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Qatar Monday surprisingly announced it will give up its seat in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January, explaining that the decision was not political. Yet, it blasted the oil cartel for being dominated by Saudi Arabia that Read more
Qatar will pull out from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019, the tiny Gulf’s minister of energy has announced. “Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from OPEC effective January 2019,” Saad al-Kaabi said Monday at Read more
Qatar is looking to pump in Germany’s economy billions of dollar of investment as it seeks to deepen its foothold in the European Union (UE) economic powerhouse. A report by Handelsblatt, a German newspaper specialized in economic news, revealed that Read more
Turkey’s economy has received a boost in its ongoing meltdown after Qatar announced investment of $15 billion into the bank and financial sector. Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara Wednesday Read more
Qatar is planning to launch a sugar processing plant at the latest by 2020 to strengthen its independence and prevent future sugar supply disruption after its neighbors, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain plus Egypt, severed ties with Read more
The UN High Commission for Human Rights Tuesday called on Egyptian authorities to release unconditionally the daughter of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi who has been willy-nilly involved in the ongoing diplomatic showdown between Qatar and its neighbors led by Read more
Doha-based news network al Jazeera has shed several jobs and emerged a number of departments as part of a restructuring program at the time the network faces regional boycott, Bloomberg reports. The New York-based media notes that dozens of departments Read more
Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to release a Qatari citizen arrested on the Yemen-Oman border amid diplomatic standoff between the tiny Gulf country and its neighbors led by the Saudi kingdom. The Qatari foreign ministry in a statement said Read more
Bahrain’s foreign minister has called for lawsuit to be placed against Doha-based al Jazeera as he accused the news network of spreading lies. Bahrain and its regional allies, namely Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates plus Egypt, have severed ties Read more
Princess Lalla Hasnaa represented King Mohammed VI at the official inauguration ceremony of Qatar National Library (QNL), on Monday in Doha. The ceremony was chaired by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who commemorated the event by placing Read more