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Argentina hailed World Cup champions after dramatic win
After more than 120 minutes of play, Argentina beat France in penalty kicks in an extraordinary match on Sunday at this year’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony
Former adviser Sarah Chayes: The US failed to understand how Afghans wage war
Qatar says it's not clear when Kabul airport will reopen
As US withdraws troops from Afghanistan, it will remain ‘fully focused’ on peace, says negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad
Women in Afghanistan push for rights and more representation amid ongoing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban
Afghan women and other minorities fear losing impact in negotiations as US troops begin to pull out of the country.
Fighting in Afghanistan claims lives and displaces families as peace talks drag on
As many as 35,000 people may have been displaced and 200 people killed or injured in the Taliban's latest offensive in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Afghan women negotiating with the Taliban say they feel ‘heavy responsibility’
For the first time in two decades, members of the Afghan negotiating team are officially meeting with the Taliban to work out a peace agreement. There are only four women on the team, and they say they carry a heavy responsibility on behalf of women in their country.
Afghan peace talks set to start despite escalating attacks on politicians
Government representatives are set to meet this week with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, for the first official meeting between the two warring sides in years.
Why negotiations between the US and Taliban mostly take place in Qatar
US President Donald Trump has called off the talks between the US and Taliban that were taking place mostly in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. American negotiators have come home. But for some members of the Taliban, Qatar is home. How did that come to be, given that the Taliban is mainly an Afghan group?
The Gulf sees Qatar as 'an outlaw,' but Trump needs everyone to get along
President Trump welcomed the emir of Qatar to the White House this week, just as he has the crown prince of Saudi Arabia in 2018. Being friendly with both countries is not easy.
Urging Gulf states to heal rift, Pompeo lands in Riyadh
The US Secretary of State, who is on a tour of the Middle East, says that a rift between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors is threatening regional unity needed to counter Iran.
They are building Qatar's World Cup stadiums — and dreaming of playing soccer.
In 2022, Qatar will host the World Cup. To do that, it needs dozens of venues and stadiums, which are currently being built by migrant workers.
Climate change may soon make much of the Persian Gulf region too hot for humans
It's always been hot in the Persian Gulf region. But a new report finds that without action to limit climate change, the combination of rising temperatures and humidity will often push much of the region beyond the limits of human adaptability.
Strangers around the world gave Aziz Ansari the most intimate details of their romantic lives — their text messages
Aziz Ansari takes a peek inside the single's scene around the world