Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) paid a brief, but extremely lucrative, visit to South Korea on November 16, signing about $75 billion worth of investment agreements in less than 24 hours.
Arab soccer fans in Qatar are ensuring their Israeli counterparts know their place at the first World Cup in the Middle East, by refusing to interview with Israeli journalists, heckling, and in some cases, even resorting to violence.
Students from a Muslim school in London were taught a popular song about the Islamic apocalypse, when all Jews must be massacred, for an Iranian propaganda video, the London-based Jewish Chronicle (JC) reported.
The U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) infuriated Iranian officials by briefly using an Iranian flag that lacked the Islamic Republic’s symbol.
The Hamas terror group praised an 11-year-old table tennis player from Lebanon for pulling out of tournament in Portugal on Saturday rather than play against an Israeli contestant.
Gen. Mazloum Abdi – top military commander for the Kurdish-led, U.S.-allied Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) – said on Wednesday his alliance must suspend operations against the resurgent Islamic State in order to prepare for a potentially massive Turkish invasion that could put hundreds of American troops in Syria at risk.
Iranian media confirmed the arrest on Thursday of one of the country’s most prominent soccer stars, the ethnic Kurdish player Voria Ghafouri, for supporting the ongoing anti-regime protests across the country.
The country of Denmark has started to actively consider exiting FIFA alongside other nations over the ban on OneLove armbands at World Cup.
England fans have been dressing as crusader icon St. George for years, but now fans are being warned to leave their chain mail home.
The body of an Israeli teenager who was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen from a hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin after his car crashed was returned to his family Thursday. He was finally laid to rest later that day.
The Mideast Islamist state of Qatar has faced years of criticism for its widely documented human rights abuses and accusations of bribery after FIFA awarded it the hosting rights to this year’s World Cup soccer tournament.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey’s airstrikes against Kurdish militia in Syria would soon be augmented by a major ground invasion. Meanwhile, Iran is launching missiles against Kurds living in the mountains of Iraq and using ground forces to crush protests in Iranian Kurdistan.
Qatari officials caused an uproar Tuesday after mistaking the rainbow flag of the Brazilian State of Pernambuco as a gay pride flag.
In light of the Muslim nation’s ban on alcohol sales, except for the elites watching the games from the luxury suites, of course. Budweiser has decided to award a portion of the beer they had planned to sell to fans to the team who wins the World Cup.
An Israeli teenager who died after a car crash in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday morning was kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen from a hospital, the Israeli military said.
Louis van Gaal, head coach of the Netherlands national soccer team, made a sweet proposition to his wife, Truus, on the practice field Tuesday, which was caught on camera by reporters.
Pro-regime publications in Iran excused the poor performance of its soccer team in its FIFA World Cup debut with multiple articles on Tuesday blaming the anti-Islamist protest movement that has rallied unabated for months for waging “psychological warfare” against the players.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Discriminatory chants allegedly by Ecuador fans at the World Cup opening game led FIFA to open the first disciplinary case of the tournament on Tuesday.
The Germans lined up in the traditional formation before Wednesday’s game against Japan and each of the 11 players covered their mouth with their right hand.
A 16-year-old Canadian teenager was killed and 22 more were injured in twin explosions at two bus stops near different entrances to Jerusalem on Wednesday morning. Israeli authorities called the atrocities a double terrorist attack.
The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, made a point on Tuesday of getting himself photographed waving the flag of Saudi Arabia during the Saudi match against Argentina at the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament.
A U.S. Secret Service agent who was part of President Joe Biden’s security detail while he was visiting Israel in July is being sued for brutally assaulting an Israeli woman outside a bar in Jerusalem.
Saudi Arabia’s Yasser Al-Shahrani took a bit of friendly fire this morning after his goalkeeper’s knee smashed into his face and knocked him out.
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman asserted Monday his country and other OPEC+ member nations “remain ready to intervene” and again cut oil production if they deem it necessary – a rebuke of a report in the Wall Street Journal claiming the oil cartel was preparing to increase supply.
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, has responded to a social media post by Kanye West with a straightforward call for tolerance.
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said he would support an investigation of the withdrawal from Afghanistan that House Republicans have pledged to hold and it’s important to do so “because so many Americans have forgotten
Chinese state media on Monday enthusiastically promoted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, blithely ignoring human rights concerns swirling around the controversial event.
Al-Qaeda and regional affiliate al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) both published messages this weekend condemning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, accusing the Islamist nation of attracting “immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism” to the Middle East.
The head of Israel’s Military Intelligence on Monday said Iran was considering an attack on the World Cup in Qatar, as it grows desperate in the face of a “civilian rebellion” at home.
Left-wing activist actor Morgan Freeman was blasted by fans Sunday for fronting the opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup games hosted by Qatar, a nation with a dismal human rights record.
A groundbreaking legal complaint has been filed with the federal government against Berkeley Law School over the adoption of a bylaw by several student groups barring speakers that support “Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine.”
The Iranian national soccer team defied its theocratic rulers on Monday by refusing to sing the “national anthem” at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
A female reporter from Argentina was robbed on the air as she reported live among a crowd of celebrating fans at the World Cup in Qatar.
A senior Biden administration official visiting Israel this week urged Jerusalem to strengthen its security relationship with the Palestinian Authority (PA), amid rising concerns the PA will disintegrate.
Team Britain is promising to take a knee for their game against Iran on Monday to protest the Muslim nation’s stance against homosexuality.
The end of beer sales at the World Cup is being felt as fans from Ecuador are making their displeasure at the lack of suds known.
Qatar and FIFA initially planned to allow beer sales in the World Cup stadiums but reneged on that decision.
The Muslim country of Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has taken criticism for its sharia laws against homosexuality.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) delivered the keynote address at the annual gala dinner at the Republican Jewish Coalition leadership meeting, receiving a standing ovation from activists and donors.
