Increasing tensions between Iran and the US have led to fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East, with energy market participants increasingly concerned that the fallout could...

The Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and Ministry of Education and Higher Education yesterday launched the guide on human rights on the sidelines of the Doha International Book...

The Israeli fencing team has been banned from travelling to Qatar to compete as a result of the security threat posed by Iran, media sources have said. National broadcaster...

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed on Sunday that the only solution to the region’s crises lies in de-escalation...

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Tehran on Sunday, amid a rising tension between Iran and the US following the killing of an Iranian general...

Detained Saudi cleric, Salman Al-Ouda, has refused family visits in protest against the prison administration’s repressive measures against him. The Prisoners of Conscience Twitter group, which reports on political...

State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp yesterday signed a 15-year agreement with Qatar Petroleum to import three million tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas each year starting from 2022. The agreement was...

Qatar emir, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, has discussed the recent events in that took place in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, with the Arab country’s president, Barham Salih. Local...

The Qatari Foreign Ministry rejected on Friday the remarks of the secretary general of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, condemning non-Arab interference in Libya, Anadolu Agency reported. In a...

Energy has always played a crucial geopolitical role. Natural gas is a part of this important sector; with the switch from coal-to-gas, the demand for natural gas jumped by...

This New Year will mark a century since the historic Treaty of Versailles was put into effect, creating the borders of much of the contemporary world and enabling the...

An unidentified foreign country was behind the recent truck bomb in the capital city of Mogadishu, the Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) announced yesterday. “An initial report...

Will the international powers allow the Muslim countries to form an alliance to advance the Islamic world on an equal footing in terms of drafting strategies and decision-making around...

We received a pleasant and refreshing surprise when we heard President Qais Saeed received the first president from a neighbouring country since taking over office and that this distinguished...

Qatar’s Ambassador Mohammed Al Emadi today announced that the monthly payment for 75,000 Palestinian families in Gaza will be distributed tomorrow. In a statement published on the website of...

On Friday, Arizona Department of Public Safety announced the killing of a Qatari citizen in the state of Arizona, after allegedly attacking a state trooper, news agencies report. The...

Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar are considering trading among themselves in gold and through a barter system as a hedge against any future economic sanctions on them, Malaysian Prime...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has opened the Kuala Lumpur Summit for Muslim countries by calling for new strategies to deal with crises facing the Islamic world. The veteran...

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said the position of the Saudi-led bloc on relations with Qatar remains unchanged, Anadolu reports. “I affirm that nothing has changed,” al-Sisi said in a...

Qatar will continue providing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip into next year, the gas-rich Gulf state’s envoy to the Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday, a pledge that may...

The UAE hired a US lobbying firm to convince Senators to impose sanctions on Turkey, the Anadolu Agency revealed. The news agency said it had obtained an email sent...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad told Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz that the Islamic Summit in Kuala Lumpur would not be a substitute for the Organisation of Islamic...

A senior Hamas delegation, led by Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, yesterday met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha. In a statement, a copy...

Qatar’s foreign minister said recent talks have broken a protracted stalemate with Saudi Arabia and that Doha would study demands by its Gulf rivals but not turn its back...

Leading US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham yesterday called on the Saudi Arabian regime to “change,” referring to the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Saudi Arabia is a strategic...

Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday reiterated support for Libya’s UN-recognised government, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking during a meeting with head of Libya’s Government of...

On Thursday Qatari Emir, Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani, and Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohammed, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Doha, forming a joint high committee between the two countries,...

Qatar’s foreign minister said that there has been small progress to resolve the dispute between the Gulf state and its neighbours, Reuters reports. Asked whether there was progress at...

The absence of half of the Gulf leaders from the 40th summit hosted by Riyadh was confirmed on Tuesday, reported the official media of the six-member states of the Gulf...

Qatar’s premier attended an annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, its highest representation since 2017, but there was no public mention of the two...

Pakistani police have arrested seven Qatari nationals for illegally hunting precious birds in the Nushki district of the Balochistan province. The arrestees are said to include members of the...

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani will not attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, due to open in Riyadh today, Anadolu Agency reports. Sheikh Tamim assigned...