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Qatar and UAE are reportedly looking to host this year's Club World Cup following Japan's decision to withdraw from holding the competition last month due to coronavirus concerns. Football...

The ambassadors of the Group of Seven (the G7) countries yesterday called on Tunisian President Kais Saied to "appoint a new prime minister as soon as possible, and return...

It can't have been easy for someone to be born in one country, grow up in another, live in a third and represent a fourth in the Olympics. That,...

The UAE's Mohamed Al-Hammadi won bronze in the men's 100 metre T34 race in the Tokyo Paralympics yesterday. Australian Rheed McCracken raced to gold in 15.37 seconds, followed by...

Hanna is 1 of 5 athletes representing Palestine at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics the occupied country's 7th appearance at the games

Turkey's Recep Ciftci bagged a bronze medal in men's Judo – 60kg, defeating Marcos Dennis Blanco of Colombia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games today, scoring Turkey's first medal...

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country because of US sanctions, Iranian state TV reported after the president met on Sunday...

Swimmer Dania Nour carried the Palestinian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics this summer, showcasing her culture on a world stage is the best thing she’s ever done

Japan and Egypt have agreed to cooperate on maintaining stability in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of British and NATO forces from the country, the Japan Times reported. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

A Turkish referee has received death threats on social media by Saudi trolls after he disqualified a Saudi karateka during the men's final event at the Tokyo Olympics last...

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit tasked new state Public Prosecutor Amit Eisman to investigate allegations that former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen had received bribes during his tenure, the Times of...

Syrian table tennis prodigy Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete at the Tokyo Olympics, has accepted an invitation to train in China next month by the country's Olympic Committee, according to...

Two Arab athletes at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games made headlines when they pulled out rather than participate alongside their Israeli counterparts. A third, however, was celebrated by...

When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into Tokyo's Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony...

Iran will respond promptly to any threat against its security, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, after the United States, Israel, and Britain blamed Tehran for an attack...

Algerian and Sudanese judokas pulled out of the Olympics because they refused to ‘sportswash’ Israel’s war crimes, but a Saudi national faced her Israeli opponent and then failed to score

The US Navy is assisting an Israeli-managed petroleum products tanker attacked off Oman with two crew members killed, the US military said on Saturday, adding the ship was most...

Algerian judoka Fathi Nourine, who arrived in Algeria on Wednesday night, expressed his pride after his decision to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli...

Egypt's Hedaya Malak has won her country's first medal at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the women's 67kg taekwondo event, earning a bronze after defeating Paige McPherson...

Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was disqualified from the Olympics yesterday after he attempted to bite his opponent's ear. The Boxing Task Force, which is in charge of running the Tokyo competition,...

Jordan's Saleh Elsharabaty has won the kingdom its second Olympic medal in history after becoming the taekwondo silver medallist in Tokyo yesterday. Elsharabaty was beaten by his "brother" Russian...

Sudanese judoka Mohamed Abdalrasool has withdrawn from the Olympics Games in Tokyo after being absent from a scheduled fight against an Israeli opponent. Abdalrasool was set to face Israel's...

An embrace by two Syrian brothers on different Olympic teams in Tokyo has misled social media users into believing that they were reunited after years of separation. Alaa Maso...

Palestinian weightlifter from Gaza, Mohammad Hamada, will be making history by being the first such athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this month. Hamada secured his...

The US announced on Wednesday that it would allow Iran to use frozen funds to pay off its debts to South Korea and Japan. The move comes in light...

Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini is set to compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, with the multi-sport event to begin on July...

Liverpool FC have refused star player Mohamed Salah's "strong desire" to represent his country, Egypt, at the Olympics hosted in Tokyo later this month, according to the manager of...

An Egyptian court on Sunday adjourned hearings to July 11 in a compensation dispute over the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, to allow the canal...

The owners of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March have made a new offer in a compensation dispute with the canal authority, and a court...

A Japanese national, identified by the initials D.M., is set to be deported after the police in Istanbul fined him for killing and eating kittens, Daily Sabah reports. The newspaper reported...

Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn will be questioned in Beirut from Monday by French investigating judges, his lawyers said, over allegations of financial misconduct in France that led...

The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority was at fault over its grounding as it disputes the vessel's detention...