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Qatar has allowed Israeli football fans to enter the country for the FIFA World Cup following negotiations between the three parties as both countries have no diplomatic ties, Reuters reports citing Israeli officials. Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, Defense Minister, Read more
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, one of the stadiums to host 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, will also welcome next year, the Turkish Super Cup known officially as Turkcell Super Cup. The final between Turkey’s League and Cup champions Beşiktaş Read more
Tunisia and Algeria will lock horns in the final of FIFA Arab Cup tournament ongoing in Qatar; host of next year FIFA World Cup. Tunisia was the first to advance after beating Egypt in the stoppage time on Wednesday. Egypt Read more
Turkey will reinforce 3,000 personnel from riot police units to Qatar in view of beefing up security during FIFA World Cup to be staged in the Gulf country, Minister Süleyman Soylu announced Thursday, according to Daily Sabah. “The discussions were Read more
Qatar Tuesday inaugurated the Al-Bayt Stadium, the second largest stadium for Mondial Qatar 2022, Arab Times reports. The inauguration comes ahead of the Qatar-Bahrain match in the beginning of the Arab Cup competitions (Fifa Qatar 2021). The 60,000-seat stadium is Read more
Qatar, host of 2022 FIFA World Cup, would require that all visitors of the Gulf country during the global football event are vaccinated against the covid-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has hinted. “Right now there Read more
Qatar’s new law partially scrapping the ‘exit permit’ that prevented migrant workers from leaving the country without their employer’s permission is an important first step towards dismantling its exploitative sponsorship system, Amnesty International said. Law No. 13 of 2018, issued Read more
Qatar’s national carrier Qatar Airways has sealed an acquisition deal of five Boeing 777 cargos for a cost put at $1.7 billion, Reuters reports. The deal was signed in England during Farnborough Airshow. The future delivery will add to already Read more
A statement released by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Qatar has outlined that the country is “effectively adjusting to the new reality of sustained lower energy prices” by implementing “adequate” policies to ease the pressure on the fiscal Read more
British defense secretary Michael Fallon and US Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires Ryna Gilha in Qatar have both hailed the Gulf State as a key partner and ally in the Middle East for their respective countries. The two officials who were attending Read more