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German legend Jurgen Klinsmann said on Saturday that an underdog could go far in what he is predicting will be a “World Cup of surprises” in Qatar. The hosts play Ecuador in the opening game Sunday of the first World Cup held in the northern hemisphere…

Seven members of the Egyptian army were killed in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday morning in an attack by the “Wilayat Sina” branch of the Islamic State militant group. The attack took place in the city of East Qantara near the Suez Canal. The area is …

FIFA’s chief spokesman defended world football chief Gianni Infantino’s record on LGBTQ rights on Saturday on the eve of the World Cup. In remarks to reporters at the end of a wide-ranging press conference by Infantino, FIFA media chief Bryan Swanson, …

Qatar on Friday launched the ‘2022 Qatar for all’ initiative, aiming to share the joy of sport with people displaced by conflict. Under the initiative, giant screens broadcasting the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be placed in areas of countries hit by conf…

NATO said on Friday that two Russian fighter aircraft had conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional approach” towards alliance naval ships on routine operations in the Baltic Sea. NATO’s maritime command said the jets flew over “the force at an altitude …

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday said he had reinstated certain banned accounts on his site, but said no decision was made on welcoming back former US president Donald Trump. Musk tweeted that the accounts of comedian Kathy Griffin, psychologist Jorda…

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday he has named Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor, to serve as special counsel to oversee Justice Department investigations into Donald Trump involving the former president’s handling of sensitive docum…

Lebanese pop star Myriam Fares, Nicki Minaj and Maluma have joined forces to release the FIFA World Cups official anthem on Friday. The track, titled “Tukoh Taka” the the competition’s first to be sung in English, Arabic and Spanish. Just hours after t…

UN rights chief Volker Turk on Friday condemned the “heinous killing” of two young Egyptian sisters whose bodies were dumped in sewage at the Al-Hol detention camp in Syria. He urged the international community and Kurdish-led forces controlling the ar…

The White House argued on Friday that a recent US government court filing saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from legal action over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is unrelated to bilateral relations. “This legal d…