When Qatar's sovereign wealth fund quietly acquired Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on June 30, 2011, for an estimated €100 million, the stated ambition was clear: to project influence, reshape perception, and buy prestige on the world's biggest sporting stage.
The United Nations has added Israeli security forces to its annual blacklist of parties suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict zones, a move that has drawn sharp criticism over the organization's deeply entrenched hostility toward the Jewish state.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, announced Thursday that his country was suspending all relations with Secretary-General António Guterres until the end of his mandate on December 31, 2026.
In a post published Monday on Truth Social, President Donald Trump issued what amounts to a sweeping diplomatic ultimatum to the Arab and Muslim world: normalise with Israel through the Abraham Accords, or forfeit any role in the Iran agreement he is working to finalise.
The script was predictable. Within hours of their release, activists detained by Israel following the interception of the Gaza flotilla were making headlines across the world with allegations of mistreatment, sexual assault and rape.
Israel's interception of the Gaza flotilla was legally defensible. What followed was not.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel and massacred 1,200 people, men, women, children, elderly, in the deadliest assault on Jewish people since the Holocaust. They took 250 hostages. They filmed their crimes with pride.
At the Dead Sea on Saturday, Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein and Princess Rajwa attended the Tawasul 2026 Forum, joining a panel discussion on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on economic productivity.
"This year we will not be at Eurovision, but we will do so with the conviction of being on the right side of history."
Syria has formally recognised Morocco's full sovereignty over the Western Sahara, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced Thursday during his first official visit to Rabat since the formation of President Ahmad al-Sharaa's transitional government.
A third round of direct Lebanon-Israel negotiations opens Thursday in Washington, as the United States continues to push both parties toward a comprehensive peace and security agreement.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi received French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday in New Borg El-Arab City for the inauguration of Senghor University's new headquarters, an occasion that also served as the backdrop for substantive bilateral talks covering the Middle East's most pressing crises.
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