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Hundreds of Bosnians gathered in Sarajevo on Monday to greet the handball national team, which qualified for a major tournament for the first time since independence in a playoff win against Iceland.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina handball team will play in the World Championships in Qatar in 2015 after a nerve-racking one point aggregate win against Iceland.

Egypt's prosecutor general on June 16 ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months, the official MENA news agency reported.

BRNO - Serbia will miss the next men's handball world championship in Qatar, since it was steamrolled by the Czech Republic 33-21 (18-8) in the 2nd match of the qualification playoffs in Brno on Saturday.

Serbia failed to hang on to the 8 goal advantage from the first match in Nis last week, which Serbia won 23-15.

Bulgaria is to open new trade offices in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, in northern Iraq  at Erbil, Algiers, Tunisia, Ghana, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, in the US in Chicago, Hungary and in Cyprus.

Bulgaria will open trade missions in 20 countries by end-2014, according to a media statement of the government.

The new trade representations are to be opened in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, northern Iraq (Erbil), Algiers, Tunisia, Ghana, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, US (Chicago), Hungary and Cyprus.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks out on the 2022 Qatar World Cup controversy for the first time, accusing some of trying to ‘destroy’ FIFA.

Thousands of artifacts have been sent to well over a hundred exhibits in different corners of the globe over the past decade, according to the ministry Turkey’s treasures continue to be seen by millions around the world, with artifacts ranging from ancient Hittite objects to the glories of the Ottoman Empire being exhibited at prestigious museums.

The way Qatar has so far handled the persistent suspicion over the 2022 World Cup does not do any good for the country when it is wrestling against allegations of bribery Qatar’s handling of persistent suspicion that it illicitly employed its financial muscle to win the right to host the 2022 World Cup has earned it a conviction in the court of public opinion even if revelations of all

Egyptian prosecutors on Thursday demanded the "maximum" penalty, ranging from 15 to 25 years in jail, for all 20 defendants in the trial of Al-Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood.
      

The lone U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan was freed May 31 in exchange for five senior Taliban figures detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a dramatic deal brokered by Qatar.