Saudi Arabia has declared the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist mere days after withdrawing its ambassador from Qatar for that gulf states support for the Brotherhood.

Doha - Nine people were killed Thursday in a "gas cylinder" explosion in the Qatari capital, state television reported, airing footage of serious damage.The explosion tore through a restaurant attached to a mall in Doha, Qatar Television said.

Doha - Venus Williams, without a title in 16 months and beaten here as early as the second round, believes she still has what it takes to succeed at the highest level - and has the desire to prove it.The seven times Grand Slam champion cut a defiant figure de...

Doha - Li Na looks certain to build on last month's Australian Open triumph by reaching a career-high world number two next week - and could go on to become Serena Williams' nearest rival.

The football tournament which will be held in Qatar is likely to take place in winter, with December said to be "perfect."

Qatar's population is growing at an astonishing rate, driven by an urgent need to support an infrastructure development program estimated to cost $220 billion over the next decade. There are 1.4 million migrants in Qatar, 94 percent of the workforce.

Sydney - In arguably the sickest twist yet to “terrorism as we know it”, private money is funding jihadists in Syria. The money comes through many different sources, and if money isn’t everyone’s idea of idealism, it is a way of sending a message.

Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has revealed he is open to peace talks, but says they will not become a reality until foreign nations stop supporting the rebel fighters trying to overthrow him.

Washington - White House spokesperson, Jay Carney, made it clear several times in a recent press conference that the projected response to Assad's alleged chemical attack will not be about regime change but about the use of chemical weapons.

Philippine national basketball team Gilas Pilipinas handed Qatar its first loss in the ongoing FIBA Asia Basketball Championship games at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines.

New York - On Tuesday, June 18, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said insurgents fired two rockets into the Bagram Air Base outside the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The U.S. government is to hold direct talks with the Taliban in the next week. The peace negotiations are set to be held at the Taliban's political office in Qatar.

Doha - Al Jazeera reports that the Afghan Taliban are set to open a political office in Qatar a Gulf state. The office will be in Doha and will aim at facilitating peace talks to end the civil strife in Afghanistan.

Kathmandu - A Saudi Arabian woman, Raha Muharrak, 25, was among 64 people who reached the summit of Mount Everest Saturday, having climbed from Nepal's side of the mountain. Muharraq is the first woman from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to reach the summit.

Damascus - Throughout the two year civil war that has raged unabated in Syria, the Obama administration has tried very hard to portray the Free Syrian Army as a revolutionary force of freedom and democracy. However, the actual truth is much more frightening.

New York - Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family, whose private investment group owns Manchester City in England's Premier League, is now in the final negotiations to own a franchise of Major League Soccer in Queens, New York.

Baghdad - Iraq's government has ordered the licenses of 10 television channels be suspended because of a rise in sectarian violence. Al-Jazeera TV and Sharqiya are among the channels ordered to be shut down for the time being.

International trade unions have called on the FIFA international soccer body to prevent Qatar from hosting the 2022 due to that country's corruption, scandals and ill-treatment of migrant workers.

Qatar is being accused of slave labor. "To build infrastructure, more workers are likely to die than the 736 players who will participate in the World Cup," said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.

The small Arab gulf sheikdom of Qatar has discovered even more natural gas reserves in an offshore gas field to its north.