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With their country going through conflict and economic crisis, the World Cup is a welcome distraction for many people in Yemen.

The Chinese government on Monday tightened security in several cities including Beijing and Shanghai where several hundred people, part of rare demonstrations held across China, took part in protests over the weekend against strict Covid-19 restrictions and police treatment of citizens caught in lockdowns.

The volcano accounts for over half of the land mass on Hawaii’s ‘Big Island’ and is more known for hot lava flows than sky-high eruptions.

The world’s largest active volcano is erupting for the first time in 38 years. Communities below Mauna Loa in Hawaii are watching with concern. Al Jazeera's Heidi Zhou-Castro reports.

A London museum is returning its collection of 72 Benin artefacts - the first institution in the UK to do so on such a scale. British soldiers stole thousands of artefacts in the late 19th century from the Kingdom of Benin, which is now in Nigeria. In recent years, museums in Germany, France and the US have repatriated artefacts looted during colonial wars.

Rescue workers in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, are searching for dozens of bodies buried in a landslide on Sunday. People were attending a funeral when an embankment collapsed, killing at least 14 people.

On Tuesday England and Wales play their first-ever clash at the World Cup. Wales must win big to have a chance of progressing. The rivalry between the two British nations goes back centuries. But when it comes to their border, nothing is straightforward.

Police in China has moved against protests taking place in multiple cities across the country, as authorities in some areas began to modify the harsh COVID-19 restrictions that are fuelling the unrest. There was a heavy police presence in cities where protests had been held, with officers in Shanghai moving to detain several demonstrators and taking them away in a bus. Barriers were also erected along the street to prevent people from gathering. The anger erupted after a fire in a tower block in Urumqi in the far western region of Xinjiang in which 10 people died after being overcome by toxic smoke.

The USA and Iran go head-to-head in what many people are calling the most politically charged game of the World Cup, but many of their fans believe that politics should stay out of football.

Five Palestinians, including two brothers, have been killed by Israeli fire during separate incidents in the occupied West Bank. The two brothers killed on Tuesday were identified by the Palestinian WAFA news agency as Jawad and Dhafr Rimawi, aged 22 and 21. Wafa said they had been killed by Israeli fire during confrontations with troops near the village of Kafr Ein, west of Ramallah. The Palestinian Prime Minister says the incidents are a “harbinger of things to come”.

Australia is conducting a census of the Great Barrier Reef. The census is a groundbreaking citizen science effort to survey the Great Barrier Reef. The program has collected more than 50,000 images of the heritage site.

Forget Paul the Octopus. Qatar has Shahine, who’s forging its own path of predictions through the desert... just not towards the winning teams.

China has launched three astronauts into space aboard the Shenzhou-15. They’re set to complete China’s first-ever crew handover in orbit at the Tiangong space station.

The USA is advancing to the knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after beating Iran 1-0 on Tuesday. In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of the action: The USA is advancing to the knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after beating Iran 1-0 on Tuesday.

In the US, two leaders of the right-wing Oath Keepers group have been convicted of seditious conspiracy. Founder Stewart Rhodes and head of the Florida chapter, Kelly Meggs, were accused of instigating an attack to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's election victory.

An Israeli soldier has been jailed for 10 days and suspended for taunting an Israeli activist in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Another soldier was also suspended after being filmed throwing an activist to the ground and punching him.

The United Nations has appealed for international help to stop a deadly outbreak of cholera in Haiti. More than 11,000 suspected cases have been recorded since the outbreak began in October. Doctors say armed gangs are preventing patients from accessing life-saving treatment.

A school in rural India has been shortlisted for an award at the annual World Architecture Festival. The design — inspired by an old city — is engineered to endure extreme desert temperatures.

Qatar 2022 has many unique features. One of them is the football fashion. Al Jazeera's @Natasha Ghoneim went to Doha's Souq Waqif, where fans are showing their team spirit, Qatari style.

France is already through to the last 16 and is expected to beat Tunisia. But despite the bitter colonial past between the two countries - the love of the game prevails.