Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, responded to criticism about the high ticket prices for the tournament. He also said that while it was 'unfortunate' that Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the US, people needed to 'chill.'
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a news conference at the stadium in Mexico City, June 10, 2026, a day before the opening World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa.
In response to the US strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said they struck US targets on bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. Iran's military command, meanwhile, said the Strait of Hormuz is now 'completely closed.'
USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles from an unknown location, as the US launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran, the US military said on Wednesday, in this still image obtained from a handout video released on June 10, 2026.
The summit, which will be held next Tuesday, will focus on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and on rebuilding 'consensus' on support for Ukraine, the French president said.
France and Germany announced the official end of the joint combat aircraft project, known as 'FCAS', on Monday, with the two at odds over the future of defense cooperation.
Presentation of the FCAS project in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, Florence Parly, then France's minister of the armed forces, and Ursula von der Leyen, then Germany's defense minister, at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget (northeastern Paris suburbs), on June 17, 2019.
The deal brokered by Donald Trump in October 2025 promised an immediate end to hostilities and unlimited humanitarian aid. In the eight months since then, the Gaza Strip has plunged further into a humanitarian crisis, claiming its victims every day.
Abir Abou Younis stands over the body of her 14-year-old son, Moustafa, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026.
This handout picture released by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026, shows France's Defence Minister Catharine Vautrin and her Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas signing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) during the informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Nicosia on June 8, 2026.
With revenue of €306.2 million, Groupe Le Monde's 2025 accounts, approved on May 19, reflect a robustness that demonstrates the effectiveness of a strategy implemented for more than a decade.
New Yorkers have been swept up in excitement for their basketball team in recent weeks. Throughout the city's streets, Knicks blue-and-orange shirts, caps and accessories have bloomed since the start of the playoffs, while bars have been packed with fans on game nights.
Several videos captured the violent clashes that broke out in Belfast on Tuesday night, June 9, during anti-immigrant protests. The unrest came a day after a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese refugee, seen in a video widely shared on social media.
In an interview, Estephan Salameh warns that the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Israel's refusal to transfer customs taxes collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority risk triggering the collapse of vital sectors such as education, health care and security.
President Emmanuel Macron said it was 'obvious there were clear dysfunctions' in the justice system's handling of the case of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old girl who was found dead, and that 'trust in our institutions' was 'at stake.'
The new administrator of the theater institution explains in an interview how he plans to promote the troupe's activities throughout France and forge partnerships with other venues, such as the Louvre.
In an interview with Le Monde, sports historian Patrick Clastres criticizes the lack of response from FIFA and other international bodies, calling it 'a form of subjugation.'
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan officiates during an Africa Cup of Nations match between Algeria and Mauritania in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, on January 23, 2024.
Russian, Israeli and Iranian filmmakers should not be threatened with erasure to atone for crimes committed by governments they often fiercely oppose, argue a group of film figures, including Natalie Portman, Justine Triet and Jacques Audiard, in an open letter.
Pop singer Patrick Bruel has spent 48 hours in custody after being arrested on Monday. A judge said Bruel was charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. Prosecutors requested that Bruel be put in pre-trial detention.
French actor and singer Patrick Bruel poses on the sidelines of the 7th edition of the Cinema and film music festival in La Baule, western France, on June 24, 2021.
The US military launched a 'proportionate' response Tuesday evening to the attack that brought down an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. Yet the US president, who still hopes to reach an agreement with Tehran, appears determined to avoid further escalation.
Travel bans, sending sick Americans to Europe, a quarantine center in Kenya: The drastic measures Washington has implemented to prevent a single Ebola case from entering the US have come under fire from several scientists.
Protesters chant slogans during a march organized against a quarantine center dedicated to the Ebola virus, built by the US and scheduled to open at the Laikipia Air Base, in Nanyuki, Kenya, on June 9, 2026.
Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer with a troubled history, has built a following in Maine, where is he seen as a blunt, anti-establishment candidate who can unseat Susan Collins, a five-term Republican senator, in November.
Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner and his wife Amy Gertner wave to supporters as they arrive to Platner's Primary Election event, in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9, 2026.
Emboldened by renewed support from Iran, the Shiite movement is aiming to influence the conditions under which the crisis is resolved and reclaim its previous central role in Lebanese politics.
Portraits of Shiite political leaders, including former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (killed in 2024), next to a poster paying tribute to a Hezbollah fighter, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on June 5, 2026.
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