AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4–2 in a penalty shootout on Friday in the quarterfinals. Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved a penalty attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post. Neymar had scored late in the first half of extra time to give Brazil the…
White House Denies Saudi Arabia Helped Mediate Brittney Griner’s Release
December 9, 2022
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The Biden administration has said that the release of WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner from a Russian penal colony was negotiated only between the United States and Russia and there was no involvement from Saudi Arabia. Griner, 32, was released by Russian authorities in a prisoner swap on Dec. 8, which saw her exchanged for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout,…
Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop
CAIRO—Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing Ruhollah Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer branch of Iran’s…
Spain in Mourning, Local Moroccans Rejoice at World Cup Surprise
BARCELONA/MADRID—Spain fans were left in tears on Tuesday after the team crashed out of the World Cup on penalties to Morocco, whose fans filled the streets with cheers, flares, and flags from Barcelona to Madrid, and the enclave of Melilla. People had packed into bars decked out in the red and yellow Spanish flag to…
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Saudi Prince Over Khashoggi Killing Citing Biden Immunity
A federal judge in Washington dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday for the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, citing President Joe Biden’s grant of immunity. U.S. District Judge John Bates decided to defer to the Biden administration’s mid-November decision to grant immunity to the Saudi crown prince, despite his…
China’s Role in Labor Rights Abuses Tarnishes Qatar’s ‘Golden Bowl’ Stadium
December 6, 2022
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Although the Chinese men’s national soccer team was disqualified early on from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, China is touting its role in building the game’s centerpiece venue, the Lusail Stadium. However, reports of widespread human rights abuses during construction loom over what would otherwise have been a showcase of modern architecture, with…
7 Killed in North Afghanistan as Blast Hits Vehicle With Oil Workers
KABUL—At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern Province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in … Balkh on a bus which belonged to…
Israeli Consul General Recounts Being Held in Prison-Like COVID Hospital in China
December 6, 2022
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Israel’s consul general in Shanghai, Edward Shapira, was held in a medical facility for COVID patients for 10 days after contracting the virus. “The problem is that it caught me in the most wrong place on earth—in China,” Shapira said on his Facebook page on Dec. 3. “Nothing prepares you for the experience,” he wrote,…
Croatia Beat Japan on Penalties to Reach World Cup Quarter-Finals
AL WAKRAH, Qatar—Croatia goalkeeper Dominic Kivakovic saved penalties from Takumi Minamino, Kaoru Mitoma, and Maya Yoshida before Mario Pasalic netted the winning spot-kick in their 3–1 shootout win over Japan on Monday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. With the scores deadlocked at 1–1 after an absorbing 90 minutes, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma went closest in…
Dershowitz Warns Against Reducing Independence of Israeli Supreme Court
Alan Dershowitz, a prominent U.S. lawyer, urged the incoming Israeli government coalition to reconsider planned legal reforms that would weaken the nation’s Supreme Court. “It would be a terrible, terrible mistake for an override to be permitted by the Knesset [the Israeli parliament] in Israel,” he said in a video message published on Dec. 2…
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