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Kuwait's Sons of Yusuf on turning Gulf conflict and oil into hip-hop history
The National 21 Jun 2026

Kuwait's Sons of Yusuf on turning Gulf conflict and oil into hip-hop history

For more than a decade, Sons of Yusuf have made songs that sound like Kuwait remembering itself. The Kuwaiti hip-hop duo’s music carries the humour, cadence and cultural texture o…

Backstage at Gorillaz' epic, one-off stadium show: 'The vibe is ridiculous'
BBC 21 Jun 2026

Backstage at Gorillaz' epic, one-off stadium show: 'The vibe is ridiculous'

It's Friday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and he's in the middle of rehearsals for Gorillaz' first ever stadium show - a multicultural, multimedia pop extravaganza, with mor…

US and Iranian negotiators head to Switzerland for talks
DW 21 Jun 2026

US and Iranian negotiators head to Switzerland for talks

US Vice President JD Vance is en route to Switzerland for talks with Iran's delegation in the mountain resort in Bürgenstock. Follow DW.

Trump official says Iran World Cup visa approval ‘amazing’
Al Jazeera 21 Jun 2026

Trump official says Iran World Cup visa approval ‘amazing’

The chief of the White House World Cup task force says it’s “pretty amazing” Iran’s football team has been given visas.

The power of music: How we became the conductors of the soundtracks of our lives
Le Monde 21 Jun 2026

The power of music: How we became the conductors of the soundtracks of our lives

Although listening to music is a more widespread cultural practice than reading books or playing video games, it is less often a subject of debate. Yet the way we listen has evolv…

French teachers find it a growing challenge to inspire a love of reading among students
Le Monde 21 Jun 2026

French teachers find it a growing challenge to inspire a love of reading among students

French literature teachers have lamented a growing crisis within their classrooms. They argue that the traditional, formal nature of certain exercises and the list of required cla…

Overplaying Strait of Hormuz card will turn Iran into a pariah state
Al Jazeera 20 Jun 2026

Overplaying Strait of Hormuz card will turn Iran into a pariah state

Analyst Alexandru Hudisteanu warns that Iran’s overuse of Strait of Hormuz as leverage could transform the strategic chokepoint from a deterrence tool into an instrument of extort…

World Cup 2026: Who is Deniz Undav? German striker with Kurdish roots scores twice against Ivory Coast
The National 21 Jun 2026

World Cup 2026: Who is Deniz Undav? German striker with Kurdish roots scores twice against Ivory Coast

A second-half double from substitute Deniz Undav fired Germany to a last-gasp 2-1 win over Ivory Coast to secure a place in the last 32 of the World Cup on Saturday night. Julian …

Tourists eager to return to Dubai after travel warnings scrapped
The National 21 Jun 2026

Tourists eager to return to Dubai after travel warnings scrapped

Dubai's tourism sector is primed to bounce back as a US-Iran peace plan takes shape. Interest from British tourists in travelling to Dubai has already spiked after the UK governme…

Kahramanmaraş: The city where every home produces a poet
Hürriyet 20 Jun 2026

Kahramanmaraş: The city where every home produces a poet

Let us consider a city. A place that is both provincial and central. Quiet, yet resonant. A city whose poets are recorded in biographical anthologies, whose madrasas produced scho…

France bans alcohol consumption at music festival events under red headwave alert
BBC 21 Jun 2026

France bans alcohol consumption at music festival events under red headwave alert

The annual Fête de la Musique celebrations draw millions to the streets but the most serious heatwave warnings have been issued for 35 of the country's departments.

US and Iranian officials set to begin peace talks in Switzerland
The National 20 Jun 2026

US and Iranian officials set to begin peace talks in Switzerland

The Swiss government announced on Saturday that diplomats were in Burgenstock to facilitate the start of US-Iran negotiations, as officials from Washington and Tehran travelled to…