Morocco pulls off a shock win over the Netherlands to become the main favorite for the 2026 World...

A sensational victory by the Morocco national team over the Netherlands in the 2026 World Cup match has sparked widespread interest in international media: now “Atlas Lions” are no longer seen as just a “dark horse” of the tournament. Experts and journalists unanimously acknowledge that the Moroccan team has turned into one of the main contenders for the championship, displaying top-class football and an incredible will to win.

A man holds a Palestinian flag next to Israeli military vehicles during a raid in Tulkarm in the West Bank occupied by Israel on 22 August 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

EPA13040836 A Belgian customs officer inspects e-commerce parcels at a customs sorting facility at Liège Airport in Liège, Belgium, on 16 June 2026. Starting 1 July 2026, the European Union plans to introduce a temporary three-tier tax for a two-year period on every low-value online-traded item, assessed at less than €150, when importing into the EU—a measure that primarily affects shipments from Chinese online platforms. Belgian customs officials said that in 2025, more than 1.35 billion e-commerce parcels were transiting through Liège Airport, and that the airport handles up to 25 percent of incoming Chinese goods to the European market. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

A Boeing 777 of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 with registration 9M-MRO flies over Poland on 5 February 2014. The MH370 flight, carrying 239 people, lost contact with radar screens at around 1:30 a.m. on 8 March 2014, less than an hour after departing from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. There were no reports of bad weather or technical problems. Photo taken on 5 February 2014. REUTERS/Tomasz Bartkowiak (POLAND — tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER)

Morocco goalkeeper No. 01 Yassine Bounou stops a penalty taken by Netherlands forward No. 24 Krizencio Summerwill during the penalty shootout in the Round of 16 match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between the Netherlands and Morocco at the Estadio Monterrey in Guadalupe on 29 June 2026. (Photo: Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)

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A Palestinian boy walks through the ruins near a displaced persons camp in Nuseirat in the central part of the Gaza Strip on 28 June 2026.

A ship in the Strait of Hormuz, photographed from Musandam in Oman, 29 June 2026. Reuters/Stringer

Refugees on a truck in Beirut (Anadolu Agency)

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PHOTO FILE: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a press conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured) at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, 16 February 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/FILE

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This handout photo released by the Syrian presidential media office shows Syrian President Ahmed ash-Sharaa (left) meeting Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Husain in Damascus on 29 June 2026.

Ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port of the city of Khasab in the north of Musandam in Oman, on 17 May 2026. Washington, drawn into a conflict with Tehran since U.S. and Israeli forces launched major strikes on the Islamic Republic beginning 28 February, has faced difficulties breaking the deadlock and achieving even some progress toward ending the war that has rocked the Middle East and driven energy prices higher. The war has led to an effective blockade of the critically important Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20 percent of the world’s oil exports pass in peacetime, and it has also pulled in neighbors—Israel and Lebanon—into a deadly spillover conflict. (Photo AFP) /

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$Palestine — Gaza — Al-Shifa hospital — operator Yasser Al-Banna — exclusively for Al Jazeera Net — four children from the Aliawe family receive treatment for fractures and multiple injuries after their home was struck while they slept during the days of the holiday$ Small explosive drones have become one of the most dangerous threats faced by the Israeli army (Al Jazeera).

Small explosive drones have become one of the most dangerous threats faced by the Israeli army (Al Jazeera).

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LONDON, ENGLAND — 29 JUNE: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he hosts a roundtable with representatives from the hospitality industry at 10 Downing Street on 29 June 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali — WPA Pool / Getty Images)

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Israeli military vehicles drive through destroyed buildings in Lebanon after Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement following negotiations mediated by the United States, as seen from northern Israel, 27 June 2026. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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Police in Monaco patrol near the site of an explosion in a residential building in Monaco, near the French border, on 29 June 2026.

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Presidential candidate of the Fuerza Popular party Keiko Fujimori (right) holds up a ballot with election results while speaking next to the party’s campaign team head Luis Dyere (left) at Fujimori’s campaign headquarters in San Borja district in Lima on 24 June 2026.

MONGBWALU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — 27 May: A mother and her daughter process gold-bearing tailings at an artisanal mining site on 27 May 2026 in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Artisanal gold mining is the city’s main economic activity: it draws workers from across the region and provides thousands of households, but the mobility of mining communities creates additional challenges for surveillance and Ebola response measures. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) send rapid response teams to strengthen infection prevention protocols and safe burial practices. Even so, reduced support has weakened readiness on the front line, and transmission is now outpacing the ability to contain it locally. The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is caused by the Bundibugio virus, for which no approved vaccines exist. The highest number of cases has been reported in eastern Congo — Ituri province, bordering Uganda. Global health leaders have expressed serious concern about the ability to contain the outbreak in a region that is already dealing with a humanitarian crisis, where highly mobile populations have been forcibly displaced due to conflict and economic factors. (Photo: Michel Lunananga/Getty Images)

Andy Burnham, the Labour candidate for the Makerfield constituency in the United Kingdom, gestures to supporters during a by-election in Makerfield, England, on Thursday, 18 June 2026, where voters choose a new Member of Parliament and Andy Burnham of the Labour Party is the leading contender. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

The Israeli army’s main battle tank Merkava crosses barbed wire as it enters a buffer zone patrolled by the United Nations and separating Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, near the UN checkpoint Kuneitra, on 2 March 2025. (Photo by Jalaa Marei / AFP)

A wounded man is taken to Nasser Hospital after an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on 29 June 2026.

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Football — FIFA World Cup 2026 — Group I — Senegal — Iraq — Toronto Stadium, Toronto, Canada — 26 June 2026 Iraq national team players pose for a team group photo before the match IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/John E Sokolowski

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A Taliban movement guard fighter stands next to an anti-aircraft gun, waiting for possible strikes by Pakistan’s air force in the Ter Zai area in Host province on 2 March 2026 (French).

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on 29 September 2025. President Donald Trump intends to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during high-stakes talks at the White House on Monday to agree to a fading Gaza peace plan.

Source: Sadaj organization page on X https://x.com/SadajYemen/status/2071566956205834595?s=20 Post text: From a solidarity rally and protest organized today by journalists in the city of #Marib against the crimes of killing journalists in #Yemen. The rally featured portraits of a number of journalists who were killed in recent years, and the authorities called for the prosecution of those responsible and bringing them to trial.

Palestinian displaced people return on foot from the southern part of the Gaza Strip to the north through the Netzarim axis and along Al-Rashid Street starting at 07:00 local time. (Ali Jadallah — Anadolu Agency)

Take a look at intricate cloud patterns in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere in a new image taken by the NASA Juno spacecraft.

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