer team is traveling from Turkey to their training base in Mexico.

Cuba’s government says it is open to offering the management of the island's hotels to Cubans at home and abroad.

President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te— even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to.

The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.

Chris Richards is training with the U.S. in a positive sign for the top American defender as he tries to make it back in time for the World Cup.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread.

Members of the Iranian World Cup soccer team have been granted U.S. visas, clearing them to enter the country ahead of their first two matches near Los Angeles this month.

The electric guitar has transformed music and inspired countless dreams.

Serena Williams’ comeback will include a stop in Berlin this month.

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body.

Shakira and Burna Boy will perform in Mexico City for the first of three opening ceremonies for the World Cup.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years.

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

The World Cup will feature star-studded opening ceremonies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Wall Street rallied after falling oil prices and yields in the bond market eased the pressure on U.S. stocks.

The U.S. military has attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.

Poland and Lithuania confirm they are in talks about their role in NATO's nuclear deterrence efforts, which are centered on U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.

Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign.

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo has applied for an urgent visa at the United States embassy in Bern one day after he was denied boarding the team’s flight to the World Cup.

Oil prices rose following the latest threats to the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and U.S. stocks retreated from their records.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort.

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to be the next president of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly.

U.S. job openings jumped in April as the labor market looked resilient despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war.

Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that's looking increasingly in doubt.

The U.S. stock market inched to more records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher.

The State Department plans to slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States.

A divided panel of appeals court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

A federal judge has agreed to postpone a civil trial over the 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after a flurry of last-minute settlements resolved most of the remaining claims.

Iran has finalized a 26-man World Cup squad to play in the United States this month.

A divided panel of federal appeal court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.

Venezuela's ruling party is facing internal divisions after 27 years of unity.

Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, and U.S. stocks ticked to more records.

The United States says it has bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend.

Christian Pulisic ended a five-month scoring drought for club and country with his first international goal since November 2024, Folarin Balogun broke a second-half tie and the United States beat Senegal 3-2 in the Americans’ next-to-last World Cup warmup match.

Former Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González is calling for presidential elections as the five-month mark of interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration approaches, following a U.S. military intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro in January.

Top American defender Chris Richards is uncertain for the World Cup due to an ankle injury.

Tim Ream will captain the U.S. national team at the World Cup.

The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for the state news agency Xinhua in the U.S. This move follows Beijing's decision to expel Vivian Wang, a New York Times correspondent, apparently over a DealBook event featuring Taiwan's leader.

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans.

American midfielder Brenden Aaronson had a good excuse to miss the U.S. World Cup team’s training session Friday.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has cast Pope Leo XIV as a global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at the Vatican.

A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her son so he could get medical attention has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents.

Jozy Altidore says the U.S. Soccer National Training Center is far different from where he trained with the national team a decade ago.

ABC-owned TV stations across the U.S. are criticizing the Federal Communications Commission for an early review of their broadcast licenses.

A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to influence major international sports competitions through doping, federal prosecutors announced.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo denies an agreement with the U.S. for anti-drug trafficking operations in Guatemala.

A Jacksonville woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to smuggle goods and unlawfully ship firearms, as well as to separate counts of unlawfully shipping firearms and smuggling goods from the United States, the Department of Justice said.

A new exhibit called “Hidden Treasures” shines a light on the 250 year cultural dialogue between France and the U.S. through the lens of French luxury goods.

U.S. prosecutors slapped insider trading charges against a Google employee this week, alleging the software engineer used confidential company information to pocket more than $1.2 million on prediction market platform Polymarket.

The Trump administration's review of Mexico's 53 U.S. consulates has stoked worries among Mexicans in the U.S. that some could be shuttered, making it harder for them to access important services.

How far can the power of friendship get you at the World Cup.

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.

More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain low despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

Venus Williams will not play in the women’s doubles at the French Open alongside Hailey Baptiste.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is pressing the United States for more Patriot air defense missiles to counter Russian attacks.

Under an opaque $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea’s all-powerful president has turned a hotel owned by his family into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the United States.

An international stabilization force promised for Gaza has yet to materialize three months after it was announced at an event hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. stocks pushed to more records as companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake and Hormel Foods kept piling up profits.

FIFA is under fresh scrutiny for sky-high World Cup ticket prices and sales tactics that fans say left them with worse deals than they wanted.

Triple Espresso is back.

A federal judge in Brooklyn has agreed to dismiss charges against a convicted former Fox executive and South American sports media company in a corruption case related to TV rights for international soccer tournaments.

Iran is expanding restrictions on the distribution of news content from the country.

A new study says the size and damage from hailstones will increase in a warming world.

A Trump administration official says the administration will send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them to the United States.

South Africa's government and Afrikaner advocacy groups reject the notion of a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in the country.

U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems used in the Iran war.

U.S. forces have carried out new defensive strikes on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones.

U.S. stocks inched to more records after oil prices fell back to where they were in mid-April.

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino has announced his 26-man World Cup roster.

President Trump has announced that the U.S. is admitting 10,000 additional white South Africans as refugees, citing persecution in their home country.

The U.S. stock market rose to records as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President Donald Trump said negotiations were “proceeding nicely” with Iran on ending their war.

Australia, India, Japan and the United States have agreed new initiatives for maritime security, critical minerals, port infrastructure, and energy security to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid concerns about China's influence.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she has “no issue” with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the United States to Mexico for the summer soccer competition.

The U_S_ military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”.

The annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, has begun.

Asian shares are mostly higher and oil prices have plunged after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks on ending the war with Iran are progressing.

Regional officials say the United States is close to a deal with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

The U.K.’s Royal Navy is preparing for a potential mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz.