National

Ahead of the World Cup, many international fans were skeptical of the idea of the U.S. as co-hosts for soccer’s biggest tournament. There were worries over visa access, high costs, gun violence, a lack of local interest in the sport and more.

The scrapping of plans for U.S. and Iranian negotiators to meet in Switzerland on Friday created new uncertainty about the timing of talks that will seek to turn a memorandum to end more ​than three months of war into a more permanent peace deal.

The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their war on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump threatening to resume attacks and kill Iranian officials if they failed to honor their ​commitments.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on takeoff on Monday at Edwards Air Force Base in ‌Southern California’s Mojave Desert, bursting into flames and killing all eight crew members aboard, Air Force officials said.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Doubts swirled around the U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as shippers said it could take weeks for confidence to return after any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and fundamental questions remained unanswered.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said ‌the crash occurred near the Butler Memorial Airport, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Kansas City, Missouri.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and Iran have reached a deal to end their ​war, President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted on Sunday.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. and Pakistani leaders forecast a Sunday signing of a long-elusive framework agreement to end months of fighting between the United States and Iran, ‌but Tehran cast doubt over the timing and hardline protesters in Iran voiced opposition.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and Iran signaled that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed ​on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in coming days.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) — A memorandum between the United States and Iran to halt the war in ​the Gulf could be signed as soon as Sunday, a Western source told Reuters on Friday, with Geneva emerging as the likeliest venue.