France secured its place in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with an impressive 3-0 victory over Iraq in Philadelphia, powered by a brilliant performance from Kylian Mbappé.
Israel says 99% percent of projectiles fired at it by Iran overnight were intercepted
Pope Francis embarked on Friday on the first ever papal visit to Iraq, his riskiest trip since his election in 2013, saying he felt duty-bound to make the “emblematic” visit because the country had suffered so much for so long.
US President Donald Trump has said Iran "appears to be standing down" after it fired missiles at air bases housing US forces in Iraq.
“The fierce revenge by the Revolutionary Guards has begun,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement on a Telegram channel.
The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country.
