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Issa Diop makes Morocco debut only hours after receiving clearance and turning down Senegal advances.Published On 28 Mar 202628 Mar 2026Amid the controversy over Senegal being stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title and Morocco being declared winners, the international debut of Issa Diop proved something of an irony as well as a public relations coup.The Fulham defender was born in France and played for the country at the Under-21 level, but on Thursday had his application to switch nationality to Morocco approved by the world football governing body, FIFA, and was immediately drafted into the starting lineup for…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The House of Representatives passed a stopgap measure that would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security late Friday, but the 43-day shutdown could drag on for several more weeks.The two-month funding extension approved by the House is likely dead on arrival in the Senate, where any funding bill needs to overcome a 60-vote threshold, meaning buy-in from a handful of Democrats. That hurdle has not stopped House GOP leadership from arguing that their rejection of a Senate-passed deal — and pitching a subsequent rival DHS funding proposal — is the way…
Russian drone attacks on Odesa and Kryvyi Rig have killed several people and damage civilian infrastructure as the war in Ukraine grinds on.
To reach the Cloisters, the museum of medieval art in Upper Manhattan, you climb a wooded hill in Fort Tryon Park, the sounds of the city receding as you go. I had forgotten about the hill, about how one minute you’re on Broadway and the next you’re following switchbacks through the trees, transported to somewhere else — a hiking trail? a fairy tale? — a world away from sidewalks and subways.I was at the museum because friends who were in from out of town wanted to go, and I was more than happy for a reason to visit the unicorn…
As the U.S.-Iran war nears the one-month mark, the fragile global oil market has emerged as a key leverage point for Iran — and some shipping and insurance experts don’t expect the situation to return to normal until the war winds down significantly.Since the start of the conflict, Iran has threatened to hit ships that travel without its permission through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula that normally carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil. More than a dozen Iranian drone and missile strikes have been reported on ships in the region.Many shipping…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Chicago Police Department chief of detectives says that a bill introduced in the Illinois state house just one day before Sheridan Gorman was killed has the potential to be detrimental to police in the state by banning the use of any biometric identification systems.Police arrested Jose Medina-Medina, 25, on Friday after he allegedly killed Loyola University Chicago student Gorman, who was 18, early on Thursday morning. Medina-Medina is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who first entered the U.S. in 2023, when he was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol and released…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is eligible for a sixth season of college football after a Mississippi judge denied an NCAA appeal.The NCAA formally rejected his request for a sixth year of eligibility Jan. 9 because he and his team could not provide evidence he had an “incapacitating injury or illness” when he did not play for Division II Ferris State in 2022 because of apparent respiratory issues.Chambliss then sued the NCAA, and a judge ruled last month that the NCAA “operated in bad faith” by trying to keep Chambliss ineligible for…
The Sunshine Coast Lightning have celebrated a tense one-goal win for the second consecutive week, this time beating the NSW Swifts.
Ms Fadiah said she was stopped at the Woodlands immigration checkpoint on Mar 22. According to her Instagram post, she had been invited by her former supervisor to deliver a guest lecture on her PhD thesis. She described her scholarly work as examining the intellectual history of decolonisation and anti-imperialism.After failing to pass through the automated gate, she was told she was not allowed to enter the country and would be deported.ICA’s purported notice of refusal of entry, which she posted online, stated she was “ineligible for the issue of a pass under current immigration policies”. In a response on Friday evening…
New home minister says arrest of former leader is the ‘beginning of justice’.Published On 28 Mar 202628 Mar 2026Nepal’s police have arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-Home Affairs Minister Ramesh Lekhak over their alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters last year.The detentions on Saturday came a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his cabinet were sworn in after the first elections since the 2025 uprising that toppled Oli’s government.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“They were arrested this morning and the process will move forward according to the law,” Kathmandu Valley police spokesman…
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