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Morocco coach Regragui steps down, Ouahbi appointed as replacement

Morocco coach Walid Regragui has quit the team just months before it competes at the World Cup, he confirmed at a late-night press conference.

Donald Trump hosts Messi and Inter Miami after MLS Cup title triumph

Lionel Messi bestowed President Donald Trump with a bejeweled pink soccer ball during a White House ceremony honouring Inter Miami for winning last year's MLS Cup.

Trump pressures Latin American leaders to curb China's growing influence

As part of his quest to restore US preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, the president is hosting Latin American leaders at his golf resort near Miami for a summit dubbed the 'Shield of Americas'

Hong Kong ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai not to appeal security conviction

Observers say his conviction reflected the decline of press and other freedoms that has changed Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to China's control in 1997

China's 10-passenger electric aircraft shows at how big flying taxis can be

The Chinese company AutoFlight, founded in 2017, developed the Matrix, which can carry up to 10 passengers

Pentagon flags Anthropic as supply chain risk over AI chatbot Claude

Decision appeared to shut down opportunity for further negotiation with Anthropic, nearly a week after Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the company of endangering national security

Azerbaijan accuses Iran of drone attack amid unrest, vows to retaliate

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said Iranian drones attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan and damaged an airport building

Israel strikes Beirut's suburbs after issuing blanket evacuation order

Since the resurgence of hostilities between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group, Israel has struck sites in Beirut's suburbs

At least 102 killed, over 600 injured in Lebanon in Israel-Hezbollah war

The latest conflict between the two sides was sparked by Hezbollah firing rockets into northern Israel early Sunday

Replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen Mullin, says Trump

Noem is the first Cabinet secretary to leave during Trump's second term

US announces closure of Embassy in Kuwait following Iranian strikes

Iran has fired waves of missiles and drones at the American-allied Gulf country since the start of the war

Panel reviewing Trump's White House ballroom project faces public outcry

Only one of the 28 people who addressed the National Capital Planning Commission during the first two hours of public comment at its March meeting spoke in favour of the project

Iran's attacks across Gulf show regional chaos central to its strategy

Iran's basic strategy is to instill fear about the dangers of a widening war in hopes that allies of the US will apply enough pressure to halt their campaign

Azerbaijan accuses Iran of drone attack, says 2 civilians injured

One drone crashed near the airport in Nakhchivan and another one near a school, Azerbaijan's Foreign ministry said in a statement

Iran state TV airs ayatollah call for 'shedding blood' of Israelis, Trump

The message came from Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli and represented one of the few clerical statements coming from Iran as it faces a combined airstrike campaign from Israel , US

Iran warns US will bitterly regret precedent after submarine sinks frigate

The comment by Abbas Araghchi represents the first Iranian government acknowledged of the sinking of the IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean

Canada, Australia urge war de-escalation, but agree Iran can't get nukes

Canada's Mark Carney and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese discussed the war during their meeting in Australia's capital, Canberra

Kurdish groups preparing to join fight against Iran with US support

Khalil Nadiri, an official with Kurdistan Freedom Party, based in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, said Wednesday that some of their forces had moved to areas near the Iranian border

Iran launches missiles at Israel as war in West Asia enters day 6

Israel announced the incoming attack shortly after its military said it had begun new strikes in Lebanon targeting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Beirut's southern suburbs

Spain denies cooperating with US in West Asia, contradicting White House

Moments after a White House spokesperson said that the Spanish government in Madrid had agreed to help the US, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares came out and flatly denied the claim