U.S. Soccer has pulled its boys’ Under-17 team from the World Cup in Qatar, citing the State Department’s Level 3 travel advisory for the Gulf state amid the Iran war. FIFA confirmed the withdrawal on Thursday, a week before the tournament was set to begin. The 48-nation tournament kicks off in Doha next week. The ...
Qatar–U.S. F‑15QA Training Facility at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho Concise facts, location map, timeline, and FAQs for the U.S.–Qatar F‑15QA training program The U.S. Department of Defense announced a dedicated training facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base (Idaho) for Qatar Emiri Air Force F‑15QA jets and pilots. Officials said the arrangement aligns with longstanding ...
3:30 PM GMT – 08/07/2025 Israel has made the first public acknowledgment of a military site being struck since the 12- day war began. An official, on Tuesday, admitted that last month the Iranian airstrikes hit a military base in Israel. While maintaining anonymity, the official disclosed that very few sites have been hit and ...
01:30 PM GMT – 07/07/2025 A senior official from Hamas has told the BBC that the group has lost most of its control on the Gaza Strip. The lieutenant colonel said that due to the continuous aggression by Israel for years, the command and control system collapsed. 12:30 PM GMT – 07/07/2025 Israel’s Prime Minister ...
8:50 AM – PDT 02/07/2025 Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he has made a trade deal with Vietnam. According to the post a deal reached between the two nations on terms that Vietnam will provide free access to its markets, while goods exported from Vietnam to the US will be ...
The dawn of June 24, 2025, brought an unusual quiet to both Tehran and Jerusalem. After twelve days of ballistic missiles slicing through Middle Eastern skies and bunker-buster bombs targeting nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump announced a “complete and total ceasefire” between Israel and Iran. But within hours, the fragile truce faced its first test ...
As darkness fell over Doha on June 23, 2025, the skies erupted with interceptor missiles, marking Iran’s first direct strike on American forces stationed in the Gulf since the 1979 Revolution. Qatari air defenses roared to life on June 23, 2025, as Iran launched 19 ballistic missiles targeting the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base. Qatar’s ...
The world is enjoying football fever; but on Super Tuesday it was the biggest surprise as Saudis shocked Argentina. Saudi Arabia stunned Argentina 2- 1 on Tuesday, a win that will rank alongside memorable WC upsets like the US beating England in 1950, N Korea upsetting Italy in ‘66, Cameroon defeating Argentina in ‘90, S ...
Alcoholic beverages won’t be marketed near the stadiums hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Only non-alcoholic items will be marketed near stadiums, according to Qatari officials. FIFA and AB-InBev, the world’s largest brewer, must follow.Budweiser, a beer brand owned by AB-InBev, donates around $75 million every four years to FIFA as part of the ...
