http://www.mail.com/locations/15170-doha.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/15170-doha.html http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2071120-singapore-to-host-wta-championship-2014-18.html Eyeing a stronger presence in Asia, the WTA is moving its season-ending championships to Singapore for 2014-18 in a five-year deal worth more than $70 million. "We're no different than any multinational corporation that looks for growth," WTA Chairman and CEO Stacey Allaster said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Singapore. "You just have to look at... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:04:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2071120-singapore-to-host-wta-championship-2014-18.html 2013-05-08T13:04:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040908-qatar-faces-backlash-rebel-groups-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad grumbles about the lack of ammunition for his men. He blames Qatar, saying the oil-rich Gulf state directs its backing to rebels with a more Islamist ideology. Tiny, U.S.-allied Qatar has emerged as o... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040908-qatar-faces-backlash-rebel-groups-syria.html 2013-04-24T06:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005312-qatar-pledges-500m-war-ravaged-darfur.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 stability after a decade of violence. Monday's promise follows Qatar's drive to strengthen peace efforts brokered by the Gulf nation two years ago. The official Qatar News Agency said Darfur f... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:01:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005312-qatar-pledges-500m-war-ravaged-darfur.html 2013-04-08T13:01:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001728-eyeing-syria-white-house-woos-regional-rulers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama meets over the next month with leaders from Mideast and other regional nations, he will have a timely opportunity to try to rally the Syrian opposition's main backers around a unified strategy to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — whose Sunni Muslim leaders... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:30:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001728-eyeing-syria-white-house-woos-regional-rulers.html 2013-04-05T23:30:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1990324-qatar-delays-airport-opening-safety-review.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport on Monday said the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new safety requirements. The statement came just hours before the scheduled inaugural flight from Hamad International Airport in Doha. It gave no details on possible shortcomings in meeting n... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:44:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1990324-qatar-delays-airport-opening-safety-review.html 2013-04-01T15:44:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989444-afghan-leader-qatar-to-discuss-peace-talks.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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. The move could foster peace negotiations with the Islamic fundamentalist movement in a bid to stem violence as foreign combat forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The Q... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:37:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989444-afghan-leader-qatar-to-discuss-peace-talks.html 2013-03-31T16:37:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981788-syrias-assad-appeals-to-african-summit-help.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's increasingly isolated president sent a letter calling for help from leaders of five nations at an economic meeting Wednesday in South Africa to help end his country's civil war. Bashar Assad's appeal to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa came a day after the Arab League endorsed Syria's Western-backed opposition c... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:48:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981788-syrias-assad-appeals-to-african-summit-help.html 2013-03-27T15:48:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980570-arab-league-summit-showcases-qatars-swagger.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. His welcoming remarks to kings, sheiks and presidents across the Arab world quickly shifted to Qatar's priorities: Rallying greater support for Syrian rebels and helping Palestinians with efforts such as a newly proposed $1 billion fund to protect Je... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:41:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980570-arab-league-summit-showcases-qatars-swagger.html 2013-03-26T18:41:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979518-syrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. In a ceremonious entrance accompanied by applause, a delegation led by Mouaz al-Khatib, the former president of the... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:37:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1979518-syrian-opposition-takes-seat-arab-summit.html 2013-03-26T16:37:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976242-arab-league-syrian-seat-to-opposition.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 regional group to opposition forces. The Arab League's decision is unlikely to mean much in practical terms to Assad's regime, which has already been abandoned by many Arab states that are s... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976242-arab-league-syrian-seat-to-opposition.html 2013-03-24T15:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976184-afghan-president-to-visit-qatar.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — 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 Sunday, a development that could facilitate Afghanistan's peace process after nearly 12 years of war. Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said Karzai will discuss the issue with ... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:00:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1976184-afghan-president-to-visit-qatar.html 2013-03-24T10:00:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1929298-middle-east-global-travel-crossroads.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 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. Thousands of fliers arrive every hour from China, Australia, India and nearly everywhere else on the planet. Few venture outside the terminal, which spans the length of 24 ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:08:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1929298-middle-east-global-travel-crossroads.html 2013-03-04T19:08:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913408-qatar-poet-remains-prison-offensive-verse.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 reduced his life sentence but still kept a 15-year prison term. The rant in court — rare in the tightly controlled Gulf Arab states — underscored the free speech battles across the region... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:10:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913408-qatar-poet-remains-prison-offensive-verse.html 2013-02-25T16:10:59Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1903436-radwanska-reaches-dubai-quarters-serena-withdraws.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska led several of the top seeds into the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on a Wednesday overshadowed by the withdrawal of Serena Williams because of a back injury. Williams, who became the oldest top-ranked woman Monday, said she's had a sore back and ankle since the Australian Open,... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:49:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1903436-radwanska-reaches-dubai-quarters-serena-withdraws.html 2013-02-20T16:49:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1887058-williams-sharapova-stephens-advance-doha.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova eased into the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, dominating their opponents with straight-set victories. Williams, who will regain the No. 1 ranking if she reached the semifinals, showed no signs of the back or ankle injuries that troubled her at the Australian Open during her 6-2, 6-1 win ove... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1887058-williams-sharapova-stephens-advance-doha.html 2013-02-12T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842274-qatar-poet-appeal-test-web-crackdowns.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — After morning prayers next Monday, Qatar's most prominent defense lawyer plans to gather his files, drive five minutes to the appeals court and try to convince a judge that a poet doesn't deserve to spend his life in prison for a Web-posted verse interpreted as defiance against the Gulf nation's ruler. The attorney — a former Qatari jus... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842274-qatar-poet-appeal-test-web-crackdowns.html 2013-01-24T05:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1789870-stomach-bug-knocks-nadal-australian-open.html BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Just when Rafael Nadal had recovered from a knee injury, a stomach virus has delayed his return to tennis by a couple of months. Nadal announced Friday he will miss next month's Australian Open and probably won't play again until the end of February. The Spaniard said he needs time to recover from the virus that already prevented h... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1789870-stomach-bug-knocks-nadal-australian-open.html 2012-12-28T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753958-syrias-civil-war-spills-lebanon-4-dead.html BEIRUT (AP) — 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 opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime that left four dead. Nine Syrian judges and prosecutors also defected to the opposition. It was the latest setback for the regime, which appears inc... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753958-syrias-civil-war-spills-lebanon-4-dead.html 2012-12-09T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1754536-climate-talks-eyes-us-round.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Even as international climate talks ended this weekend with no new commitments on carbon emissions or climate aid from the United States, some were relieved America didn't make a weak deal even weaker. Other countries are now watching to see if the Obama administration will back up post-election comments about climate change with renewe... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1754536-climate-talks-eyes-us-round.html 2012-12-09T18:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754288-palestinian-president-appeals-urgent-arab-aid.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Palestinian president is urging Arab nations to provide major financial assistance to cover a new monthly $100 million budgetary shortfall after U.N. recognition of Palestinian claims to statehood — the result of a punitive Israeli measure. The appeal by Mahmoud Abbas reflects the severe financial fallout from last month's landmark ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754288-palestinian-president-appeals-urgent-arab-aid.html 2012-12-09T16:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1752580-un-conference-adopts-extension-kyoto-accord.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries, but will only cover about 15 percent of global emissions. The extension was adopted by a U.N. climate conference after hard-fought sessions and despite objections fr... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1752580-un-conference-adopts-extension-kyoto-accord.html 2012-12-08T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748704-hamas-chiefs-gaza-visit-sign-regional-embrace.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The supreme Hamas leader's first-ever visit to the Gaza Strip this weekend signals growing regional acceptance of the Islamic militant movement in charge of the once isolated territory and grudging acquiescence by Israel. Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, who has positioned himself as a pragmatist and enjoys the backing of regional ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1748704-hamas-chiefs-gaza-visit-sign-regional-embrace.html 2012-12-06T20:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747874-tensions-mount-un-climate-talks.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.N. climate talks are heading into the final stretch with a host of issues unresolved, including a standoff over how much money financially stressed rich countries can spare to help the developing world tackle global warming. That issue has overshadowed the talks since they started last week in Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country t... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1747874-tensions-mount-un-climate-talks.html 2012-12-06T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1744448-clashes-financing-threat-un-climate-talks.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The world's poorest nations on Wednesday called for significant financing to cope with the impacts of global warming, setting up a potential clash with rich countries that could slow progress on reaching a global climate pact by 2015. Rich countries, including the United States, said at U.N. climate talks in Doha that they have fulfille... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1744448-clashes-financing-threat-un-climate-talks.html 2012-12-05T18:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1744352-world-bank-arab-world-hit-hard-climate-change.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Middle East and North Africa will be especially hard hit by climate change in the coming decades, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday, saying the region will see less rainfall, more recording-breaking temperatures and rising sea levels. Should temperatures rise as expected, the hotter conditions are likely to hit the region's ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1744352-world-bank-arab-world-hit-hard-climate-change.html 2012-12-05T07:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1741970-climate-talks-un-chief-rejects-warming-doubts.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pointing to the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy and other weather disasters this year, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an international climate conference Tuesday that it was time to "prove wrong" those who still have doubts about global warming. Ban, addressing delegates at the annual U.N. climate talks, said time is runn... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1741970-climate-talks-un-chief-rejects-warming-doubts.html 2012-12-04T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1739516-fossil-fuel-subsidies-focus-climate-talks.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — 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 our country is an oil producer and the price of gasoline is one of the lowest," al-Kubaisi said, filling up his Toyota Land Cruiser at a gas station in Doha. "God has given us a blessing." ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1739516-fossil-fuel-subsidies-focus-climate-talks.html 2012-12-03T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737852-zealand-forget-kyoto-write-climate-deal.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient response to global warming. Other key issues at the conference, now starting its s... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1737852-zealand-forget-kyoto-write-climate-deal.html 2012-12-03T00:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736252-climate-activists-march-un-talks-qatar.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A few hundred people marched in a peaceful demonstration Saturday for "climate justice" in Doha, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries are debating about how to slow global warming and help protect the most vulnerable countries from rising seas and other impacts of climate change. Waving banners saying "Stop climate change" and "A... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736252-climate-activists-march-un-talks-qatar.html 2012-12-01T11:58:00Z