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Qatar Ready To Heal Gulf Rift
Kuwaiti FM says Qatar is willing to hold dialogue with Arab states that have cut diplomatic ties with Doha. Kuwait on...
Kuwait Gives Jihadist Life For Attack On US Troops
A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced a professed member of the Islamic State group to life in prison for an attack on US...
Price of Saudi Cigarettes Doubles As First Tax Hits
The price of a pack of cigarettes doubled for Saudi Arabian smokers on Sunday under first-time tax measures to help the...
Bangladesh Arrests Alleged Senior Extremist
Bangladesh police on Sunday arrested a businessman accused of being a major figure in the Islamist group blamed for a...
Half the Number of Bodies From Myanmar Plane Crash Recovered
Search crews in Myanmar have now recovered the bodies of nearly half of those who died in last week's military plane...
Qatar Says Gulf Citizens Can Stay Despite Crisis
Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome...
Infantino ‘confident’ In 2022 Despite Qatar Crisis
FIFA is confident the diplomatic crisis sweeping Qatar will normalise and not threaten the 2022 World Cup, the...
Iran Has Sent Five Planes of Food To Qatar
Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar, Iran's national carrier told AFP on Sunday, days after Gulf countries cut...
Qatar Tells Gulf Residents They Are Free To Stay
Qatar has said citizens of states that have cut ties with the emirate will be allowed to stay in the country despite...
Gas Giant Qatar Petroleum Says Unaffected By Gulf Crisis
Energy giant Qatar Petroleum said in a statement on Saturday that it was "business as usual" despite a spiralling...
Wearing A Barcelona Shirt Could Land Fans In Prison For Up To 15 Years
Barcelona fans in Saudi Arabia could be punished with up to 15 years in prison for wearing their team’s colours....
Iraqi Girl Reunited With Family 3 Years After IS Abduction
The Ashti camp in Iraq's northern city of Arbil on Saturday celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by...
Turkey Says Qatar Deployment Aims To Ensure Security
Turkey's decision to station troops at a base in Qatar aims to ensure the emirate's security after Saudi Arabia and its...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...
Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory
Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday,...
Amnesty Bemoans Cost of Gulf Crisis On Human Rights
Amnesty International warned Saturday of the "heartbreak and fear" being suffered by potentially thousands of ordinary...
Russia Calls For Dialogue In Qatar Crisis
Moscow called on Saturday for dialogue between Qatar and its neighbours in the Gulf, promising help in mediating the...
US Forces Assist Philippines Military As Marawi Siege Rages On.
US forces are providing the Philippines with technical assistance to end a siege of the southern town of Marawi by...
US Forces Back Philippine Troops In Islamist Held City
United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants...