Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria
In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ...
Qatar pledges $500m for war-ravaged Darfur
Qatar is pledging $500 million to help rebuild Sudan's war-battered region of Darfur as part of an international conference seeking ways to boost ...
Afghan leader in Qatar to discuss peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the emir of Qatar in Doha Sunday to discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.
Syria's Assad appeals to African summit for help
Syria's increasingly isolated president sent a letter calling for help from leaders of five nations at an economic meeting Wednesday in South Africa ...
Syrian opposition takes seat at Arab summit
Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant ...
Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition
In a symbolic blow to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior Arab diplomats said Sunday that they will transfer Syria's seat in their main ...
Afghan president to visit Qatar
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Qatar and discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, the foreign ministry said on ...
Blake starts out season with Doha, Shanghai meets
Yohan Blake, the 2011 world champion in the 100 meters, will start out his Diamond League season in Asia with meetings in Doha, Qatar and Shanghai in ...
Middle East is new global travel crossroads
It's 1 a.m. and the sprawling airport in this desert city is bustling. Enough languages fill the air to make a United Nations translator's head spin.
Swiss woman freed from kidnappers in Yemen
A Swiss researcher kidnapped almost a year ago in Yemen was released in good health and flown to Qatar, whose government helped negotiate her release, ...
Qatar poet remains in prison for 'offensive' verse
A poet jailed for a verse considered offensive to Qatar's ruler harshly denounced the Gulf nation's legal proceedings on Monday after an appeals court ...
World Golf Glance
US PGA TOUR FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Site: San Diego. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Courses: Torrey Pines, South Course (7,698 yards, 7,039 meters, par 72) ...
Doha to host friendly between Spain, Uruguay
The Spanish football federation has confirmed that Doha will host a friendly between Spain and Uruguay on Feb. 6 as part of the teams' preparations ...
Nadal withdraws from Australian Open
Just when Rafael Nadal's knee had recovered, a stomach virus has forced the Spaniard to delay his return to tennis by another couple of months.
Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead
Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and ...
Palestinian president appeals for urgent Arab aid
The Palestinian president is urging Arab nations to provide major financial assistance to cover a new monthly $100 million budgetary shortfall after U
Hamas chief's Gaza visit sign of regional embrace
The supreme Hamas leader's first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip this weekend signals growing regional acceptance of the Islamic militant movement in ...
Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks
Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. "Thank God that ...
New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal
Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's ...
What's your QELRO? Fast guide to UN climate lingo
Every time U.N. negotiators meet for their annual climate talks, they come up with a new set of unintuitive acronyms, as if to make sure that people ...
US defends 'enormous' climate efforts at UN talks
The U.S. defended its track record on fighting climate change on Monday at U.N. talks, saying it's making "enormous" efforts to slow global warming ...
Will US role at climate talks change after storm?
During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many scientists say will ...
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