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After some delay, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who served as Foreign Minister from July 2004 until the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak’s government in 2011, was finally elected as Arab League Chief in replacement of Nabil El-Araby whose mandate will be Read more
Sweden is offering tailor-made innovative and entrepreneurship development solutions to Qatar, part of efforts to establish a knowledge-based society. Doha is battling to diversify its economy as low global hydrocarbon prices affect its economy and finances. Swedish Ambassador to Qatar, Read more
Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have labelled the Lebanese-based Hezbollah as a terrorist organization a day after Nasrallah lambasted Riyadh for its actions against Lebanon because Read more
Qatar has received reassurances from the newly elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino that the hosting of the 2022 World Cup is not at stake following allegations that Doha used illegal financial means to gather votes from member states and decision Read more
Iran has stated that it supports the agreement reached between Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in Doha to freeze oil output at January 11 levels without making any commitment whether it would abide by it. After meeting with his Read more
Most oil dependent countries have been downgraded by Standards and Poor’s rating agency and some Gulf countries were among those affected recently with their ratings reduced by 2notches. The agency cited that the falling oil prices contributed to the decision Read more
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Pakistan State Oil Company (PSO) have signed a 15year agreement providing for an annual supply of 3.75 million tons of Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) per annum to Pakistan. The agreement will enter into force as Read more
Talks between Hamas and Fatah that kicked off in Qatar on Sunday are progressing positively as the Prime Minister of the unity government, Rami Hamdallah, said he is ready to step down and pave the way for a new national Read more
Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network Wednesday launched a lawsuit against Egypt which it accuses of causing a loss of $150 million and crackdown on its journalists in 2013, following the military coup against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The network says Read more
As the elections for the FIFA presidency draw closer, candidate Jerome Champagne stated that Qatar would be stripped off the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and it would be passed to the US without any new voting. Read more