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Qatar and Iran inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a joint trade council aiming at boosting trade between the two countries. The document, according to Tasnim News agency, was signed by Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al-Thani, chairman of Read more
Morocco plans to send thousands of its own security personnel to help Qatar ensure a secure organization of 2022 World Cup, a move that reflects the closer ties between the two monarchies as well as Morocco’s expertise in organizing international Read more
Qatar has signed a new Strategic Investment Partnership for the injection of $12.5 billion in the United Kingdom in areas including fintech, life sciences, and cyber security. The agreement came during the visit of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to Read more
Qatar Fund for Development has donated 1 million euros for the reconstruction of eight children football fields in Germany that were damaged last year by heavy floods. The sports infrastructures, Doha News reports, were put out of operation in the Read more
The U.S has commenced construction of its new embassy in Doha, the capital of the tiny gas-rich Gulf country. Designed by Richard Kennedy Architects of Phoenix, Arizona, the structure will be located on a 12-acre property in a new diplomatic Read more
A female Palestinian journalist working for Qatar-based Al Jazeera network was shot dead early Wednesday as she was covering Israeli forces’ military operation in Jenin refugee camp in occupied West bank, the Doha-based media said in a statement. “In a Read more
The Qatari Planning and Statistics Authority revealed Wednesday that the Gulf country’s population has shrunk by nearly 2 per cent on a monthly basis since March, Doha News reports. The agency on its Twitter account indicated that the country’s population Read more
Qatar has made its entry among the world’s leading countries for entrepreneurs per the 2020 assessment index for 50 countries around the world by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). GEM’s National Entrepreneurship Context Index (GEM NECI) ranks the Gulf country 9th Read more
The European Commission has included Qatar among countries whose citizens are exempt from the Schengen visa, Peninsula Qatar reports. The move came Wednesday. The commission also confirmed its submission of this proposal to the European Parliament and Council for approval. Read more
Qatar has taken delivery of 130 electric buses representing the last batch of 741 units ordered by the Gulf state for the World Cup 2022 and beyond, Doha News reported. The vehicles arrived this week at Hamad Port. Qatar, host Read more