Dire Straits had a lot going for it as a band. Chief among those qualities was the songwriting of Mark Knopfler, as these ...

Classic rock history is littered with unexpected tragedies and surprising reversals of fate, but other events can be seen coming from a mile away – case in point, the official breakup of Dire Straits, ...

The single and the debut album earned Dire Straits critical praise and a large fan base – quite a feat for a band that had only gotten together a little more than a year before. While "Sultans of ...

The Dire Straits Legacy band with whom he was touring said the musician had been dealing with undisclosed "health problems" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

“There was no way anybody else was going to stick their hand up and say, ‘Hey, Mark, I have a great song idea!’ There was no point. He was on a racetrack.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Rob ...

Dire Straits returns to U.K. charts as Private Investigations climbs again, boosted by renewed interest in Mark Knopfler’s “Going Home” and Sam Fender’s tribute. Dire Straits, group portrait, ...

Jack Sonni, known as “the other guitarist” in the British rock group Dire Straits, died Wednesday at the age of 68. The band announced Sonni’s death on X (formerly Twitter) with a post that included a ...

THE "question of the Straits" has been the basis of Turkey's relations with the Powers for almost two centuries. The Ottoman Empire, founded in Anatolia in the fourteenth century, was carried into ...

For the first time in 30 years, the Ryder Cup will be held at a public course on U.S. soil. And what’s not to love about that? The Ryder Cup kicks off on Friday at Whistling Straits in Sheboygan, Wis.

The Hawaii Department of Health on Thursday issued Straits Hawaii at Ward Village a red placard due to several violations, shutting it down until the infractions are addressed. The placard was issued ...

WHEN on April 10, 1936, the Turkish Government requested a revision of the Lausanne Straits Convention, it focused attention on a problem almost as old as history itself. The issue involved the narrow ...