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Aircrafts registered in Qatar and the national carrier, Qatar Airways, can now fly through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain’s air spaces, the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization said Tuesday. The Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has been Read more
Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pointed out that his country cruised well through the crisis with its neighbors and that the emirate has grown even stronger and more resilient. “To us and to everyone, Qatar after June 2017 Read more
Nine players of a Gaza-based football team have been barred from traveling out of Gaza to participate in a football match in Israel-occupied West Bank. The players based in Rafah, border town with Egypt, have been prevented from attending the Read more
Qatar and Italy signed Wednesday a military deal for the purchase of seven war vessels worth $6 billion. “I am pleased to announce the conclusion of a deal between the Qatari naval forces to buy seven naval units from Italy Read more
King Salman of Saudi Arabia will offer Haj to 1,000 family members of Egyptian soldiers who died defending their country against Islamist militants. The families will be the Saudi monarch’s own guests during the religious ritual to start early September, Read more
Saudi foreign minister Sunday announced that Qatar declared war on Saudi Arabia after Qatari authorities called the UN to intervene in alleged restrictions put on Qatari pilgrims who want to perform the Hajj at Mecca. Adel Jubeir who was speaking Read more
A Cairo criminal court Tuesday pressed life in prison sentences against 43 people involved in anti-government protests in 2011, few months after the revolution, which brought down country’s former strongman Hosni Mubarak. A total of 145 persons were tried in Read more
Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have severed ties with Qatar, have added nine individuals from Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait and Libya as well as nine other organizations from Yemen and Libya to their list of terror entities and individuals with Read more
Fatah and Hamas could be on the verge of reaching a power-sharing agreement, which could further relax the blockade on the crossing point with Egypt. Revealing details of the possible agreement in a telephone interview with Associated Press, Mohammed Dahlan, Read more
The Saudi ministry of Haj and Umrah announced Thursday that Qatari pilgrims can join other pilgrims to perform the Haj and Umrah rituals despite the ongoing diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors led by Saudi Arabia. Qatar’s neighbors namely Read more