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'Football Belongs to No Individual': Three Confederations Accuse Infantino as Trump Rushes to His Defence
UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC — three of FIFA's six confederations, whose presidents are also FIFA vice-presidents — accuse Gianni Infantino of breaking trust "through deception" and demand an independent review of the abandoned plan to sell a stake in the World Cup. CAF and CONMEBOL did not sign. That evening, Donald Trump said replacing him would be "a terrible mistake".
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The 12 August Total Eclipse Puts Spain in the Shadow — and Under the Strain of 446,000 Visitors
On Wednesday the path of totality crosses Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, where no total eclipse has been seen since 1905. Madrid expects 446,000 extra visitors; small towns fear wildfires and Ibiza fears saturation. France will top out at 99% obscuration, Algeria at 98.6%. Elsewhere the same event becomes a timetable, an eye-safety warning or a horoscope.
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Netanyahu Rejects Trump's 15-Point Gaza Plan and Ties Any Withdrawal to Hamas Disarming
"Israel rejects the 15-point document." At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu formally refused the roadmap published on 31 July by Donald Trump's Board of Peace and accepted by Hamas. No withdrawal before "genuine" disarmament, and no Palestinian state while he is in office. On the ground, though, Israel has scaled back its strikes since 3 August. Elections fall on 27 October.
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Infantino Faces Favouritism Allegations from His UEFA Years as FIFA Denounces a 'Concerted Effort' to Weaken Him
The Telegraph reports that UEFA paid a six-figure settlement to a former employee with whom Gianni Infantino is said to have had a relationship while he was its general secretary. UEFA confirms the payment, Infantino denies the claims 'categorically', and FIFA denounces a 'concerted and ongoing effort'. Northern Europe wants him gone; Africa and South America back him.
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Houthis Strike an Aramco Refinery in Saudi Arabia as the UN Condemns and Yemen's War Reignites
On Sunday, Houthi forces claimed a drone strike on the Aramco refinery at Jazan on the Red Sea; Riyadh said the fire was out with no casualties. The same day, shelling of the port of Mokha killed at least seven people. Two days earlier the UN Security Council had condemned Houthi fire on the kingdom since 13 July. A conflict frozen since the 2022 truce is reigniting, two days after the Riyadh-Ankara-Islamabad defence pact.
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Iran Sets Six Conditions for Reopening Hormuz as the Revolutionary Guards Call the Strait a 'Theatre of War'
On Saturday the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council published six preconditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: an end to the war, the lifting of the naval blockade and of sanctions, the withdrawal of US forces, compensation for war damage and the release of frozen assets. On Sunday the Revolutionary Guards hardened the line while Oman negotiated a temporary shipping corridor and Washington spoke of 'some progress'. A fifth of the world's oil is waiting.
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Spain imposes its own border checks on Italy, which refuses to back down
Madrid gave Rome until 9 August to lift the checks imposed on 1 August, then acted: controls on travellers from Italy until 7 September. Italy extended its own. Behind the quarrel lie at least 141 dead at Ceuta, 1,342 unaccompanied minors, and an investigation into Russia-linked accounts. Twenty-two countries order these three threads differently.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign the Mecca defence pact
On 7 August 2026, Mohammed bin Salman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Shehbaz Sharif signed an agreement at Al-Safa Palace stating that an armed attack on any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack on them all. Riyadh insists it is 'neither a military axis nor a sectarian bloc'; thirteen countries read it differently, and Iran, its implicit target, is absent from the account.
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Israel resumes strikes on south Lebanon as the Rome talks continue
On 5 August 2026 Israel resumed strikes on southern Lebanon and ordered the evacuation of Mansouri, citing a ceasefire violation; the next day the IDF announced two reservists killed, its first losses since 28 June. At the same moment the seventh round of US-brokered talks was under way in Rome. Twelve countries order these facts differently — and the Arab world is missing from the account.
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Abdul El-Sayed Wins the Michigan Democratic Primary Despite $30 Million From AIPAC
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed, 41, narrowly defeated moderate Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary with roughly 49% of the vote. AIPAC had put $30 million behind his opponent, its largest investment ever in a single race. Thirteen countries, from Jerusalem to Ankara, do not tell the same victory.
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Gianni Infantino Abandoned by European Football, Backed by Africa, Facing UEFA Legal Threats
After pulling his plan to sell World Cup stakes to private investors, Gianni Infantino's re-election has gone from settled to uncertain: Wales, England, Serbia and Jordan have withdrawn their backing, UEFA is threatening FIFA with legal action, and both Arsène Wenger and the secretary general have distanced themselves. Twenty-one countries read the same crisis — Europe a fall, Africa a position to hold.
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