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Asian leader wants Europe to push for winter WCup
European football leaders should urge FIFA to move the World Cup in Qatar to cooler winter months, according to an Asian Football Confederation ...
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 Syria's Arab summit seat
Syria's opposition took over the country's seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ...
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 ...
Syrian rebels advance, oblivious to infighting
A dual picture of Syria's rebellion is emerging: Fighters on the ground make advances, seizing territory in the south and even firing one of the ...
Libya FM: Gadhafi family granted Oman asylum
Libya's foreign minister says the widow of the late ruler Moammar Gadhafi and other family members have been granted asylum in Oman. Mohamed Abdelaziz ...
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 ...
Blatter stands by summer slot for 2022 World Cup
FIFA President Sepp Blatter insisted on Thursday that his governing body has not lost control of the debate about Qatar hosting the World Cup.
Rio Ferdinand defends trip to Qatar
Rio Ferdinand has defended his decision to fly to Doha and appear as a television analyst for England's World Cup qualifier against San Marino on ...
FIFA medical chief against summer 2022 World Cup
FIFA's medical chief is against holding the 2022 World Cup in the summer heat of the desert nation Qatar. Michel D'Hooghe added a strong voice on ...
FIFA medical chief against summer 2020 World Cup
FIFA's medical chief says he is against organizing the 2020 World Cup in the summer heat of the desert nation Qatar. Michel D'Hooghe's opinion 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 ...
A diplomatic natural, Kerry hits ground running
With the smile of a seasoned politician, a flair for languages and a vast repertoire of personal anecdotes, Secretary of State John Kerry schmoozed ...
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.
FIFA open to Qatar 2022 World Cup moving to winter
FIFA conceded for the first time Saturday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to winter if medical evidence showed that playing in the ...
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 ...
Kerry 1st trip to Europe, Mideast; no Israel stop
Secretary of State John Kerry will bypass Israel on his first official trip to the Middle East, U.S. officials said Tuesday as they announced a ...
UK, Afghan, Pakistan leaders hold talks in Britain
The leaders of Britain, Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday pushed for the Taliban to come to the table for peace talks to end Afghanistan's protracted ...
Iraq stock sale sign of investor confidence
An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad's small stock exchange in one of the region's biggest share offers in years — ...
CEO of scandal-hit Barclays gives up 2012 bonus
The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over market-fixing, ...
Rummenigge: Football in cold, snow 'not logical'
A scheduling change away from winter football could be coming to Europe, according to Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Rummenigge, who ...
Platini defends voting for Qatar World Cup bid
FIFA vice president Michel Platini has defended his decision to vote for Qatar as 2022 World Cup host after a magazine in his native France on Tuesday ...
Lawyer: Qatar poet appeals life sentence
A defense attorney says a Qatar court will decide next month on the appeal of a poet given a life sentence for a verse that allegedly opposed the Gulf ...