Qatar

In a thought-provoking op-ed published on Friday by Saudi Arabian daily newspaper Okaz, entitled "Friday is a working day," writer Mona Al-Otaibi questions whether the Kingdom's traditional Friday-Saturday weekend...

A Moroccan court has sentenced a blogger to five years in prison over posts on Facebook criticising the normalisation of relations with Israel that were deemed "offensive" to the...

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh denied on Wednesday that he had criticised Qatar for funding the Gaza Strip's electricity plant, Al-Watan Voice has reported. Earlier this week, the...

A new slackline world record has been set in the Middle East, 185m above Qatar's Lusail Marina in Doha. Estonian slackline athlete Jaan Roose walked the furthest slackline distance on a single building, 150m, battling strong winds and the fear of a gigantic drop below him.

Qatar will provide Ukraine with $100 million in humanitarian aid to support health, education and demining, Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, said on Friday after talks with the Gulf...

France and Qatar share a mutual desire to enhance their defence partnership, a French Defence Ministry source reports. According to the report, the defence partnership between the two nations...

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly discussed issues related to Palestine, Iran and Syria on Wednesday with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, who is also his...

Qatar and Oman announced on Wednesday that they have submitted written statements to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in support of the Palestinian position, Wafa...

If you ask any Libyan citizen about the biggest obstacles hindering political solutions in the country, the most likely answer is: external interferences and the disputes of local de-facto...

US officials will meet Taliban representatives and "technocratic professionals" from key Afghan ministries during a visit to Doha this week, the State Department said on Wednesday, adding they will...

Early this week, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that his country's independence would never be complete as long as Palestine is occupied. Echoing the words of the late South...

Qatar has manged to fend off competition from Saudi Arabia, UAE and China to secure a deal with Pakistan over the running of Islamabad Airport. The sale, via tender...

Qatar on Sunday announced the appointment of its first ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in more than six years after the UAE, along with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, severed ties with...

Ending the Black Sea grain deal as announced this week would hit hard in numerous ways, warned Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adding that Turkiye is already working to...

State-owned QatarEnergy's net profit jumped 58 per cent to QAR154.6 billion ($42.47 billion) in 2022, compared to QAR97.9 billion in 2021, Reuters reports. According to the report, revenue rose...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's three-nation Gulf tour has grabbed headlines, Anadolu Agency reports. The tour started with Saudi Arabia, followed by a visit to Qatar and then the...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, privately threatened to journalists that he would impose sanctions on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has revealed....

Turkiye and Qatar are determined to enhance bilateral relations in various fields, according to a joint declaration issued on Tuesday during a Turkish presidential visit, Anadolu Agency reports. "On...

Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is due to arrive in major gas-producer, Qatar, on Tuesday for the final leg of a Gulf tour that has focused on securing future...

The five-nation group on Lebanon, which comprises the US, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt, said on Monday they had discussed several measures against politicians and groups who were...

An upcoming visit to Qatar by Turkiye's President will help boost bilateral ties and cooperation, according to the Gulf nation's ambassador in Ankara, Anadolu Agency reports. "This visit is...

Qatar's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Qassim Al Thani, said his country has launched several initiatives to attract foreign direct investment and international talents in...

Turkiye and Qatar will launch a joint investment for semiconductor production, the Turkish Industry and Technology Minister said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. "Qatar decided to move its investment...

Early this week, Israeli media reported that an anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon at an Israeli military target. It also reported Israeli officials claiming that senior Hamas leader...

The conversation about climate change needs to shift from simply reducing carbon emissions to ensuring developing nations can take part in a diversified green economy in the Middle East...

Barcelona is reported to have received an offer worth €100m ($109m) from a team in Qatar with a view to using La Blaugrana's name as part of their franchise,...

Iran's ambassador to Doha has announced that Qatar has released seven Iranian prisoners who will be returning to their home country, Anadolu Agency reports. Hamid Dehkan, on Tuesday, posted...

Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, and Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, exchanged Eid Al-Adha greetings on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. "Iran and Qatar have good potential for the...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday, discussed the aborted armed rebellion of the Wagner paramilitary group in separate phone talks with the Qatari Emir and Iranian President, Anadolu Agency...

Growing numbers of foreign labourers are returning from Gulf countries with chronic kidney disease (CKD), medical experts have warned. Years of working under scorching heat in construction sites without...

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is planning to buy roughly 5 per cent stake in US basketball and ice hockey teams based in the US capital Washington DC. According to...

Qatar said it had shipped the last batch of mobile homes prepared for the victims of the Feb. 6 earthquake disaster in Türkiye and Syria, Anadolu reports. In a...