Egypt advanced past the group stage at the World Cup for the first time while Iran will have to wait one day to find out its fate after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw

It was an awkward lead-up to the World Cup match between Egypt and Iran in Seattle after the game was designated as a Pride Match.

Local organisers have designated the game as a Pride Match because it falls on the Friday before Pride Weekend, which celebrates diversity and the LGBTQ+ community.

U.S. forces launched airstrikes against Iranian missile and drone storage locations Friday in what Central Command called a “powerful response” to “unwarranted aggression.”

Iran reasserted its right on Friday to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and ​warned Gulf states against siding with the U.S., a day after an attack on a ship near Oman highlighted the fragilit...