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Concern has grown for team after one critic called them 'wartime traitors' for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.
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Concern has grown for team after one critic called them 'wartime traitors' for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem.

Sites such as Pornhub and RedTube must verify the ages of all users or risk million-dollar fines.

Kasasa island, in the Seto Inland Sea, has only seven residents but its fate is strongly intertwined with relations between Tokyo and Beijing His island home is shrouded in mist, but his union jack woolly hat makes Hideya Yagi easy to spot as he greets the approaching boat. The 80-year-old, a former

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

Major disruption to energy supplies threatens to push up prices for consumers and businesses around the world.

Madrid cites humanitarian and economic reasons to give undocumented workers legal status.

A masked fan unplugged a VAR monitor in a German second division match as the referee was went to the pitchside screen to check a penalty award.

Many expect the 56-year-old, who has largely kept a low profile, to continue his father's hardline policies.

Masataka Yoshida’s late HR helps seal 4-3 win Naruhito first emperor in 60 years to attend baseball Masataka Yoshida’s late home run triggered a comeback win for Japan over Australia at the World Baseball Classic on Sunday, with Emperor Naruhito made a rare appearance. The underdog Aussies struck fi

More than 60% voters said they wanted to keep the current licence fee levels, initial projections show.

Funding cuts, US political pressure and bureaucratic delays have left thousands of Haitians facing prolonged uncertainty in Tapachula A year ago, when Jean Baptiste Gensley stepped off a bus in Tapachula, Mexico’s southern city on the border with Guatemala, he carried a small backpack and the hope t

The embassy sustained minor damage but no injuries were reported after the blast in the Norwegian capital.

Most residents of Canadian province wanted change for years; Trump’s unneighbourly rhetoric helped seal the deal Since 1918, the clocks in Creston, a town in eastern British Columbia, ran an hour ahead of nearby communities for half the year. For the other six months, they slipped back into sync. No

“British Bases Out” is the slogan of Cypriot protesters after a drone strike targeted the RAF Akrotiri airbase.

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

Band Baaja Bitiya is the moving tale of a father who goes to rescue his daughter from her matrimonial home.

Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Explosion happened in pre-dawn hours at Dalí nightclub in the province of Trujillo along Peru’s northern coast A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday. The explosion happened in the pre-dawn hours at the Dalí nightclub in the province of Tr

In Miami, president calls for regional cooperation to counter Chinese economic and political interests Donald Trump changed the channel from Iran to the western hemisphere on Saturday, convening a gathering of Latin American leaders at his Miami-area golf club to discuss regional interests and estab

Thursday's general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.

Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890s Descendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Cambri

Seyed Ali Mousavi tells Laura Kuenssberg Iran's response depends on the actions of the US and Israel.

California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia California’s superintendent is calling for the return of a hearing-impaired six-year-old after he, his mother and his five-year-old sibling were detained on Tuesday while reporting for their ch

Flights in and out of Nairobi Airport have been disrupted while some roads in the capital are submerged.