
Russia will host the 2018 World Cup.

The races to host both the 2018 and 2022 World Cup have gone to the wire Thursday, with no candidate emerging as a lock to secure the vote of the FIFA executive committee.

It was an unlikely accolade: the first ever mention for a pita-and-falafel joint in one of Europe's leading culinary guides.
Members of the FIFA executive committee, who elect the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts on Thursday:

Years ago, the biggest question you'd get while flying was "coffee or tea?" Now it's "naked body scan or aggressive pat-down?" Behind that dilemma is the real choice. It's the one too many Americans have been unwilling to face: Should we "profile" - i.e., concentrate our security efforts on the individuals more likely to pose a threat? Or do we continue with the absurd fiction that every man, woman and child stands an equal chance of being a terrorist?
David Beckham hopes he can provide some of the same magic for England's 2018 World Cup bid that he did for London's successful campaign to host the 2012 Olympics.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined criticism of a BBC investigation into FIFA because it could potentially harm England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
There is no such thing as "pure chocolate," the EU high court ruled Thursday, ending an EU-Italy food fight over chocolate labels.
Federal prosecutors in Belgium said Tuesday 10 suspects have been detained in an anti-terror sweep in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.