Qatar

Qatar files UN complaint about Bahraini ‘airspace violation’

Mar 28, 2018 03:13

Qatar has filed a complained with the UN Security Council against Bahrain, accusing a fighter jet belonging to Manama of violation its airspace at the weekend.
Qatar asks US to probe 'financial warfare' by UAE bank

Mar 19, 2018 10:34

Qatar has asked the US to investigate reports that the American subsidiary of the largest bank in the UAE is manipulating the Qatari currency to harm the country's economy amid a diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia.
Qatar signs 3-billion-euro military helicopter deal with Italy

Mar 15, 2018 10:41

Qatar and Italy have signed a 3-billion-euro deal for the sale of 28 military helicopters to Doha amid a diplomatic rift in the Persian Gulf region, which pits a Saudi-led quartet of states against Qatar.
Qatar complains to UN after UAE ‘hijacks’ fishing boat

Mar 10, 2018 03:50

Doha 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.
Qatar signs security pact with NATO amid Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis

Mar 08, 2018 09:52

Qatar 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.
IMF says economic impacts of Qatar blockade fading, dashing Saudi hopes

Mar 06, 2018 10:46

The 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.
Qatar dismisses Saudi media hype about being stripped of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Feb 26, 2018 04:14

Qatari 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.
Qatar to lose right to host World Cup: Saudi minister

Feb 25, 2018 09:35

Saudi Arabia’s sports minister has suggested that Qatar could be stripped of its right to host 2022 World Cup.
Qatari emir: Saudi-led blockade ‘futile’, unity needed in Middle East

Feb 17, 2018 04:40

Qatari 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.
Taliban invites US senator for ‘mutual talks’ in Doha

Feb 12, 2018 13:10

Taliban has invited a US senator for “mutual talks” in the Qatari capital Doha, where the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has an office.