Iran vs New Zealand: World Cup team news, start, lineups and where to watch
After uncertainty over their participation and a disrupted build-up, Iran are set to begin their World Cup campaign.
Belgium v Egypt live: World Cup 2026
Follow our live build-up, with full team news coverage, ahead of our text commentary stream.
Is Beijing planning to make more drones overseas for Middle Eastern buyers?
AdvertisementChina’s military weaponsChinaMilitary Is Beijing planning to make more drones overseas for Middle Eastern buyers? Norinco displaying a model assembly…
World Cup 2026: Spain vs Cape Verde prediction, schedules, latest news
Spain, Belgium, Uruguay and Iran begin their campaigns as off-field stories also shape the World Cup.
Israeli attack on Gaza City tent camp kills several Palestinians
Israeli attack on Gaza City tent camp kills several Palestinians.
Hamas says won’t surrender arms but only police will carry weapons in Gaza
Hamas official Husam Badran, in an exclusive interview, lays out what the group is ready to do ahead of Cairo…
‘Disgraceful’: Egypt jails activist Douma after article on Egypt’s prisons
Rights group PEN America says Douma's 'case embodies part of an escalating crackdown on writers in Egypt'.
‘Trapped’: Gaza patients flown to Iraq stuck in administrative limbo
Palestinian patients stripped of their documents are confined inside a Baghdad medical centre.