France vs Morocco: Key talking points ahead of FIFA World Cup quarterfinal

France will face Morocco in the World Cup quarterfinals at Foxborough Stadium, outside Boston in the US, on Thursday in a rematch of the 2022 World Cup semifinal won by Les Bleus.

Pakistan locates wreckage of Boeing 737 cargo plane that went missing off coast

Pakistan has located the wreckage of a Boeing cargo plane, the country’s airports authority said, adding that rescuers were searching for the five crew members on board when the aircraft went missing.

More or less protein? What to eat to get you through a heatwave

"There's no need for more protein in a heatwave," says Aisling Daly, senior lecturer in nutrition at Oxford Brookes University.

But if you fancy it, some of the most common proteins will need cooking (like meat, chicken and fish) and that can be off-putting in the heat. Even an outdoor BBQ can be too hot to handle.

At UN, Cuba rallies support against ‘ruthless’ US blockade

Diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana have widened in recent months.

Cuba has denounced the “ruthless” US embargo against the island during a United Nations General Assembly debate.

“The government of the United States is carrying out against Cuba a multi-dimensional, non-conventional warfare that has already lasted for almost seven decades now and has become ever more cruel and more ruthless during the last seven months,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez told the UN on Tuesday, slamming the blockade’s “collective punishment” of the population.

Childhood on hold: How Gaza’s children spend a summer without play

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – In a partially destroyed building in western Gaza City, Faten Nabhan sat, surrounded by her six school-age children, taking a brief rest after a morning spent filling water containers from the trucks that visit the camp.

Cannabis smuggler knows most of his drugs mules 'will get caught'

Suppliers are running industrial-sized operations in parts of the world where laws governing the cultivation of cannabis have been relaxed - including Thailand, Canada and parts of the US - and illegally importing multiple-kilogram loads to the UK for "huge profits".

Syria grapples with unrest as government faces old and new threats

Damascus was rocked on Tuesday by explosions during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first European Union leader to visit the country since forces led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa deposed Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

French far-right leader Le Pen says will run in 2027 presidential election

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said she will run in France’s 2027 presidential election after a court shortened a ban on her running for office, reopening the door for the 57-year-old to take part.

Tornadoes kill 17 in central China as Typhoon Bavi looms offshore

Severe rain and winds lash southern Guangxi and central Hubei provinces, with President Xi urging an ‘all out’ response.

Tornadoes and storms battering central China have killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, with President Xi Jinping calling for “all-out” rescue efforts, state media is reporting.