By taking an overcautious approach in Syria, the president has highlighted America’s failure to have an open discussion about the…
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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…
Hassan Khomeini has made himself unpopular wuith hardliners by suggesting his grandfather’s revolution was hijacked Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran…
Following the Prisoner’s Sixth Surgery Arash Bahmani The news announcement that Mehdi Karoubi – a leader in the protests against…
By Athoob A Alshuaibi KUWAIT: As preparations at Jaber Stadium continue in full swing ahead of its opening on Dec…
By EMILY B. HAGER and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries…
Carlo Ancelotti will manage Ronaldinho, Paul Scholes, Robert Pires and Carles Puyol when the Football Champions Tour hits Kuwait. Ronaldinho,…
‘Bare, Naked, Nude,’ a new exhibition recently opened at Istanbul’s Pera Museum, includes academic studies of 44 artists from different…
Nicholas Linn Egypt’s got plans for Libya — to eradicate the Islamists and set it under the firm, autocratic control…
With the growth of the Islamic State have come voices for the United States and Western countries to engage with…
Lifelong language study can change a person. It enriches one’s life, especially if it is a relatively difficult language requiring…
By REBECCA R. RUIZ, MATT APUZZO, SAM BORDEN and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM The investigation into corruption and bribery in…
Of Turkey’s near-dozen neighbors, there is just one that Ankara really fears: Russia. This is rooted in history stretching back…
4 Things We Learned From This Week in International Sports Corruption On the eve of FIFA’s executive committee meeting that…
By Jack Goldstone As world leaders gather in Paris this week to address climate change, they will labor under the…