The leader of the Shi’ite sector in Lebanon, Musa al-Sadr, mysteriously disappeared in Libya in the 1970s. A new book…
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When I first visited Saudi Arabia in early 1994, I was amused to see that its government was busily promoting…
KUWAIT, Jan 21 (KUNA) — The Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) has failed to fulfil its “assigned role” to forestall a…
The immediate price of such actions may be the further alienation of an important component of Saudi Arabia: its Shiite…
France is trying to catch up on Prime Minister’s Valls blunder on a TV show last Saturday. PM Valls, apparently…
By Simon Cox BBC News The world tennis authorities have admitted they took no action to pursue 28 top-level players, including…
Said Seraj Mirdamadi has been imprisoned in Iran since May 2014 on charges of threatening national security and propagandizing against…
Some might say that the spirit of the modern age, at least in the developed West, is all about an…
Former foreign minister Jean Ping will officially announce his candidacy for the presidential election of Gabon. Sources said Mr. Ping…
Imam Moussa al-Sadr, an Iranian-born cleric, in the 1970s. Mr. Sadr, who lived in Lebanon and became an ardent…
By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC – Saudi King Salman Al-Saud plans to abdicate his throne and install his son Mohammed…
It would be a great loss- human, cultural, scientific, and religious- for Europe (France in particular) if it were to…
FIFA ethics investigators said on Tuesday they planned an appeal that could extend eight-year bans on world soccer body president…
By taking an overcautious approach in Syria, the president has highlighted America’s failure to have an open discussion about the…
Having a permanent military foothold in the Gulf will put Turkey in an elite group of powers, but more presence…
The prince’s latest foreign policy initiative is to confer with Islamabad, presumably seeking help with Iran, and potentially including military…
Saudi Arabia is using soccer and its influence in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to expand its campaign to isolate…
LONDON (AP) — The son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack and two Russian officials were banned from track and…
Although the latest Kurdish offensive runs the risk of spurring direct Turkish intervention, it could also help isolate Islamic State…
A tritium device, maybe … or maybe not Robert Beckhusen North Korea claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear —…
By Liam Morgan The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee has recommended suspended secretary general Jérôme Valcke be banned for…
Unless the Obama administration demonstrates stronger resolve in responding to Iranian aggression, the Saudis and other Gulf monarchies will continue…
Saudi Arabia and Iran, highlighting the domestic drivers of mounting tension that threatens to deepen and complicate sectarian and multiple…
Written more than two thousand years ago, texts by ancient Greeks still have a major impact on the modern militaries…
U.S. officials concerned that Iran-Saudi conflict could undermine broader efforts in Middle East By JAY SOLOMON WASHINGTON—The sudden upheaval that shattered…
The Assad regime in Damascus has depended on Lebanon’s Army of God to shore up its weakened troops. But now…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani suffered in the run-up to crucial elections in early 2016 what amounted to at least a…
Two weeks ago, former IAAF president Lamine Diack confessed to a French judge that he had sought 1.5 million Euros…
By Liam Morgan FIFA Presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has called for the immediate publication of lawyer Michael…
We are still waiting for the IOC President Thomas Bach to strip Mr. Hickey from his special position as a…
Effort to limit violence and get president to relinquish power failed By NOUR MALAS and CAROL E. LEE The Obama administration…
Working alongside Russian forces will likely enhance the group’s ongoing shift toward a more offensive-minded strategy, with significant implications for…
Photo caption: IOC President Thomas Bach talking to Russia’s president Putin and Azerbaijan’s ruling couple Mehriban and Ilham Aliyev at the…
John Kerry, the sixty-eighth Secretary of State of the United States, was born to a temperament of wintry rectitude. He…
By SAM BORDEN Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, two of the most powerful figures in global soccer, were barred from…
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Four years after the United States Treasury and Justice Departments forced the closure…
By Harry Sherlock The former Arsenal goalkeeper could only stand and watch as he was lobbed in the first-half,…
Notorious terrorist was reportedly deemed a ‘ticking bomb’ by Israel and the West; rejected by Hezbollah, he planned attacks as…
Luis Figo and Robert Pires scored for the International All-Star XI David Beckham, Alessandro Nesta and Roberto Carlos also featured …
India buys the Triumf, which can kill everything that’s not stealth within 155 miles India is set to buy five…
Foreign Affairs Although Algerians are lukewarm to the prospect of a managed succession, they are even less willing to…
Muslim Brotherhood review: statement by the Prime Minister First published: 17 December 2015 Statement by David Cameron on the findings of…
Qatar spent six times what England spent on its bid for the 2018 World Cup, and almost 12 times the…
A real national commonwealth demands an authentic national narrative that recognizes the multiplicity of cultural, religious, and social foundations, but…
As various forces converge against the main rebel supply line in northern Syria, Russia’s wooing of the Kurds could make…
By Hussain Al-Qatari | AP December 11 KUWAIT CITY — A Kuwaiti sheikh who is a major powerbroker in the Olympics and…
ARON LUND On November 14, the International Syria Support Group, a gathering of nations meeting in Vienna, decided to work…
By PRESS ASSOCIATION The International Olympic Committee has said it fears the criminal investigation into FIFA could overshadow the credibility…
On Sunday evening, December 6, President Barack Obama attempted to assure Americans that he is applying the right array of…
KUWAIT, Dec 10 (KUNA) — Public Authority for Sports (PAS) Deputy Director General Humoud Fulaiteh on Thursday laid responsibility on…