MIDDLE EAST
DIPLOMACY
Blinken to visit Qatar for World Cup
UNREST
Britain says drone circles vessel in Gulf of Oman after strike on tanker
QATAR
No alcohol sales permitted at World Cup stadium sites: Source
SPORTS
Qatar's maverick ruler eyes soft power win with World Cup
SPORTS
Iran World Cup players focused on football, not protests at home
IRAN
World Cup winger says focus is on playing, not political issues
HUMAN RIGHTS
Worker deaths take a toll on World Cup host Qatar
NORMALIZATION
Diplomats, direct flights to ease Israel-Qatar chill at World Cup
FOOTBALL
Macron says 'must not politicize sport' ahead of Qatar World Cup
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Qatari activists criticize own government over Tel Aviv-Doha World Cup flights
NORMALIZATION
Direct Tel Aviv-Doha flights to operate during World Cup
GULF
Qatar World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'damage in the mind'
WORLD CUP
Qatar minister accuses Germany of 'double standards' in criticism
SPORT
Hacking targeted critics of Qatar World Cup: report
HUMAN RIGHTS