Jordan’s arrival at the World Cup is the culmination of decades of patient effort by one man, but also a moment of solidarity for his nation and its diaspora.

Saying tech companies were “not doing enough” to keep youths under 16 off their platforms, the government announced tougher fines and new powers for a regulator.

The deal called for Iran to “make arrangements” for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has interpreted that to mean it can designate which routes ships take.

Dong Guangping, a critic of the Chinese government who fled to South Korea by sea last month, has reached Toronto, where his family lives.

Bahrain said it had come under attack by Iranian drones, an apparent retaliation after the United States launched strikes on Iranian military sites overnight.

Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.

The menu offerings at Kuugaq Café, owned by immigrants from the Philippines, speaks to the increasing diversity of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

Expectations are now rising over the role the United States will play in helping Venezuela, which had already been laid low by decades of misrule.