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World Cup Preview: Heavyweights and Dark Horses Collide

Three huge games to watch out for coming up at the FIFA World Cup

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Two of the tournament favourites are in action

Bus sinks in Erbil's river, 2 rescued, one missing

Two passengers rescued, a third passenger still missing

Search continues for a missing passenger after a bus veered off the road and plunged into a river near the village of Razan in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

Regional airspace updates as Middle East tensions ease

Syria, Iraq and Iran restore flights after temporary closures amid regional tensions

Regional air routes resume after Iran halts strikes

Iran missile fire prompts airspace closure in region

Regional skies shut as Iran launches missiles toward Israel

Missile barrage on Israel forces neighbouring countries to close airspace

18 dead as Iraq pilgrim bus bursts into flames

Pilgrim bus was heading to Karbala to visit the Imam Hussein shrine

The bus was transporting passengers to the holy city of Karbala to visit the Imam Hussein shrine when the collision occurred.

The AFC stars set to shine at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

A record number of AFC nations will compete at this summer’s tournament

Check out the key players from the AFC nations competing at this summer's FIFA World Cup

Iraqi kills wife, her brother in Baghdad assault

Several others injured as suspect used gunfire and hand grenades

A man has killed his wife and her brother and injured several others. Preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect was under the influence of crystal methamphetamine when he carried out the assault.

Kirkuk building collapse kills two, injures 19

Rescue teams pull survivors from under rubble

Civil defence teams rushed to the scene, managing to pull a number of workers from the rubble and recover the bodies of two workers

7 killed, 20 injured in horrific multi-vehicle crash

Cement tanker crash sets off chain collision of around 35 vehicles

Horrific crash involving cement tanker and 35 vehicles occurred in Iraq's Kirkuk on Sunday evening.

Trump: US to hit Iran 'extremely hard' for 2-3 weeks

Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said there were no negotiations with the US

US President Donald Trump

Trump says US to leave Iran 'very soon', deal or not

US threatens further military escalation against Iran as war enters its fifth week

Trump warns US may strike Iran’s energy infrastructure as Netanyahu avoids war timetable

Iran: No negotiations held with the US during war

Trump says US could ‘take oil in Iran’ and seize Kharg Island as oil prices rise

Portraits of Hezbollah's late leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin, Hashem Safieddine, are seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026.

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