After an assassination investigation revealed a world of bumbling spies and assassins, Israelis are questioning what role their intelligence agency might have played.
Afghanistan has continued its surprising ascent of cricket’s hierarchy by qualifying for a world championship tournament for the first time.
New questions have emerged about the identities of the assassins of a Hamas official in Dubai in January.
Dubai’s police chief said Monday that an 11-person team of trained killers with European passports carried out the mysterious assassination of a senior Hamas official last month in a Dubai hotel.
Dubai is famous as the brash, secular upstart of the emirates, and Abu Dhabi is known as the religious and conservative big brother.
Persian Gulf cities have proved more able to build expensive facilities than to actually lure production to the Middle East, as economic efforts run up against their traditional values.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez defeated Lee Westwood on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the Dubai Desert Classic.
Lee Westwood and Miguel Ángel Jiménez each shot 68s to catch the overnight leader Thongchai Jaidee after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates.
Lee Westwood and Miguel Ángel Jiménez each shot 68s to catch the overnight leader Thongchai Jaidee after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates.
The Dubai coast, seen from the International Space Station.