Japan fans cleaned their seating area after the national team’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in their World Cup opener in Texas on June 15, picking up litter and placing it in bags before leaving the stadium.
Thousands of users worldwide reported difficulties accessing Facebook on Friday night as a service disruption affected the platform and other Meta-owned applications, including Messenger and Instagram.
The United States launched additional military strikes against targets in Iran on Wednesday on the orders of President Donald Trump, as negotiations aimed at ending the more than three-month conflict stalled and tensions in the region intensified.
The Jeju Island government resumed its inter-Korean exchange program after a 16-year suspension by sending 160 million won ($105,000) worth of agricultural, medical and forestry supplies to North Korea, officials announced Monday.
Saudi Arabia has lifted a five-year ban on Lebanese imports, Saudi and Lebanese officials announced on Wednesday, in a move aimed at restoring economic and diplomatic ties between Lebanon and Gulf states.
Pope Leo XIV will bless the new central tower of the Sagrada Familia on Wednesday and celebrate Mass inside what is now the world’s tallest church.
Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said.
Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that sexual abuse within the Catholic Church remains “an open wound” as he arrived in Spain for a seven-day state visit that will include a meeting with abuse victims.
The U.S. military shot down four Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and later struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in a retaliatory operation, U.S. Central Command said, as tensions escalated between the two countries amid an already fragile ceasefire.
Growing concern over missing children in Kenya has prompted renewed scrutiny of the country’s child protection systems after families, child welfare groups, public figures and authorities cited reports of disappearances, abductions, trafficking and abandonment across the country, according to official data and public statements released this year.