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Qatar complains to UN after UAE ‘hijacks’ fishing boat
Mar 10, 2018 03:50Doha has complained to the United Nations about a January incident, in which it said a United Arab Emirates (UAE) vessel hijacked a Qatari fishing boat with eight crewmen.
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Qatar signs security pact with NATO amid Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis
Mar 08, 2018 09:52Qatar has signed a security pact with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), enabling forces with the military alliance to enter and transit the Persian Gulf state and use its al-Ubeid Air Base there.
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IMF says economic impacts of Qatar blockade fading, dashing Saudi hopes
Mar 06, 2018 10:46The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economic impacts of the nine-month blockade by a Saudi-led quartet of Arab states against Qatar are fading. The announcements dashes Saudi hopes that the siege would force Doha into submission on matters of foreign policy.
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Qatar dismisses Saudi media hype about being stripped of 2022 FIFA World Cup
Feb 26, 2018 04:14Qatari authorities have dismissed as “fabricated and unfounded” the recent allegations by Saudi Arabian Sports Minister Turki al-Sheikh that the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom could be stripped of its right to host the 2022 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup.
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Qatar to lose right to host World Cup: Saudi minister
Feb 25, 2018 09:35Saudi Arabia’s sports minister has suggested that Qatar could be stripped of its right to host 2022 World Cup.
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Qatari emir: Saudi-led blockade ‘futile’, unity needed in Middle East
Feb 17, 2018 04:40Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says his peninsular Persian Gulf country has “preserved its sovereignty” months after a “futile” diplomatic blockade was imposed against Doha by a Saudi-led group of Arab states.
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Taliban invites US senator for ‘mutual talks’ in Doha
Feb 12, 2018 13:10Taliban has invited a US senator for “mutual talks” in the Qatari capital Doha, where the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has an office.
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Pro-Saudi British MP accepted $20,000 for anti-Qatari event: Report
Feb 11, 2018 14:44A British lawmaker, known for entertaining pro-Saudi bias, is revealed to have been paid handsomely to advise and address an anti-Qatar conference in London, also joined by other bribed British figures.
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Doha ‘diffused’ attempt by Riyadh, Abu Dhabi to invade Qatar: Defense minister
Feb 03, 2018 12:56Qatar’s defense minister says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had planned a military invasion of his country at the beginning of a diplomatic crisis that erupted last year when several states cut off diplomatic relations with Doha.
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Qatar inks agreements with Oman amid Saudi blockade
Jan 29, 2018 03:28Qatar has inked a memorandum of understanding with Oman to promote investment and trade between the two countries amid an ongoing blockade imposed on Doha by a Saudi-led bloc.