Search - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for liftoff in China after Covid delay

The Asian Games in Hangzhou are set to open on Saturday

Agence France-Presse

'Kobe Bryant clone' hailed as missing piece for Jordan at Asian Games

Former NBA player Rondae-Hollis Jefferson is on the Jordan team at the Asian Games

Agence France-Presse

Dakar Rally champion Al-Attiyah swaps motor for medals at Asian Games

Qatari rally driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has won two Asian Games shooting medals

Agence France-Presse

Saudi desert megacity to host Asian Winter Games

A futuristic megacity in Saudi Arabia will feature two massive, mirror-encased skyscrapers that extend over 170 kilometres of desert and mountain terrain

Agence France-Presse

France investigates death threats against Israeli Olympic athletes

Maja Hitij/Getty Images

What message is Saudi Arabia sending with war games?

A member of Saudi security forces attends Abdullah's Sword military drill as a jet flies by in Hafar Al-Batin, near the border with Kuwait REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: MILITARY) - RTR3N4AM

Is the game up for Israel's great survivor Netanyahu?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to undergo hernia surgery as he faces increasing domestic pressure over hostages still held by militants in Gaza

Agence France-Presse

Five Game Changers in Syria

United Nations (U.N.) vehicles transport a team of U.N. chemical weapons experts to the scene of a poison gas attack outside the Syrian capital last week, in Damascus August 26, 2013. The experts dressed in blue U.N. body armour, left in a six-car convoy, according to a Reuters witness, and were accompanied by security forces and an ambulance. They said they were headed to the rebel-held outskirts of Damascus, known as Eastern Ghouta, where activists say rockets loaded with poison gas killed hundreds of peo

Iranian women get a foothold in volleyball games

Women hold t-shirts as they protest for Iranian women's rights to enter stadiums in Iran, ahead of the FIVB Volleyball World League match between Poland and Iran, at Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Parham Ghobadi - RTS17HJ6

Turkey boosts soft power in Central Asia with Nomad Games

Riders carry flags during the first World Nomad Games