Qatar: Transactions are still “normal”, Central Bank Governor

Governor of Qatar’s Central Bank Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al-Thani has released a statement underlining that the ongoing diplomatic rift between Doha and its neighboring Gulf States has not affected its usual operations. “The banking transactions and procedures in the Read more

Libya: UAE accused of obstructing progress towards peace

The Libyan armed group Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), opposed to Eastern-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of halting peace among Libyans and pointed at its covert plans to dominate the North African country through Read more

Gulf Crisis: Bahrain Central Bank hunts down assets of Qatar-linked blacklist

Bahrain Central Bank has ordained all banks operating in the tiny kingdom to freeze assets of the 12 organizations and 59 people put on the Qatar-linked terror blacklist. “The central bank issued a directive to all the financial institutions licensed Read more

Iran: The twin attackers killed, IS claims responsibility

Iran’s Intelligence ministry has stated that it has killed all the five assailants who stormed the Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The death toll of the two attacks has risen to Read more

FBI accuses Russian hackers for planting fake information on Qatar News Agency

US officials have expressed Russia’s potential involvement in the ‘hacking’ of Qatar’s state national news agency QNA late last month after Doha blamed hackers for planting fake news attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, which sparked diplomatic dispute between Read more