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 Sunday said that Qatar is willing to hold a dialogue with Gulf Arab countries...
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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 kingdom cope with a drop in oil revenues. Residents of the world's biggest oil...
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 to stay, while boasting of "business as usual" for vital gas exports. Iran also...
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 organisation's president, Gianni Infantino, said in an interview published Sunday. "We...
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 off air and other transport links to the emirate. "So far five planes carrying...
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 measures against its own nationals. A statement carried on state media said Doha...
Chastened Brazil To Take No Chances Against Australia
The world's number one team Brazil will not be under-estimating Australia as they bid to rebound from their Superclasico loss to Argentina, officials said Sunday. The five-time World Cup champions...
Indonesia’s ‘militant Moderates’ Fight Religious Intolerance
Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation is on a campaign -- to crush intolerance and defend the nation's inclusive...
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 diplomatic crisis involving Doha and its Gulf neighbours. In an attempt to reassure...
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. Barca shirts sporting the Qatar Airways sponsorship logo are said to have been...
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 allies imposed a blockade over claims it supports terrorism, the foreign...
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 individuals because of the political dispute in the Gulf that has isolated...
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 crisis, as Russia's foreign minister met his Qatari counterpart. "We have observed...
Is Islam Responsible For Global ‘Islamist’ Terrorism?
The media have consistently, for far too long, maintained shallow, hollow and horrific reportage on the terror perpetrated by miscreants who claim to be fighting for the sake of Islam. The...
Brazil Coach Tite Ponders Changes For Upcoming Australia Match
Brazil manager Tite says he is considering changes for Tuesday's game against Australia after blasting his side's poor finishing in the loss to Argentina in Melbourne. The world's number one ranked...
Erdogan Vows To Stand By ‘Qatari Brothers’ Amid Crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the deployment of Turkish troops there, saying Riyadh needed to put brotherhood ahead of...
US Urges Saudis To Ease Qatar Blockade
Mr Tillerson said the blockade was having humanitarian consequences. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Gulf countries must ease the blockade on Qatar, which is accused by Arab neighbours of...
Erdogan Says ‘not Witnessed’ Qatar Give Support To Terror
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he has never known Qatar to give support to terror organisations, a charge made by Saudi Arabia and its allies who have cut ties with the...
Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’
The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number of Qataris and Doha-based organisations on a "terror list". As many as 18...
Qatar Rejects Saudi-Led Bloc’s ‘terror’ List
Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab countries which cut ties with it this week amid a major diplomatic fallout. Saudi...