Tag: Qatar
Gulf Cup falls victim to Qatar crisis as Saudi Arabia, UAE,...
Gulf Cup organisers on Thursday said Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain had “withdrawn” from the Qatar-hosted tournament, amid a deepening political crisis in...
Erdogan vows military support for Qatar on Doha visit
DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged his country's continued military support for Qatar during a visit to Doha on Wednesday, according to state...
‘Pakistan aims to boost economic cooperation with Qatar’
DOHA: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan intends to increase cooperation with Qatar in economic and education sectors.
“During my interactions with Qatar Prime Minister and...
Qatar appoints women to Shura Council for first time
DOHA: Qatar has appointed women to one of its most important consultative bodies, the Shura Council, for the first time in the country’s history, according...
Ahsan arrives in Doha to attend int’l conference on safety, security
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday arrived in Doha on a two-day visit to Qatar to attend Global Conference on Safety and...
US approves $1-billion Qatar arms deal despite Gulf stand-off
WASHINGTON: The United States government on Wednesday approved a $1.1 billion deal to service Qatar's F-15 fighter jets despite the diplomatic stand-off between the...
Qatar ruler ready for Trump-hosted talks to resolve Gulf crisis
DOHA: Qatar’s ruler said he is ready for US-hosted direct talks aimed at solving the worst diplomatic crisis in the Gulf in years but...
Bahrain calls for freezing Qatar’s membership out of GCC
CAIRO: Bahrain will not attend the upcoming GCC summit if Qatar does not change its stand, and the right step to preserve the Gulf...
Qatar signs military agreement with Russia
DOHA: Qatar said on Thursday it had signed a defence agreement with Russia, the latest in a series of such steps by the emirate...
Qatar says Gulf crisis ´undermines´ fight against Daesh
DUBAI: The fight against the Daesh group has suffered in the Gulf crisis, which has seen Doha isolated from Saudi Arabia and the UAE,...
Qatar, FIFA urged to protect 800,000 workers from desert heat
Dubai: World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction labourers working in scorching...
Trump pushing Afghan president for closure of Taliban office in Qatar:...
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is pushing the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, to close a Taliban mission in Qatar, which has been a channel for dialogue...
Qatar to buy 24 jet fighters from UK
DOHA: Qatar on Sunday signed an agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from Britain, a second major defence deal signed by Doha during...
Qatar, neighbours trade barbs at Arab League over boycott
CAIRO: Diplomats from Qatar and the four states boycotting it exchanged heated words at an Arab League meeting on Tuesday.
Tensions flared after Qatar’s Minister of...
Blockade attempt to force Qatar into ‘trusteeship’: minister
GENEVA: Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday accused the “illegal” blockade against his country for trying to force it into a “state of trusteeship”.
Speaking before the...
NYT debunks fake ISIL statement on Qatar used by Saudis
The New York Times on Sunday debunked information spread by official Saudi media outlets a day earlier claiming Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Saudi suspends dialogue after Qatar outreach
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday suspended any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of distorting facts soon after a phone call between the rulers of both...
