The Asian Games: larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports

The Asian Games are an attention grabber. For starters, they involve more participants than the Summer Olympics. Organizers say more than 12,000 will be entered when the opening ceremony takes place Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. This is more than the 10,500 expected for next...

Asian Games set to go in China with more athletes than the Olympics but the same political intrigue

TOKYO (AP) — The Asian Games are set to go in China, the biggest multi-sport international event in the country since pandemic restrictions were lifted there about nine months ago. This giant sports festival in the eastern city of Hangzhou involves more athletes than the Olympics...

Kuwait and Lebanon move to ban 'Barbie' ahead of film's Mideast release

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — “Barbie” is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film for allegedly threatening conservative values have raised questions over how widely it will be released. The film centered upon the...

Dispute over Persian Gulf gas field poses early challenge to Saudi-Iranian rapprochement

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia and neighboring Kuwait jointly claim the offshore Al-Durra gas...

Kuwait executes 5 prisoners, including a man convicted in 2015 Islamic State-claimed mosque bombing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait said Thursday it executed five prisoners, including an inmate convicted over the bombing of a Shiite mosque in 2015 that killed 27 people and was claimed by the Islamic State group. The inmates were hanged at the Central Prison, Kuwait's...

Kuwait says it executes 5 prisoners, including an inmate convicted over a 2015 mosque bombing that killed 27 people

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait says it executes 5 prisoners, including an inmate convicted over a 2015 mosque bombing that killed 27 people.