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Saudis Stand Tough As Top Gulf Diplomats In Washington For Qatar Talks

Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the...

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Saudis Say Demands ‘non-Negotiable’ As Qatar, US Officials Meet

Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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Delhi’s Upscale Golf Club Apologises After Dress Row

New Delhi's prestigious colonial-era golf club apologised Tuesday after a woman claimed she had been told to leave the...

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Tillerson To Meet Qatari Counterpart In Washington

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Qatari counterpart Tuesday in Washington, after the US...

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Key US Republican Threatens To Block Arms To Gulf

A top Republican lawmaker on Monday threatened to block US arms sales to members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation...

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Black Stars Players Get Ready For Mexico Test

The Black Stars arrived in Texas on Sunday (Saturday night per US time) and had their first training session ahead of...

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Bahrain Accuses Qatar of ‘military Escalation’

Bahrain's foreign minister on Monday accused Qatar of a "military escalation" in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, an...

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Iran Seeks Stronger Ties With Qatar

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said his country wants to bolster ties with Qatar and rejected a Saudi-led...

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US Urges Qatar and Saudi-Led Group To ‘lower Rhetoric’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group...

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UAE President In First Appearance Since 2014 Stroke

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan made his first public appearance Sunday since...

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Erdogan Says Saudi-Led Ultimatum On Qatar ‘against International Law’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday welcomed Qatar's dismissal of a sweeping list of demands from Saudi...

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Gulf States To Mark End of Ramadan From Sunday

The Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is to start on Sunday in Saudi Arabia and...

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UAE Says US, European Guarantees Needed To Solve Gulf Crisis

A top Emirati diplomat said on Saturday that US and European guarantees would be needed to monitor any future agreement...

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Qatar Says Saudi-Led Demands Not ‘reasonable’

Qatar said Saturday that a 13-point list of demands made by Saudi Arabia and its allies impinged on its sovereignty and...

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White House Dubs Gulf Crisis ‘a Family Issue’

The White House said Friday it considers the deepening crisis in the Gulf to be primarily "a family issue," urging...

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UN Offers To Help Resolve Qatar Row

The United Nations on Friday offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar was...

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Al-Jazeera Says Call To Shut It Attack On ‘freedom of Expression’

Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Friday any move to shut it down was an attack on media freedom, following...

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UAE Warns Qatar Over Neighbours’ Demands

The United Arab Emirates on Friday warned of "divorce" with Qatar unless it takes seriously a list of demands including...

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Arab States Send Qatar Steep Demands

Four Arab states have sent Qatar a list of 13 demands it must meet if it wants them to lift their sanctions. Saudi...