Foreign governments should not own football clubs

History is being forged in the Middle East

The Gulf countries may not be reliable partners against Russia

Recent developments in Yemen’s civil war show that the Iranian-backed Houthis are clearly considered the winning side

Women like Loujain al-Hathloul are “premature reformers”: their crime is to demand social change before the state is ready to concede it

The Kingdom’s attempt to float Saudi Aramco didn’t go fully to plan