Football lovers everywhere must feel relief now that the just re-elected FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, decided to suddenly resign.The move must have been prompted by pressure exercised on the 79-year-old linchpin who did not want to budge from his lofty position even after the sc

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is playing semantics, or seems to be thinking that he can fool all the people all the time.His latest declaration that he is committed to the two-state solution is exactly contrary to his statement on the eve of the Israeli elections, whe

It seems that every time Damascus suffers a military defeat at the hands of one opposition group or another, and retreats from more territory, it takes its anger and frustration out on innocent civilians, dropping barrel bombs and killing scores.That is what happened Saturday, ag

In a recent speech delivered by Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, he made clear that his Iran-backed Lebanese militia has expanded its thus far limited theatre of operations in Syria, covering the entire country.“We are fighting alongside our Syrian brothers, alongside the army

Jordan expects no less than 100,000 vehicles to enter the country from neighbouring Arab states at the start of the summer season, a yearly occurrence with which the country is accustomed and has to cope.At the same time, around the middle of June, Jordan, like the rest of t

Even though HRH Prince Ali lost the election for the FIFA leadership, the words he uttered before the casting of votes will continue to echo loud and clear for many years to come.The prince was well spoken, dignified and to the point in addressing the pressing issues facing FIFA.

FIFA has been rocked by the arrests of several of its high-profile officials over the past few days by US and Swiss authorities, just before the slated elections for a new leadership for the world football association, set for today.Even though the incumbent FIFA president, Sepp

True to their name and image, Daesh terrorists boasted of having committed mass killings after capturing the ancient city of Palmyra, in Syria, last week.According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, extremists belonging to the gang killed over 200 people, i

US criticism of the Iraqi military’s performance in the battle for Ramadi drew swift criticism from Baghdad.The acrimonious debate that ensued after the loss of Ramadi last week to Daesh militias was triggered by remarks by US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter, on CNN’s “State of t