Nation doesn’t have hotel capacity for teams, workers and fans for premier international tournament

The US military said late on Saturday that unidentified forces fired a rocket at a compound in Syria hosting US troops and partnered local forces, but failed to cause any injuries or damage.

Oil prices jumped about 4 percent to a five-week high on Friday, lifted again by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and its allies known as OPEC+, decided to make its largest supply cut since 2020, despite concern about a possible rece...

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea early Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the seventh such launch in two weeks, just hours after a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier wrapped up joint drills off the Korean peninsula.

Andrey Rublev will return to Abu Dhabi in December to defend his Mubadala World Tennis Championship title, organizers have confirmed. He is the latest star to join the six-player male lineup at the MWTC from Dec. 16 to 18 that includes world No. 1 Carlos...

The meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, together called OPEC+, set to take place today in Vienna is an important one and “will take the right decision,” according to the UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-...

The Ethiopian government on Wednesday accepted an invitation by the African Union to hold Peace talks in South Africa this weekend with rival Tigray forces, the national security adviser said. Redwan Hussein, the national security adviser to Prime Ministe...

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that he may visit Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.

US rapper Kanye West sparked controversy at Paris Fashion Week by wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at his runway show — and now US Palestinian Dutch model Gigi Hadid is wading into the ensuing debate. The model made a statement via Instagram Stories...

Iran’s judiciary has opened an investigation into the death of a teenage girl, who was reportedly killed during protests over the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Myanmar’s junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host Cambodia said Wednesday, in a fresh diplomatic snub for the isolated military regime. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led diplomatic efforts to resolv...

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has a complete plan in place to grow the fund’s assets to between $2 to $3 trillion by the end of this decade, said its Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan, as the Kingdom steadily progresses towards achieving its goals outlin...

Arabian Plastic Industrial Co.’s shares climbed 18.52 percent above its listing price on its market debut on Wednesday, suggesting investors still have an appetite for local initial public offerings. The shares of the APICO rose to SR32 ($9) in its early...

The 48 world-class players preparing to tee off at the $25-million LIV Golf Invitational Bangkok will have plenty to play for this week when they line up at the all-new Stonehill venue from Oct. 7 to 9. “In our inaugural year with the Invitational Series,...

Nika Shakarami’s family planned to bury her on Monday, but her body was stolen and buried in a village about 40 km away.