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PSG's Lionel Messi grimaces during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Clermont at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Messi’s father says player ‘would like to return’ to Barcelona amid speculation over Saudi move

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Saudi Arabian soccer league to get more state funding from policy backed by crown prince MBS

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A poster with pictures of, from right, King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Hussein, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif and Queen Rania, is hanged at the front of a building in the capital Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Jordan’s royal wedding day gets underway with surprise arrival of Britain’s William and Kate

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A poster with pictures of, from right, King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Hussein, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif and Queen Rania, is hanged at the front of a building in the capital Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Here’s how Jordan’s royal wedding will reverberate across the region and beyond

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2015, file photo, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood waves his hand from a defendants cage in a courtroom in Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt. A report released by Amnesty International Wednesday, April 21, 2021, said the number of executions worldwide in 2020 plummeted to its lowest level in at least a decade. But the report said four states in the Middle East — Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia respectively — topped the global list and pressed on with shootings, beheadings and hangings, ignoring pleas by rights groups to halt executions during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Saudi Arabia executes 2 Bahraini men over militant activities; Amnesty called trial ‘grossly unfair’

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Newcastle chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan on the pitch at half-time during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Leicester City at St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Monday, May 22, 2023. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Saudi-backed Newcastle is back in the Champions League, what it does next could be thrilling

By James Robson - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, walk in the garden at Chequers, the prime minister's official country residence, in Aylesbury, England, Monday, May 15, 2023. The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima later this week. The Japanese city's name evokes the tragedy of war, and the leaders will tackle a host of challenges including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions in Asia. (Carl Court/Pool via AP, File)

Diplomatic tour by Ukraine’s Zelenskyy highlights Putin’s stark isolation

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the family of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan poses for a graduation photo at Notre Dame de Namur University, a private Catholic university, in Belmont, Calif., May 4, 2013. Saudi humanitarian aid worker al-Sadhan’s anonymous Twitter account used to parody issues about the economy in Saudi Arabia has landed him in prison in the kingdom. On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, al-Sadhan and his sister filed the lawsuit against Twitter Inc. and Saudi Arabia, alleging that they are members of a racketeering enterprise that seeks to extend the authoritarian control of Saudi Arabia beyond its borders and silence its critics through acts of transnational repression on U.S. and international soil. (Family of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan via AP)

Lawsuit filed against Twitter, Saudi Arabia; claims acts of transnational repression committed

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FILE - The execution chamber of the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution prison in Nashville, Tenn., is seen on Oct. 13, 1999. According to an independent review released Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, Tennessee has not complied with its own lethal injection protocol ever since it was revised in 2018, resulting in multiple executions being conducted without proper testing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Amnesty: Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022, rose in Iran, Saudi Arabia

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

In this photo released by Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delegates and foreign ministers of member states convene at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 7, 2023. The ministers are voting on restoring Syria's membership to the organization after it was suspended over a decade ago. The meeting comes after a rapid rapprochement between Syria and regional governments since February. (Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn country

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

PSG's Lionel Messi reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Lionel Messi’s next move fuels frenzy of speculation

By Jerome Pugmire and Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

White House national security adviser meets Saudi prince

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

PSG's Lionel Messi reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Messi apologizes to PSG for unapproved Saudi Arabia trip

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PSG's Lionel Messi gestures as he warms up before the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) **FILE**

Messi the latest pawn in proxy rivalry in Middle East

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

PSG's Lionel Messi reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lorient, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) **FILE**

Messi set to leave Paris Saint-Germain at end of season

By James Robson and Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, center, listens to the national anthem as the army commander Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, right, and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, left, salute during the Army Day parade in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. President Raisi reiterated threats against Israel while though he stayed away from criticizing Saudi Arabia as Tehran seeks a détente with the kingdom. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran renews threats against Israel during Army Day parade

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Saudi Minster of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan is escorted by the Syrian Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam upon his arrival at Damascus airport Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Saudi foreign minister visits Syria as relations thaw

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Smoke is seen rising from a neighborhood in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Fierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary erupted in the capital and elsewhere in the African nation after weeks of escalating tensions between the two forces. The fighting raised fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken nation. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan’s army and rival force clash, wider conflict feared

By Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia, state media reported Wednesday, as Syria's top diplomat visited Saudi Arabia seeking to restore ties that have been severed for more than a decade. (SANA via AP)

Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

China and Russia: Evil Axis in Mideast Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Counter China and Russia in Mideast through Abraham Accords

By Jacob Olidort and Adam Savit