The Rest of the World Report | Wednesday, June 24, 2026 — Evening Edition

Africa's referee of the year was turned away at Miami with a valid visa. Iraq's star striker was detained for seven hours at O'Hare. Iran's team commuted from Tijuana. 147 of 150 Ghanaian fans were denied visas. European teams walked through. FIFA banned South Africa for apartheid. It banned Russia for invading Ukraine. It stripped Indonesia for objecting to one team. Now it says immigration is a matter for host governments. The countries being excluded are African, Muslim-majority, and predominantly non-white. The principle applies selectively. The UN documented 295 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since January 2025 — 67 of them children. Israeli settlers carried out 2,803 attacks. 40,702 people have been displaced. These numbers are published every month. They are almost never reported in American media. The Iran war did not happen in isolation. The West Bank did not pause while it did. Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill today — passed by veto-proof margins in both chambers — because he wants a voter ID law first. On the same day, the Postmaster General confirmed under oath that USPS will not deliver mail ballots to states that refuse to hand their voter rolls to the Trump administration. The rule is proposed, not final. It faces legal challenges. The Trump administration has lost nine of nine court fights on voter roll access so far. Noncitizen voting in federal elections is already illegal."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe