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Erdogan To Visit Qatar and Saudi Amid Gulf Crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are locked in a deep...
Second Qatari Stadium On Schedule
A second stadium being built for the football World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be ready on schedule next year despite...
French FM In Kuwait For Gulf Crisis Talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks with top officials in Kuwait on Sunday in a bid to bolster the...
France Aims To Be ‘facilitator’ In Gulf Crisis Talks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Doha on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on...
Ankara, Doha Insist Turkish Base Will Stay In Qatar
Turkey and Qatar on Friday insisted Ankara would keep a new military base in the emirate, rejecting demands from other...
Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of progress...
Qatar Airways Boss Says ‘bullying’ Gulf States Will Hit Profits
Qatar Airways' outspoken boss Akbar Al-Baker accused neighbouring Gulf states Thursday of "bullying" his country during...
Boycott-Busting Bovines Begin Arriving In Qatar
A first herd of boycott-busting cows has been airlifted to Qatar to boost milk supplies five weeks after neighbouring...
Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in...
Iran and Oman To Strengthen Ties Amid Gulf Crisis
Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a...
Arab States Say Qatar-US Terror Accord ‘insufficient’
An agreement between Qatar and the United States on combating terror funding is "insufficient", the four Arab states...
Total and Qatar Petroleum Unveil Vast Joint Oil Venture
Total and Qatar Petroleum on Tuesday unveiled a 25-year joint venture to develop the vast offshore Al-Shaheen oil...
Tillerson In Qatar As Leaks Spark Fresh Gulf Tension
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks on the Gulf diplomatic crisis as leaks of secret...
Kuwait, US, Britain Urge Quick Solution To Gulf Crisis
Kuwait, the United States and Britain Monday called on all sides in the Gulf crisis to resolve their dispute through...
Top Bahrain Activist Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail
A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail after finding...
Tillerson Looks To Defuse Qatar Crisis On Gulf Tour
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Monday in Kuwait, the key mediator between Qatar and its Arab neighbours,...
Qatar Seeks ‘siege’ Compensation For Firms, Citizens
Qatar on Sunday announced it was establishing a committee to pursue compensation claims potentially worth billions of...
A Crisis Without End? Gulf States Settle In For Long-Haul
More than a month since the start of the diplomatic crisis gripping the Gulf, hopes of a swift resolution seem as...
UK Foreign Minister Urges Arab States To End Qatar Boycott
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday urged Arab states to end their Qatar boycott, downplaying the odds...