Mexico

Time to go home: Iran's World Cup dream ends after Austria's last-gasp equalizer sends them out

Uncertainty over visas and Iran's conflict with the US meant the team had to commute from their tournament base in co-host Mexico to the United States for their three group games.

Iran's Shoja Khalilzadeh scores a goal past Egypt's Mostafa Shoubir that was later disallowed, June 26, 2026.
Security personnel and emergency responders stand at the site where a car rammed through a crowd of Mexico soccer fans, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in this handout released on June 25, 2026.

Vehicle hits crowd in Mexico's Cabo San Lucas at World Cup gathering, city hall says

Inglewood, California, USA; New Zealand forward Elijah Just (11) and Iran forward Mohammad Mohebi (8) battle for the ball in the first half during a Group G match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Los Angeles Stadium, June 15, 2026.

Iran team to enter US two days before matches in FIFA World Cup 2026, ahead of critical Egypt game

A woman cleans a glass cabinet with a baby Jesus statue dressed in a version of the national soccer team jersey at a church in Mexico City June 12, 2014. Catholic soccer fans pray before the statue, which believers say has granted miracles in the past.

Soccer fans flock to Mexico City cathedral to pray to 'Soccer baby Jesus' for World Cup victory


Mexico's cartels exploit loopholes in US energy business for fuel smuggling

Cartel-linked smugglers are moving cut-rate diesel from the US into Mexico using falsified customs records, fake companies, and tanker ships disguised as legitimate trade.

Members of Mexico's National Guard patrol along the primary fence on the Mexico-US border, in Tijuana

What can the Israel team expect if it reaches the FIFA World Cup 2026?

The Israeli team is ready to play in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

Fiery accident leaves 15 dead in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

The accident, which occurred on the highway between Merida and Campeche, killed passengers traveling in a trailer, a car, and a taxi.

Fiery accident leaves 15 dead in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, September 14, 2025.

Tanker truck explodes on Mexican highway, killing three and injuring 70

The city's fire department said the flames had been fully extinguished in and around the overturned tanker trailer, which had been hauling liquefied petroleum gas.

A man walks nex to the charred remains of a trailer, one of the vehicles damaged in a gas tanker explosion on Ignacio Zaragoza Avenue, where multiple individuals sustained burn injuries after the tanker overturned, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 10, 2025.

Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads guilty to US charges

The charges stemmed from his decades-long role leading the Sinaloa cartel alongside imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder facing U.S. drug trafficking charges, allocutes to U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan at federal court in New York City, New York, U.S., August 25, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

1,000 protesters take part in 'Mexico for Palestine' march, call to sever ties with Israel

The protesters were almost all clad in keffiyehs, and were carrying Palestinian flags, as well as signs and figures of infants to represent the children killed during the war.

A sign is seen at a "Mexico for Palestine" protest in Mexico City, calling for the end of the war in Gaza and severing Israel-Mexico relations.

FBI returns a 500-year-old Cortés document to Mexico

Archivists discovered 15 pages missing in 1993; agents traced one to the United States, seized it at an undisclosed location, and said no one will face charges.

The Cortez manuscript.

Trump intensifies trade war with 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico

Earlier this week, Trump issued new tariff announcements for a number of countries, including Japan, South Korea, Canada and Brazil, as well as a 50% tariff on copper.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House last week. Because Trump is so hard to characterize neatly, we should think twice before jumping to conclusions as to where his tariff policies are headed, says the writer.

Three artists, three questions: Interviews amid sirens from Iranian missiles

Three Israeli artists, from different generations and with very different approaches and backgrounds, answered my three questions.

 Chen Nucher

US pushes Mexico to prosecute politicians with ties to drug cartels

The requests seek to push President Claudia Sheinbaum's government to investigate current elected officials and launch an unprecedented crackdown on narco corruption.

Demonstrators seen during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 8, 2025