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A glitch on Fifa's official ticketing platform distributed roughly 60 World Cup 2026 tickets at no charge — then the governing body voided them and presented fans with the full bill.
NASA confirmed Thursday that a Russian crew member is working to contain a worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station, some 250 miles above Earth, as astronauts stand ready to evacuate.
Lenacapavir, a biannual injectable shown to be nearly 100 percent effective in trials, is rolling out across South Africa — but dose shortages and slashed American funding threaten to cap its reach.
Washington announced the agreement Wednesday night after a fresh round of diplomacy, but Hezbollah moved swiftly to repudiate the terms, leaving the truce in doubt.
The former Trump national security adviser faces up to five years in prison and a fine after agreeing to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of classified information.
The Iranian-French graphic novelist whose memoir of revolution and girlhood became a classroom staple and an Oscar-nominated film has died, her publisher confirmed Wednesday.
The CBS News editor in chief said Scott Pelley had broken the newsroom's trust — and offered little in the way of sympathy for the veteran anchor's departure.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a House committee Tuesday the administration anticipated Iranian retaliation but judged a nuclear-armed Iran the greater threat.
Washington is preparing fresh duties targeting countries including the UK, invoking forced labour grounds after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's earlier tariff package in February.
Netanyahu held off a strike on Beirut under direct pressure from President Trump but vowed to press the campaign against Hezbollah, raising fresh doubt over ongoing Iran peace talks.
Maria Montserrat Alvarado takes the top post overseeing the Vatican's news site, radio station, and press office in a milestone appointment for the Roman Catholic Church.
Moscow followed seven days of public warnings with a major strike on the Ukrainian capital, a sequence analysts say was engineered to grind down civilian morale before the first missile flew.
Defence Secretary John Healey told the House of Commons on Monday that a British soldier was killed during a training exercise in northern Iraq, the latest fatality among UK forces deployed to the region.
Crude prices jumped sharply Monday after U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged direct military strikes, rattling energy markets even as diplomatic back-channels reportedly remained open.
The UK government released more than 1,000 pages of documents Monday relating to Peter Mandelson, the former diplomat sacked over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
The mass departure of legal staff has stripped several federal agencies of basic counsel capacity, with former government attorneys now swelling state AG offices and advocacy groups across the country.
The White House hardened its proposed framework for an Iran nuclear agreement, with officials saying the move was designed to pressure Tehran into accepting current terms quickly.
The magazine that styles itself the conscience of British conservatism has found its summer mascot in an American rapper whose public conduct would embarrass a bare-knuckle saloon.
FBI and local police met the Chicago-to-Minneapolis aircraft after an unruly passenger attempted to breach the flight deck late Friday, forcing an emergency diversion.
From St Albans crown court to the streets of Manchester and Manhattan, ordinary people are suing councils, filling craters themselves, and turning bad tarmac into a full-blown political flashpoint.
The Gunners take on the reigning European champions at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on Saturday night, chasing the one trophy that has eluded the club in its 139-year history.
Anthropic and OpenAI have each found their way into the 2026 midterms through super PACs loaded with technology money, and the word they reach for is not profit — it is democracy.
Scotland's former first minister told the BBC she feels punished despite no conviction, as the SNP embezzlement scandal continues to cast a shadow over her public life.
The former DUP leader's defence team told Belfast Crown Court a letter sent to a complainant was unrelated to any of the 18 charges he faces, including one count of rape.
American companies have skirted at least $40 billion in taxes since early 2025 using schemes routed through Malta, Bermuda, and Cyprus, with the White House now moving to ease enforcement.
A Virginia federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration from moving any money into a loosely controlled, opaque settlement fund pending further legal arguments.
Four days out from what would have been her centenary, those who knew her best are pushing back against the myth and describing the woman underneath it.
The European Commission found the Chinese-owned retailer failed to manage risks posed by dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers sold through its platform.
A man being conveyed to a court hearing in Hertfordshire died after leaving the vehicle he was travelling in and entering a live railway line, prompting an independent watchdog referral.
Jimmy Kimmel spent a segment on May 26 dissecting Donald Trump's absence from Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamian nuptials, landing on a punchline about island travel that the studio audience appeared to find self-explanatory.
A draft memorandum circulating between Washington and Tehran would lift the US naval blockade and restore shipping through the world's most critical oil chokepoint, Iranian state television reported Tuesday.
Charities are urging the public to stay out of open water after at least nine people died during the ongoing UK heatwave, with emergency services responding to incidents at rivers, lakes, and coastlines across the country.
American forces hit mine-laying vessels and launch sites during active Doha peace talks, drawing a sharp condemnation from Tehran over what it called a deliberate violation of the ceasefire.
A human rights organization has accused the United Arab Emirates of serving as a staging ground for foreign fighters entering Sudan, where a catastrophic civil war has killed tens of thousands since April 2023.
Immigration raids inside Dominican maternity wards have pushed pregnant Haitian women into backyards, shacks, and roadside settings with no medical supervision and no safe way out.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is sending the Competition and Markets Authority after the gap between what the government promises parents and what providers actually charge them.
The US president called on regional nations to formally recognise Israel as part of any Iran settlement, while Tehran denied a deal is close despite reported progress in talks.
Argentine authorities detained the trio on suspicion of hitting homes belonging to high-profile athletes across the United States, including Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Thames Valley Police are investigating an allegation that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor behaved inappropriately towards a woman at Royal Ascot during the Queen's Golden Jubilee year, according to a Sunday Times report published 24 May 2026.
The U.S. president declared the Iranian blockade will remain in full force, days after claiming a peace deal was largely in place, as an Israeli strike destroyed a civil defence facility in southern Lebanon.
A vehicle packed with explosives detonated beside a passenger train in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, leaving at least 23 dead and dozens wounded.
French border officials suspended enhanced EU entry checks at Dover on Sunday after sweltering bank holiday crowds faced waits of several hours at the port.
As Wegovy and its rivals go mainstream, experts say the so-called GLP-1 look is quietly but decisively redrawing the cultural map of attractiveness.
The Justice Department confirmed it removed news releases on Capitol attack prosecutions, calling the material outdated — erasing a public record of hundreds of federal cases.
The bank's chief executive issued a public apology after a recorded remark describing certain employees as lower-value human capital sparked immediate backlash inside and outside the firm.
The brand that promised to show you exactly where your $98 shirt came from has found a new home, and they will absolutely not be showing you that.
A mass funeral prayer drew thousands to a San Diego park Wednesday for the three men shot dead at a local mosque on Monday, mourners calling them protectors who died shielding their community.
Tehran releases a territorial map asserting military oversight across more than 22,000 square kilometres of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil shipping lanes.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has dismissed multiple employees after an investigation found they unlawfully accessed the medical records of victims from the 2023 Nottingham attacks.
The order marks a sharp reversal from the administration's earlier hands-off stance, inserting federal oversight directly into the development of artificial intelligence models.
Scott Vincent Borba, who helped build a cosmetics brand now valued in the billions, will be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest this week following what he describes as a mystical encounter twelve years ago.
The IRS reached a $1.76 billion settlement with a sitting president's businesses, and the Treasury that paid for it belongs to the same taxpayers now funding his ballroom.
Jane Adetoro, 36, and sisters Christina and Rebecca Walter, 32 and 31, died in the sea off Brighton in an incident now under active investigation.
NATO's supreme allied commander declared the intercept a full success after alliance jets shot down an unidentified drone over Estonian territory, as Ukraine and Latvia rejected Russian claims of planned attacks.
Officers are investigating historic child sex abuse allegations dating to the 1980s and 1990s following the court-ordered release of documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
Steven Rosenbaum's meditation on the coming crisis of misinformation turned out to contain fabricated quotes generated by artificial intelligence — a fact uncovered by the New York Times before the author launched his own investigation.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned Washington this week that any military strike on the island would produce consequences he called “incalculable” for regional peace — a word choice that arrived alongside a three-digit drone count.
The US president told Iran it faces total destruction if it fails to reach an agreement, as the UAE blamed Iran or its proxies for a drone strike near a nuclear facility.
A rare strain of Ebola is tearing through a conflict-hit corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the combination of geography, violence, and viral biology is making containment feel almost impossible.
Russia reports one of the largest Ukrainian drone strikes on the capital region since the war began, as Kyiv frames the attack as direct reprisal for Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
Two officers were seriously injured and 14 people arrested after thousands of Celtic fans flooded Glasgow city centre following the club's fifth consecutive Scottish Premiership title win.
Ukrainian drones killed at least four people, including three near the Russian capital, and wounded a dozen more in what local officials called one of the biggest such attacks of the war.
Federal charges against Mohammad al-Saadi have alarmed intelligence officials who say Iran may be directing proxy networks to plan strikes inside the United States and beyond the Middle East.
A punishing, prolonged heatwave across Pakistan and India has pushed temperatures far above seasonal averages throughout April and May, stretching emergency services and killing an undisclosed number of people.
Kash Patel faces mounting criticism after reports he snorkeled near the wreck of the USS Arizona, a federal protected site holding the remains of more than 1,000 service members.
A Melbourne-to-Dallas Qantas service made an unscheduled landing in Tahiti after a passenger allegedly bit a flight attendant and exhibited disruptive behaviour across the long-haul route.
Five prime ministers consumed by one office in under a decade raises a simple question: if the job keeps killing the jobholder, is the problem the candidates, or is it the job description?
Temperatures across southern Pakistan have run far above seasonal norms for weeks, pushing millions of people through a grinding daily ordeal that forecasters and residents alike say is becoming the new baseline.
A Melbourne-to-Dallas flight diverted to Tahiti after a male passenger allegedly bit a flight attendant and caused sustained disruption, resulting in a permanent Qantas travel ban.
The much-anticipated return bout lasted less time than most fighters' pre-fight routines, with Ronda Rousey submitting Gina Carano via armbar before the crowd had settled.
The two leaders met in Beijing on Wednesday for high-stakes talks covering trade, economic cooperation, and Iran, with security locked down across the capital ahead of the summit.
The Health Secretary resigned Thursday with a blistering attack on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership, calling openly for a contest to replace him.
The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed Alex Murdaugh's double-murder conviction not because the evidence failed, but because the person running the courtroom allegedly tampered with the jury.
Armed commandos entered the Philippine Senate building Tuesday after gunshots were fired, as officers moved to detain a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court.
A federal appeals court has halted Donald Trump's $83.3 million defamation payment to writer E Jean Carroll, pending a Supreme Court decision on whether to take the case.
Tim Miller spent four decades looking for answers after his teenage daughter vanished in 1984 near the Texas “killing fields” — a notorious stretch of land south of Houston tied to dozens of unsolved deaths.
Jess Phillips and two other Labour ministers resigned Monday after the Prime Minister told cabinet he will not leave office unless a formal leadership challenge is mounted against him.
The Trump administration awarded a no-bid contract for Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool repairs now priced at $13.1 million — more than seven times the $1.8 million figure the president initially cited.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, entered a not guilty plea Monday on charges of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the Washington correspondents' dinner.
Authorities discovered six dead inside a railroad freight car in Laredo on Saturday, with the cause and circumstances of their deaths not yet established.
Crude prices spiked sharply after President Trump dismissed Iran's latest ceasefire offer, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed to global energy traffic.