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Leagues Cup to hold matches in Mexico for first time

Leagues Cup to hold matches in Mexico for first time

Lionel Messi's Inter Miami will face Mexican sides Atletico San Luis, Monterrey and Leon on the first phase of the 2026 Leagues Cup, which will feature matches in Mexico for the first time. The fourth edition of the tournament featuring clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX

Conservative Anglicans press opposition to Church's first woman leader

Conservative Anglicans press opposition to Church's first woman leader

Conservative Anglican bishops opposed to the Church of England appointing a woman as its head for the first time said Thursday they had created a new body to lead them. The Global Anglican Future Conference, or Gafcon, named Laurent Mbanda, the archbishop of Rwanda, as the chairman of the new

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka has offloaded crew of an Iranian navy vessel and assumed countrol of it, the South Asian nation's president said Thursday, a day after a deadly US submarine attack on another ship. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised address that his country's navy

Mideast war traps 20,000 seafarers, 15,000 cruise passengers in Gulf

Mideast war traps 20,000 seafarers, 15,000 cruise passengers in Gulf

Around 20,000 seafarers and 15,000 cruise ship passengers are stuck in the Gulf because of the Middle East war, the UN's International Maritime Organization told AFP on Thursday. The shipping regulator's secretary general Arsenio Dominguez said that the "IMO is ready to work

French policeman to be tried over 2023 killing of teen

French policeman to be tried over 2023 killing of teen

A French policeman who shot and killed a teenager at point-blank range in 2023 outside Paris, sparking nationwide protests, will stand trial for violence that led to death, an appeals court said Thursday. The officer was initially to appear in a criminal court with a jury on the more

More flights take off despite continued fighting in Middle East

More flights take off despite continued fighting in Middle East

Fewer commercial flights were cancelled Thursday in the Middle East despite continued military strikes, with more than 100 flights taking off from the United Arab Emirates, according to a specialist data firm. The United States and Israel launched a campaign of air strikes against Iran on Saturday, killing its supreme

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine and Russia each freed 200 prisoners of war on Thursday, the first part of an exchange that will see them swap 500 people each in total, officials said. The two sides agreed to the exchange during talks in Geneva last month, both sides said. Prisoner swaps are one of