Omar Artan is refereeing Wednesday’s Super Cup final in Salzburg between PSG and Aston Villa. The game is being played against a backdrop of tension between the European soccer governing body and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino
Civil rights organizations warn that visa problems for players and officials and fans’ fears of possible stadium raids are hurting the tournament experience
FIFA’s aim, in the largest and most commercialized World Cup in history, is for soccer to take root definitively in the United States, a market of 350 million people
The head of OCHA warns from Madrid that aid reaching Gaza is insufficient and regrets that Israel has been very ‘critical’ of his work and of the UN
The memories of the war against Somalia continue to haunt the secessionist territory in the Horn of Africa. Today, Somaliland is seeking international legitimacy, with the help of Israel
In recent days there have been several attacks against vessels sailing off the coast of the African country, including four kidnappings
The president has turned this group — which he blames collectively for a massive public‑assistance fraud — into one of his favorite targets. More than 95% of its members are US citizens
The Somali-born politician, a target of the Republican’s insults for years, spoke out a day after a man sprayed her with liquid at a public event
Benjamin Netanyahu has angered many by establishing relations with the breakaway region of Somalia in a move that could reshape the Horn of Africa and the Middle East
A classified version of Washington’s controversial National Security Strategy proposes creating a new forum of powers that would exclude the Old Continent
UNICEF estimates that since 2013, some 19,000 children associated with armed groups in the Central African Republic have been reintegrated. Thousands more are still waiting to leave. This is their story, told in their own words
President Trump has ordered stricter immigration policies and deployed 500 more soldiers to Washington
There are very few Somali refugees in Spain. However, some have been arriving to the islands of Formentera and Mallorca by way of Algeria
Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela are some of the nations whose citizens will no longer be able to enter US territory
Channel 4 takes six Britons with intense and controversial viewpoints to places like Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, and Kenya to experience first-hand the tragedy of displaced people
Thousands of former military personnel are hired for large sums to fight in wars or to serve as private security abroad. The network behind this business is in the government’s sights
A study warns that these events, which claimed more than 570,000 lives and included the heat waves of 2022 and 2023, were more severe and likely due to global warming
With Russia lurking and diplomatic channels failing, Washington is preparing to redeploy its troops from Nigerien soil while pressure from the Chadian army threatens to end its operations
Ship boardings have risen since November due to disrupted maritime traffic from Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen
Bancroft Global Development, which has military training experience in Somalia, acknowledged discussions with the Central African Republic, which is seeking to ‘diversify’ its security relations
A radical Islamist militia said that the men kidnapped in Kenya five years ago died in a U.S. drone strike, but the Cuban government has yet to confirm this
Torrential rains in Somalia have left more than a million people displaced, struggling to survive in camps where persons with special needs face cholera and other diseases
In addition to the war in Gaza, other flashpoints in this strategic area include piracy, the conflict in Sudan and territorial disputes between Ethiopia, Somalia and Somaliland
The nordic country accused Russia of deliberating ushering the migrants to its normally heavily controlled border
Al-Shabab intensified attacks on Somali military bases in recent months after it lost control of some territory in rural areas
A Doctors Without Borders report warns of a huge shortfall in meeting the global need caused by armed conflict and climate change
Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan… The list of conflicts and crises has never been longer or more dire. In the Gaza Strip, at least 5,000 children have been killed in just two months, with thousands more left orphaned and over 3,500 women and children still missing under the rubble, according to the U.N.
