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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.
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Qatari emir sends condolences to UAE president despite diplomatic row
Jan 29, 2018 03:10Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Ale Thani has sent condolences to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Ale Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose mother has died, despite a months-old diplomatic rift between the two Persian Gulf countries.
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Doha seeks no escalation with Abu Dhabi over military overflights: Qatar's FM
Jan 25, 2018 13:08Qatar's foreign minister says Doha seeks no military escalation with the United Arab Emirates amid a growing row between the Persian Gulf neighbors over airspace violations.