Wasl has said the UAE club has made a bid for Didier Drogba but that he expects the former Chelsea star to sign with a Chinese club. Marwan Bin Bayat would not say Wednesday how much Al-Wasl has offered Drogba, only that it was less than what has (...)
Gherari lost five family members, including a young niece and nephew, when NATO accidentally struck their compound in the Libyan capital as they slept.
Nearly a year later, his grief is compounded by threats and allegations from neighbors who (...)
theme resort hotel using the brand of the Real Madrid football team says the development is still working to line up investors for the project in the United Arab Emirates.
The Spanish club announced plans for the $1 billion Real Madrid Resort (...)
Faisal, Chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, is warning if the Middle East does not become a nuclear weapon-free zone, a nuclear arms race is inevitable and could possibly include Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and even (...)
Shabab Club players celebrate with the Al-Riyadh International Tournament Cup after beating Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal Club 2-1 in the final in Riyadh Thursday. — SPA
ATLANTA — Tim Lincecum was trying to get the pitch inside.
It drifted back over (...)
Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate Saturday claimed responsibility for a siege at a provincial council headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown in which 58 people were killed. Tuesday's attack in Tikrit, a former stronghold of Al-Qaeda, was the deadliest this (...)
Attiyah has been disqualified from the Rally of Mexico for a post-race irregularity with his car after finishing in seventh place Sunday. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that stewards had received a report from the (...)
Attiyah of Qatar drove his car and Marc Coma of Spain rode his bike without any major problems in Friday's next-to-last stage of the Dakar Rally, setting themselves up for victory Saturday. Al-Attiyah finished 6 minutes, 11 seconds behind the winner (...)
Attiyah overtook Volkswagen teammate Carlos Sainz to take the overall lead in the cars category of the Dakar Rally by winning Monday's eighth leg.
Al-Attiyah finished 6 minutes, 36 seconds ahead of Sainz to push him 5:14 ahead of the defending (...)
Fitr, a joyous holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, this year falls around Sept. 11. Muslim leaders fear that their gatherings for prayer and festivities could be misinterpreted by those unfamiliar with Islam as a celebration of the (...)
Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the US has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning (...)
run homer in the ninth inning, then lined a two-run triple in the 11th to send the Chicago White Sox past the Detroit Tigers 6-4 Thursday.
Detroit's Ryan Raburn hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Bobby Jenks that made it (...)
Turaiki left his traditional Saudi headdress behind in favor of a blazer and sweater as he made the rounds at one of the United States' oldest addiction treatment centers.
He had traveled 7,000 miles (11,265 km) to Michigan in hope of finding (...)
Archeologists said Tuesday they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the first century — but unlike most such finds, this time the experts knew exactly where to (...)
Areefi, noted Saudi cleric, announced Monday on his television show that he will visit Jerusalem next week to bolster Muslim claims to the city.
If Al-Areefi goes ahead with his plan, it would be an unprecedented trip.
Al-Areefi told his viewers (...)
Maliki's postelection strategy suggests he is prepared for a long and bitter fight to hold on to power, even if it alienates the country's Sunni community and risks new sectarian warfare.
The Iraqi leader is trying all sorts of legal maneuvers to (...)
A home renovation in Jerusalem's Old City has yielded a rare Arabic inscription offering insight into the city's history under Muslim rule, archeologists said Wednesday. The fragment of a 1,100-year-old plaque is thought to have been made by an army (...)
Hilal and Al-Ahli in the final of the Crown Prince Cup after the title holder Hilal defeated Najran 2-1 at Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium Monday.
Yasser Al-Qahtani of Al-Hilal put his team in the lead and Majed Abu Yabis leveled the score for (...)
Jasser, Governor of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) said Sunday he believes the US dollar will remain the world's key foreign reserve currency, offering the endorsement at a meeting of business leaders taking stock of the global financial (...)
Qaeda is believed to have dispatched three men to blow up American airliners. Two of them tried but failed to set off explosions, and the third backed out of his assignment.
What made him different? A new study suggests family ties may have played (...)
Qaeda leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan war strategy that more narrowly targets the (...)
Ittihad fans cheer for their team during the first leg match of the AFC Champions League semifinal against Nagoya Grampus Eight of Japan in Jeddah, Wednesday night. Ittihad rallied from a goal down to take a massive 6-2 lead into the second leg of (...)
The Swiss defenders of the America's Cup strongly rejected security worries about holding the event in the Middle East for the first time and said Saturday they would be open to racing others in the Gulf if their US-based challenger refuses to (...)
Ittihad Club Jeddah stormed into the semifinals of the Asian Champions League with a resounding 4-0 win over Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor Wednesday.
Sultan Al-Namri, Amine Chermiti, Hisham Bucherouane and Mohammed Noor scored for Al-Ittihad to win 5-1 on (...)
Ittihad's Ali Zubaidi (C) fights for the ball with Ecuador Liga Deportiva Universitaria's Pedro Larrea (L) and Claudio Graf during the Peace Cup Andalucia 2009 soccer tournament in Jerez De La Frontera, Spain, Friday. The Ecuadorian club won the (...)