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FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks to the media alongside the World Cup trophy during a the opening press conference in Mexico.

FIFA boss tells critics to ‘chill’ after referee denied US entry over suspected terror links

Speaking on the eve of the 2026 World Cup, his first press conference in three years, Gianni Infantino says he has no regrets about hosting the World Cup in the US.

  • Nick Ralston

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Omar Abdulkadir Artan shows yellow card during the FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025.

‘Vetting concerns’: Top Somalian referee to miss World Cup after being turned away at US border

Omar Abdulkadir Artan was one of 52 match officials listed for the World Cup, and the first ever from Somalia. But he hasn’t been allowed into the USA.

  • Vince Rugari

Going, going, gone: What it means to be a ‘failed’ state

The term has re-emerged as war rages in the Middle East. But what qualifies as a failed state – and why are they such a worry?

  • Angus Holland
US President Donald Trump at a Summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday.

‘We don’t want them’: Trump imposes travel bans on citizens from 12 countries

The US president has announced a total ban on citizens from a dozen countries entering the US and a partial ban on several more nations, a move that partly revives controversial travel restrictions from his first term.

  • Michael Koziol
UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan, in February.

Trump’s aid cuts claim early victims after three-hour walk in 40-degree heat

The deaths of eight people, including five children, are among the first to be directly attributed to the cuts imposed by the US president.

  • Aaron Ross
A picture provided by the US military command after the news of the air strikes in Somalia was announced.

US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State in Somalia

The US military says “multiple operatives” in the remote Golis Mountains in the country’s north were killed in the strikes.

  • Eric Schmitt
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This photograph shared by Indian navy on the X platform shows people on board the hijacked ship ex-MV Ruen, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Indian navy says that it has intercepted the ship and has demanded that the pirates surrender and release all civilians held hostage on the ship.

India’s navy takes control of ship hijacked by Somali pirates

The development came after men on the bulk carrier fired at an Indian warship in international waters on Friday.

Palestinians line up for free food distribution during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, last month.

Experts say Gaza is close to famine. What does that mean?

As Palestinians struggle to find food, humanitarians and UN officials are warning that famine is imminent in the enclave. What is it exactly?

  • Gaya Gupta
People walk on a destroyed section of the road following heavy rains which stopped vehicles from crossing along Mwingi-Garissa highway, Northern Kenya.

Severe drought turns to severe floods killing hundreds in East Africa

Thousands of homes have been washed away or are marooned, farms are submerged, livestock drowned, aid agencies said. El Nino is being blamed.

  • Humphrey Malalo
Basil James Ryan was believed to have enlisted under an alias, Basil DeCourcy presumably because he didn’t have his mother’s permission to enlist and could have been too young.

The peacekeepers and soldiers missing from history

Putting names to faces in photos of Australian soldiers who served as peacekeepers or went to war is crucial if their service is to be honoured, say veterans and historians.

  • Julie Power