Seattle’s plan for the June 26 game to be a “Pride Match” was made before the World Cup draw. Egypt said the move may ...

Egypt’s Football Association said on Tuesday it had sent a letter to FIFA urging the governing body to prevent any LGBTQ+ ...

Young women in postrevolutionary Iran used audacious acts of public dance, particularly during the past decade, to resist ...

EGYPT and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to Fifa over a World Cup football ...

FIFA is facing pressure from Iran and Egypt after Seattle designated their 2026 World Cup match as a “Pride Match,” aligning ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran's capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched ...

More Iranian women are choosing to forgo the country's mandatory hijab. This shift was unthinkable just a few years ago in ...

Iran’s “water bankruptcy” has pushed its largest city to the brink, raising questions about cloud seeding, cloud theft, ...

Seattle Pride organizers say their programs will proceed on that day, suggesting that FIFA might move the game between Egypt ...

The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to ...

The organizers “did not take these warnings seriously” and violated “public decency,” a public prosecutor told state media.