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A 1931 sculpture of Pablo Picasso's mistress will be owned by New York art collector Leon Black rather than the royal Qatari family after a court fight aimed at deciding who was the rightful owner ended with a settlement, parties to the deal announced Wednesday.

Migrant laborers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labor while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a new report released by Amnesty International alleged Thursday.

Iran on Wednesday snubbed a proposal agreed to by four influential oil producers to cap their crude output if others do the same, with a senior Oil Ministry official saying Tehran has no intention of freezing oil output levels.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- An American couple cleared of charges in their adopted daughter's death left the Gulf Arab nation on Wednesday, leaving behind them a nearly two-year saga that climaxed with a court ruling absolving them of any wrongdoing.

Over the next few days you will be hearing the name 'Qatar' a lot in the news. Qatar is a sovereign Arab country, located in Western Asia that occupies a small area in the Qatar Peninsula along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Qatar's behind-the-scenes role in securing the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban operatives was a classic move by a tiny but natural gas-rich Gulf state with outsize ambitions that extend to hosting soccer's World Cup in eight years' time.

Even if you weren’t playing close attention to the story over the weekend of the deal that freed Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban prisoners held at Gitmo – you had to stop and say to yourself – 5 highly dangerous Taliban fighters in exchange for one American who allegedly deserted his post and was captured by the Taliban...