HEARTBROKEN Andriy Yarmolenko admits he cannot focus on football as he faces up to the horrors of the war in Ukraine. The   West   Ham ace has started playing again after being given compassionate leave as he desperately tried to keep his family and friends safe from danger. But in a harrowing interview, the frightened Ukrainian forward,…

GARETH BALE is one of three Wales big-hitters being nursed ahead of Thursday’s World Cup date with destiny. The Dragons captain took part in training on Tuesday in a major boost before the play-off semi- final tie with Austria in Cardiff. But Bale, as well as Aaron Ramsey and Ethan Ampadu, had their workload carefully…

RAHEEM STERLING got the royal seal of approval on Tuesday — now England fans should start treating him like a king. Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Sterling is underappreciated by supporters because he is unfairly judged against world-class strikers, when he is actually a winger. Manchester City star Sterling spent time with Prince William in the Caribbean…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reached out to the US military about taking away President Trump’s nuclear authority, an ask that may seem reasonable on the surface, given the violence at the Capitol this week. But she’s playing a dangerous game with America’s national security. In a letter to House Democrats Friday, Pelosi told her…

Abe Shinzo, Japan’s longest-serving and most consequential prime minister in decades, has resigned from his post over health complications. After weeks of speculation fueled by recent hospital visits, Abe made official what many suspected: Though his chronic ulcerative colitis is not life-threatening, he is just too sick to govern. “I don’t want to make mistakes…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas repeatedly argued on Sunday that the United States’ border with Mexico is “closed,” amid a marked increase in immigrant arrivals, particularly of unaccompanied minors. Reports emerged Sunday that the administration has at least 15,500 unaccompanied minors in custody — 10,500 in the care of the Department of Health and Human…

After months of earthquakes, a long-dormant volcano in the southwest of Iceland erupted on Friday night, leading to dramatic videos and splendid red skies near the country’s capital city. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption near Mount Fagradalsfjall, about 20 miles southwest of Reykjavik, took place at 8:45 pm. Though considered small, the…

As lawmakers consider how to prevent future violence in the vein of January’s attack on the US Capitol, the debate has largely turned on one point: whether the US should create a new criminal law penalizing acts of domestic terrorism. There are existing federal laws that criminalize domestic terrorism. The Patriot Act, which was enacted…

North Korea tested its first missiles since President Joe Biden took office, launching two short-range projectiles last weekend off the country’s west coast and into the adjoining Yellow Sea. But you won’t find the Biden administration threatening “fire and fury” any time soon. In fact, two senior US officials waved off suggestions that the test…

If the first meeting between the Biden administration and Chinese officials last week underscored anything, it’s that the US and China are unlikely to be friendly in the years to come. The two sides’ views of how the world should run are diametrically opposed — and competition more than cooperation will guide how Washington and…