Africa

Vozinha’s seven-save effort helped a determined underdog secure one of the most memorable results of the tournament’s opening week.

After its historic semifinal run in 2022, Morocco enters this tournament with ambitions of competing for the title.

Follow the latest news from the World Cup as the opening ceremony unfold in Mexico City and gameplay begins with Mexico vs. South Africa and South Korea vs. Czechia.

The woman had been granted court protection against deportation to Iran after judges ruled they faced credible fears of persecution on the basis of politics or religion, lawyers said.

Omar Artan, 34, was meant to be the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup. Instead, he says, he was questioned for hours about a militant group and then denied entry to the U.S.

The attackers “moved through the area, opening fire on residents and community members at multiple locations before fleeing the scene in the same vehicle,” police said.

Protestors accuse the U.S. of offloading the risk of caring for those exposed to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

Anti-migrant protest groups have said they’ve set a June 30 deadline for foreign nationals who are in South Africa illegally to leave.

Experts said they hope the CDC report will help galvanize the response to the crisis.

Opposition figures say the rally planned for Thursday was intended to protest what they call constitutional violations and efforts by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to extend his tenure. The government has rejected the allegations.