Phil Mickelson withdraws from USPGA Championship
Six-time Major winner will not play at Southern Hills next week
Tide of popularity may be turning against the Great White Shark
Australian attempted to defend his role as front man for a Saudi-financed golf league
Messi is now the face of another oppressive Middle Eastern monarchy
The Argentinian was unveiled as the latest tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia
Amnesty accuses Norman of being ’seriously misguided’
Norman had downplayed the 2018 killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The Irish Times view on Turkey’s problems: president is focused on re-election
Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to improve his chances of winning with a reset of foreign policy
Erdogan’s embrace of Saudi prince signals end of dispute over Khashoggi murder
Erdogan’s visit to Saudi Arabia part of drive by Ankara to repair damaged ties with Riyadh
Erdogan says visit to Saudi Arabia will herald new era in ties
Turkish president seeks to repair relations with Gulf states in bid to boost ailing economy
Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to mend ties
Countries have been at odds since murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018
Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume talks on Thursday, report says
Security officials to discuss diplomatic relations and Yemen after seven-month break
Both sides in Yemen’s war are committing war crimes, says report
The UN estimates the death toll in the Yemeni war at 377,000
Turkish court suspends trial of 26 Saudis accused of killing Jamal Khashoggi
Case transferred to Saudi Arabia despite warnings move would lead to cover-up
DAA International wins contract to run Saudi’s Jeddah airport
Irish company recently won contract to manage a new airport at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea development project
US confirms delivery of Patriot anti-missile systems to Saudi Arabia
Systems will be used to counter Yemeni rebel rocket and drone attacks on oil infrastructure
The Ukraine war is not about democracy versus autocracy
Joe Biden likely to need help of some very illiberal states to prevail against Russia
Johnson defends Saudi trip in pursuit of broad anti-Putin bloc
PM mounts rearguard action despite execution of 81 people in kingdom last weekend
The Irish Times view on Western relations with Riyadh: the blood in Saudi barrels
British prime minister Boris Johnson is travelling cap-in-hand to a state that murdered 81 people at the weekend
Thousands in UK sign up to accept Ukrainian refugees as scheme goes live
Gove criticised for ‘DIY asylum scheme’ requiring names and six-month minimum stay
Iran condemns mass executions carried out by Saudi Arabia
Tehran criticises violation of ‘basic human rights’ and suspends reconciliation talks
Erdogan visit to Dubai Expo 2020 ends decade of estrangement
Turkish president signs 13 co-operation deals on issues including joint defence industries
Shane Lowry: Playing in the Saudi International not a ‘big issue’
‘I’m happy to go there. I’m happy to earn my living going there and going and playing good golf’
Saudi crown prince seeks to normalise relations with Gulf rulers
Mohammed bin Salman meets other Arab leaders ahead of Riyadh summit next week
France frees Saudi man mistakenly held over Khashoggi killing
Detained man had been visiting Paris with a friend and held a valid visa for France
Suspect in killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi arrested in Paris
Former royal guard Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi detained at Roissy airport as he prepared to board flight
Surveillance tools like Pegasus should not be for sale
Net Results: Targeting of Palestinian activists’ phones is the latest evidence of abuse
Life with Robert Fisk: I realised I would not be at peace until I wrote this book
In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband
Saudi Arabia in ‘serious’ talks with Iran about repairing relations
Talks between rivals reflect tentative de-escalation in Middle East in wake of Joe Biden’s election
Michael Walker: Latest incidence of sports-washing leaves fans hung out to dry
Motivation of Watford owners and those behind Newcastle takeover open to question
Dilemma for Newcastle fans illustrates the moral complexity of supporting any big club
It's easy for celebrating Toon supporters to rationalise that position in their minds
Saudi Arabia lifts its four-year ban on beIN Sports
News could have significant ramifications for a Saudi-backed takeover of Newcastle
Karlin Lillington: Pegasus Project exposes menace of surveillance
Analysis of hacked phones by project reveals capacity to access data and spy on the owner
How Israel used NSO spyware as diplomatic calling card
Gulf countries such as UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia offered clandestine security co-operation
The Irish Times view on Israeli spyware: big brother is listening
It is clear that not a few NSO clients would have little scruple in using phone-breaking technology to undermine basic human rights
Israeli spyware maker in spotlight amid reports of wide abuses
NSO denies its software has been used to target journalists and dissidents across world
Saudi ‘sportswashing’ designed to obscure obscene human rights record
Proposed Premier Golf League another attempt to use sport for base political reasons
Saudi-Syrian meeting may help end decade of estrangement
Riyadh no longer enjoys the unequivocal backing of the US administration
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on ‘sportswashing’, report reveals
Report outlines the scale of spending and broad range of sports involved
Biden faces backlash as bin Salman goes unpunished for role in Khashoggi murder
US Wrap: Administration strongly criticised for decision not to sanction Saudi prince
Khashoggi’s fiancee says Saudi prince must be ‘punished’
US intelligence report finds Saudi crown prince approved of the journalist’s killing
The Irish Times view on the killing of Khashoggi: Biden pulls his punches
Public denunciation tempered by desire not to hurt US business relationships with Saudi Arabia
Saudi allies reject CIA’s Khashoggi report amid calls for crown prince to be sanctioned
Human rights body says US only penalising prince’s associates sends ‘terrible message’
US launches air strikes on Iran-backed militia site in Syria
Biden authorises first known military intervention since inauguration as US president
New information connects Saudi crown prince to Jamal Khashoggi murder
Firm controlled by Mohammed Bin Salman owns jets used by assassination squad
Biden ditches Trump’s transactional approach with Saudis and Israel
US president marks reset by distancing himself from both crown prince and Netanyahu
Major shift in US policy as it ends support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
Biden has reversed the policy of providing diplomatic, intelligence and logistical backing to the Saudis and their Emirati partners
Joe Biden suspends arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
Supply of 50 F35 fighter jets and other weaponry agreed by Trump put on hold
Saudi Arabia asks Trump to declare Bin Salman immune from federal lawsuit
Crown prince accused of dispatching agents to kill exiled senior Saudi official in Canada
Paul Casey a surprise entrant for 2021 Saudi International
English golfer previously said he would be ‘a hypocrite’ to accept appearance money at event
Rights groups condemn move of trial of Saudi woman activist to ‘terrorism court’
Family highlights Loujain al-Hathloul’s case in hope of securing better conditions for activist
G20 summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia amid rights groups’ criticism
Virtual event to focus on pandemic concerns as critics call for boycott of Riyadh for abuses
Johnny Watterson: One step forward, two steps back for women’s sport
Same week Katie Taylor headlining on Sky boxing event, the Ladies European Tour backslides
A Joe Biden presidency: The likely winners and losers among world leaders
Rightwing populists will be scrambling to adapt to the departure of Donald Trump
Biden presidency will be a great relief for many Arab leaders
Autocrats will mourn Trump’s loss, but most will not miss his destabilising effect
Saudi Arabia’s failure to win human rights seat a rebuke to crown prince
Kingdom was only candidate not to secure a seat on the 47-member UN human rights council
Five jailed for 20 years in Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing
Three more sentenced as family pardon spares five of convicted from execution
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