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Qatar will host on May 28 for a third time in a row the African Football Confederation Super Cup to oppose Al Ahly (Egypt) and Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Morocco). The tie, CAF said, will take place at Jassim Bin Read more
Qatar’s national carrier, Qatar Airways, has said it would resume flying to Sudan’s capital of Khartoum on May 11 two years after suspending the route due to sea/air/land blockade imposed by its neighbors. “Sudan is a strategically important market for Read more
Investment Holding Group (IHG), a Doha-based Investment Management company, is mulling plans to acquire Elegancia group, a business supplies and equipment conglomerate also located in the Qatari capital. IHG’s board of Directors, Zawya notes, indicated to the Qatar Stock Exchange Read more
Qatar Sunday expressed willingness to tap into Tunisia’s know-how and manpower as it hosts next year’s FIFA World Cup. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz al-Thani, Prime Minister of the Gulf country, reports say, held a telephone conversation with Read more
Qatar’s national carrier Qatar Airways and UAE’s Etihad Airways announced Wednesday to resume air traffic between the two countries after three years of suspension due to diplomatic brawl. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports said it would Read more
Qatari Diar and Ariane Holding Group have signed an agreement for the British supermarket chain Sainsbury to open a branch in the Gulf country in the first quarter of next year, reports say. The future branch will be located in Read more
Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, will soon resume operating in Algeria 20 years after authorities shut down the office of the Doha-media. Algerian authorities reportedly early this week validated a license application from the media. They however rebuffed the renewal Read more
Oman’s national carrier, Oman Air, will resume its commercial flight operations from October 1 after a seven-month hiatus over the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes following the announcement by the Oman airport of the resumption of air traffic for international Read more
An Egyptian journalist who was to stand a trial after appearing on Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network, has died of novel covid-19, the Doha-based media reports. Mohamed Monir’s death was announced Monday by his daughter Sarah Monir. The 65-year old Read more
Interpol has dropped the arrest warrant against Egyptian scholar Yousef al-Qaradawi, a sharp critic of President AbdelFattah al-Sisi and a persona non grata in most Gulf countries. A source from the Egyptian’s office at Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, Read more