World Cup host Qatar set to play in Gold Cup in 2021 and ’23
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — World Cup host Qatar is set to play in the Gold Cup next year in the United States after...
Young Pakistani female boxers punch through gender barriers
In a dense and dusty neighbourhood in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, eight young girls lined up against a cement wall, touching their...
In a divided Iraq, a unique school brings children together
Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen children sit in the same classrooms at a school where Islamic and Christian education textbooks are stacked on the same...
Maradona leaving UAE team after missing automatic promotion
Diego Maradona has left his coaching job in the United Arab Emirates after the team he was in charge of failed to win...
Helping the pilgrims
A group of trained scouts help a pilgrim in Madinah on Sunday. Some 4,500 scouts are scheduled to participate in public service camps in...
Qatar labour reforms are a 'sham', say activists
Rights groups on Wednesday dismissed as a "sham" long-awaited reforms of Qatar's much-criticised "kafala" labour system for foreign workers, which critics have likened to...
Dubai official warns of 'clash of civilizations' over Trump
A top security official in Dubai warned Friday of a "clash of civilizations" if U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump becomes president, the latest sign...
Anti-racism figures on Rosemonday carnival – Germany
The Carnival parades in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz took aim at racism among many other highlighted issues; Brexit, U.S. President Donald Trump and even an...
Egyptian drug trafficker put to death in Tabuk
Saudi Arabia executed on Monday an Egyptian man convicted of smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said.
Ibrahim Mohammed Salman was caught trying to smuggle opium...
Saudi forces kill woman during raid to capture wanted man
Saudi security forces shot dead a woman armed with a machine gun during a raid to arrest a man suspected of involvement in attacks...
