GURBULAK, Turkey, – The Iranian women’s soccer team crossed the Turkish border into Iran on Wednesday to complete a fraught return journey from Australia, after five members withdrew asylum claims they had lodged there. Australia had granted humanitarian visas to six players ​and one support staff member after ​they sought asylum, saying they feared possible...

WASHINGTON- Intelligence briefings reviewed by Reuters have warned of the potential for extremists and criminals to target the World Cup at a time when hundreds of millions of dollars of approved security funds have been delayed, causing U.S. preparations to fall behind. The previously unreported briefings from U.S. federal and state officials and FIFA, the...