FIFA is still waiting for Iran to allow women into soccer matches, and still resisting sanctioning the country. Just like predecessor Sepp Blatter five years ago, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has returned from a trip to Tehran with a reassurance from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that ...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Friday he had told by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that there are plans to allow women to attend football matches in the country soon./ FIFA President Gianni Infantino talks to the media after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Iran has detained 35 women for trying to attend a football match. They tried to go to a game between Tehran teams Esteqlal and Persepolis. Iran said they were temporarily held and would be released after the match. Fifa's president, Gianni ...
Iran has blocked several dozen women from attending a major Tehran football match witnessed by the head of FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, prompting criticism from rights activists. Iranian state news agency ISNA said police “transferred” 35 women who had gone to Azadi Stadium on ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After weeks of dry and hot weather, we finally have widespread chances for rain setting in overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. The downpours will build after midnight in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, and Highlands counties. After sunrise, the showers will begin ...
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...
Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions/ (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he would ban Apple devices at his companies if the iPhone maker integrates OpenAI at the operating system level. "That is an unacceptable security violation," Musk, who is the CEO of ...
Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how ...
Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East to seek backing for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal/ If diplomats have groundhog days, when they are condemned to reliving the same 24 hours, perhaps Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, felt a certain weariness as his jet approached ...
Grief in Gaza as scores killed in IDF hostage raid/ Two days after Israel's operation to free four of its citizens from central Gaza, more details are emerging of how Saturday’s rescue mission unfolded and of the hostages' eight months in captivity. The Hamas run Health Ministry says at least ...
The dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza amid efforts to try to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire has raised questions over the impact it could have on reaching a deal, as mediated talks show no sign of a breakthrough. As images of the freed and smiling three men and one ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses at the French National Assembly before his address to lawmakers, Friday, June 7, 2024 in Paris. Switzerland’s president says 90 countries and organizations, half from Europe, have registered to take part in a Ukraine peace summit on June 15 and 16, ...