Iran soccer team departs for Mexico ahead of World Cup as some team officials denied U.S. visas, Iranian officials say

Iran’s World Cup soccer team set off from Turkey for their training base in Mexico on Saturday, with some members of their entourage reportedly still without U.S. visas, before three group matches in the U.S. later this month. The Iranian Football Federation’s secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 … Read more

Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sudden shakeup at the Pentagon has left the U.S. Navy without its top civilian leader, with an acting official stepping in immediately. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is leaving his post. PENTAGON’S NEW PRESS RULES MAY BE ‘BRIDGE … Read more

NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash abruptly departs, says he was fired by the White House

National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB’s initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term. Days after the NTSB added its fifth board member, Inman was fired by the White House Presidential Personnel … Read more