Afghanistan's first-ever one-day international against Pakistan achieved what no other sport had managed - support from the once cricket-hating Taliban, an official said on Saturday.

"Friday's match

A Saudi woman defiantly drove through the nation's capital on Friday while others brazenly cruised by police patrols in the first forays of a campaign that hopes to ignite a road rebellion against the

A former United Arab Emirates football player has been sentenced to death in stabbing another man to death during a 2008 brawl.

The Gulf News reports that the Abu Dhabi Supreme Court handed down the