DOHA, Qatar—Switzerland advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup for the third tournament in a row after a 3–2 win over Serbia on Friday. Remo Freuler scored the winning goal just after halftime as the Swiss secured second place in Group G. They will next face Portugal on Tuesday at Lusail Stadium. Xherdan…

DOHA, Qatar—Xherdan Shaqiri took off as soon as the ball hit the back of the net. It was no surprise where he was headed after scoring the first goal in Switzerland’s 3–2 win over Serbia on Friday, a result that put his team into the round of 16 at the World Cup for the third…

AL WAKRAH, Qatar—Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to rescue his side by scoring one superb goal and creating another as they fought back to draw 3–3 with Serbia on Monday, a result that kept both sides’ slim chances alive at the World Cup. Serbia’s Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scored in first-half stoppage…

LUSAIL, Qatar—Richarlison scored two goals, the second with a spectacular acrobatic kick, to help Brazil beat Serbia 2–0 Thursday at the World Cup. In the 73rd minute, the striker used one touch to get the ball up in the air and then spun around and got off the ground before knocking the ball into the…

Two women died and at least 10 people were injured on Thursday after a suspension footbridge collapsed into a river in central Serbia, according to local media reports. The accident happened in the town of Ovcar Banja when a bus reportedly carrying visitors from Bosnia stopped for a break near the bridge over a local…

Two women died and at least 10 people were injured on Thursday after a suspension footbridge collapsed into a river in central Serbia, according to local media reports. The accident happened in the town of Ovcar Banja when a bus reportedly carrying visitors from Bosnia stopped for a break near the bridge over a local…

The governments of Hungary and Serbia have agreed to invest in a pipeline to allow oil to flow to Serbia from the Russian Urals through the Druzhba pipeline. Oil shipments via Croatia were hit under the new energy sanctions on Russian by the European Union, according to the government in Budapest on Oct. 10. The…

Twitter has allegedly suspended the accounts of seven Serbian embassies and a consulate in the United States, officials said on Monday, calling the move “unacceptable.” Serbia’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the accounts of the embassies of the Republic of Serbia in Armenia, Iran, Indonesia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Ghana, and Kuwait, as well as the Consulate…

Commentary A previous opinion piece discussed how the world had treated the Republic of Kosovo differently to the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. This different treatment reveals the existence of a double standard with regard to secession and self-determination of ethnic groups under international law. While the West welcomed the secession of Kosovo from…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday described as “unprecedented” a move by three eastern European countries to block his plane from traveling to Serbia, adding that he had yet to receive an explanation for their decision. He said that he would instead invite his Serbian counterpart to visit him in Moscow, adding: “The main…