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The Iranian football team began their World Cup campaign under the shadow of a war with the United States. They soon became collateral damage in the conflict with strict conditions on their visas to the US and other difficulties. Now, as a peace deal emerges between the US and Iran, experts have asked what this could mean for Team Melli – as the Iranian squad is known – in the tournament.Although World Cup hosts have been at war with other nations at the time of tournaments, and Argentina was also in the midst of the Dirty War during the 1978…

An employee counts genuine South Korean 50,000 won banknotes in this arranged photograph at the Counterfeit Notes Response Center of KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2017. The won advanced for the first day in four as top U.S. national security officials sought to damp down talk of am imminent war with North Korea following days of heightened rhetoric. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFew workers can say that their bonuses have been so large that the country’s central bank takes notice. But in South Korea, that phenomenon is playing out as workers from tech industries…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance said years spent chasing academic, professional and financial success ultimately left him searching for something deeper, leading him back to Christianity and eventually to the Catholic faith he practices today.”I was really worried about where I went to school and what kind of job I had and what kind of money that I made. But I felt like that wasn’t making me a good person, whereas the Christians in my life seem to have it figured out,” Vance told Fox News Digital in an interview as his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Luigi Mangione withdrew a proposed psychiatric defense in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson just hours before he would have been required to provide prosecutors with additional information about his mental condition Thursday.Lawyers for Mangione, 28, sent a one-sentence letter to the court, telling Judge Gregory Carro that they were withdrawing a notice made public just a day earlier that signaled plans to pursue a psychiatric-based defense in his state case. There was no explanation.The about-face may have been Mangione’s idea, according to Randolph Rice, a Maryland-based attorney and legal analyst…

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Malaysia’s national energy firm Petronas will be involved in the development of two major gas blocks, “solidifying Malaysia’s position as a respected energy player globally”, Anwar said in a Facebook post.Petronas, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd, is deepening its presence in the Caspian Sea with a production sharing agreement covering offshore blocks 19 and 20, the company said in a media release on Friday. The agreements were signed with Turkmenistan state concern Turkmennebit and state enterprise Hazarnebit.Petronas also signed a cooperation agreement on “2D seismic studies for the Northern Offshore Blocks”, it said.Anwar and Turkmenistan President…

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The friendship between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush was on display again Thursday at the Obama Presidential Center’s opening ceremony in Chicago. Ahead of the ceremony, Bush gifted Obama a tin of Altoids in a callback to one of their viral moments at the funeral for Sen. John McCain in 2018. The former president was caught sneaking Obama what was later said to be a cough drop during the funeral. “President Bush and I, we are forever seatmates because of protocol, that’s how we sit at all the official functions, so he is my partner in…

FBI arrests first suspect on ‘most wanted fraudsters’ list First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli joins ‘Saturday in America’ to discuss the ongoing fraud crackdown and multiple arrests made on suspects who allegedly stole hundreds of millions of dollars. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fugitive accused of running a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy has been captured overseas and returned to the United States, becoming the second suspect taken into custody from the FBI’s new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list.Federal officials said Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, was arrested in the Philippines…

The World Cup looks different this year not only because it’s being played across three countries, but thanks to a new addition sparking a heated debate: hydration breaks. FIFA introduced the three-minute pauses in each 45-minute half, effectively creating four unofficial quarters.Soccer’s governing body says the measure is necessary to protect players from heat and humidity, with climate change creating more extreme conditions for athletes.But some coaches and players are questioning whether the move is really about player safety or profits.“I think it’s probably making some more money for FIFA, a hydration break turned into a commercial break,” said Canadian defender Alistair…