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A man comes in to bowl during a cricket match on a patch of wasteland in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. At dozens of makeshift pitches on wasteland around Doha, workers from all over South Asia gather to play on their one free day of the week. The stadium hosting the world track and field championship, and the arenas for the 2022 soccer World Cup, are at best distant lights on the horizon. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Away from glitzy stadiums, Qatar migrants live for cricket

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Tobi Amusan of Nigeria smiles after finishing a women's 100 meter hurdles heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The Latest: Ethiopia’s Desisa wins marathon

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2014 file photo, former marathon world record holder Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, poses for photographers at a hotel in London. Gebrselassie says it was wrong to hold the track and field world championships in Qatar and marathon runners could have died from the heat. The women’s marathon Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 started at midnight to dodge the worst of the heat in Qatar but was still held in humidity that made it feel like 105 degrees (40 Celsius). Twenty-eight of the 68 women dropped out and one was briefly hospitalized. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

The Latest: Warholm wins 400 hurdles, host Qatar gets medal

Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 9, 2014 file photo, former marathon world record holder Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, poses for photographers at a hotel in London. Gebrselassie says it was wrong to hold the track and field world championships in Qatar and marathon runners could have died from the heat. The women’s marathon Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 started at midnight to dodge the worst of the heat in Qatar but was still held in humidity that made it feel like 105 degrees (40 Celsius). Twenty-eight of the 68 women dropped out and one was briefly hospitalized. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Gebrselassie says athletes could have died at Doha worlds

By ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

The landmark Kasbah of Oudayas is illuminated by the emblem of Qatar World Cup 2022, in Rabat, Morocco, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

2 Koreas move toward meeting in World Cup qualifying

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 2, 2019 file photo, IAAF President Sebastian Coe, attends a press conference ahead of the Doha IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar. IAAF President Sebastian Coe discusses the impact of Usain Bolt's absence from the upcoming world championships in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, and expresses his hope that emerging young athletes will make their own mark at the Sept. 27-Oct. 6, 2019 event. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

AP Interview: IAAF head Coe discusses Bolt, Coleman, Semenya

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq is warning the U.S. against embracing rebel leader Khalifa Haftar, a former Libyan army colonel with alleged CIA ties. "I think President Trump may have gotten the wrong message from allies or advisers about Haftar," he said. "It is our government in Tripoli, not Haftar, that is the main ally of the U.S. as a force to fight terrorism in Libya and North Africa." (Associated Press)

Ahmed Omar Maiteeq of Libya warns Donald Trump of Khalifa Haftar

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Iran diplomat claims U.S. weapons turning Mideast into ‘tinderbox’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 8, 2017, photo, a Delta Air Lines jet waits on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Delta tops an annual study that ranks U.S. airlines by on-time arrivals, complaint rates, and other statistical measurements. Researchers who crunch the numbers say that U.S. airlines are getting better as a whole. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

U.S. airlines crony capitalism and subsidies

By Dennis G. Lennox

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, North Koreans hold cards to make an image depicting a worker and a farmer during a mass game performance of &quot;The Land of the People&quot; at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

North and South Korea to meet in 2022 World Cup qualifiers

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

While Trump praises Qatar, education officials seek scrutiny

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Qatar says warplanes collide on training mission

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, left, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's chief negotiator, second left, and other members of the Taliban delegation speak to reporters prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia. The seventh and latest round of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban is &quot;critical,&quot; said Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on Sunday June 30, 2019, the second day of talks with Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Mideastern state of Qatar, where the militant group maintains a political office. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

All-Afghan conference brings country closer to peace

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump gives warm welcome to Qatar amid Persian Gulf disputes

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Qatar signs deal worth billions at White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

United States' Megan Rapinoe attends a press conference at the Stade de Lyon, outside Lyon, France, Saturday, July 6, 2019. US will face Netherlands in a Women's World Cup final match Sunday in Lyon. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

On the eve of the World Cup final, Rapinoe calls out FIFA

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

This image taken on a mobile phone on Wednesday July 3, 2019 shows the damage inside the detention center in Tripoli's Tajoura neighborhood after an airstrike. Libyan officials say an airstrike has struck a detention center for migrants in the capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. The airstrike was likely to raise further concerns about the European Union's policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid detention centers near the front lines. (AP Photo)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers stand amid the aftermath of Monday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The Taliban set off a powerful bomb in downtown Kabul on Monday, killing a several people and wounding more than a hundred, and sending a cloud of smoke billowing over the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump Afghanistan message sparks violence, threatens peace talks, experts say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE In this file photo taken on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, third from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia. The seventh and latest round of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban is &quot;critical,&quot; said Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on Sunday June 30, 2019, the second day of talks with Washington's peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Mideastern state of Qatar, where the militant group maintains a political office. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

All-Afghan peace summit set for July, but on Taliban terms

By KATHY GANNON and AMIR SHAH - Associated Press

Air Italy has 15 aircraft, but only five are capable of long-haul service. The combined fleet of the largest U.S. carriers is 4,500 planes. The Big Three and their alliance partners control more than 90% of trans-Atlantic capacity. (Associated Press)

Air Italy violates Open Skies pact with Qatar subsidies, U.S. airlines say

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times