Qatar will likely face higher labor costs as a result of publicity about deaths of migrant  construction  workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, the International Monetary Fund said. Britain's Guardian newspaper reported in...

Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia  Airlines  jetliner with 239 people on board suspect it may have disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday, as Vietnam reported a possible sighting of wreckage from the plane. International police...

Egypt's interim president has signed into law a bill aimed at regulating the upcoming presidential election, paving the way for army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to take part and win. Adly Mansour , the interim president, issued the decree on Saturday with the elections commission...

A Sunni Lebanese militant group linked to al Qaeda has apologized for the civilian casualties of a suicide bombing last month and said its fight was against Iran and its ally Hezbollah, not Shi'ites in general. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades took credit for a February 19 attack on Shi'ite...