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Saudi billionaire Al-Waleed Bin Talal’s new satellite channel will air from Doha, Qatar, after it was banned from Manama, Bahrain, last year, AlKhaleejOnline reported yesterday. Media sources revealed that...

The six-state Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) designated Wednesday Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah a "terrorist organization".The council took the move against Hezbollah "because of hostile actions by the militia, which recruits...

Qatari envoy to Gaza Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi yesterday arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing in a surprise visit which is due to tackle “political and economic”...

Palestinian Authority Ambassador to Turkey Fa’ed Mustafa said Hamas and Fatah officials would meet in Qatar early next month with a view to kick-starting reconciliation efforts, the Anadolu Agency...

Arms imports by Saudi Arabia increased by 275 per cent in 2011-2015 when compared to 2006-2010, a report issued by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed yesterday....

Arab countries reacted with outrage Thursday to a deadly car bombing that killed at least 28 people and injured scores in the heart of the Turkish capital. A report...

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday called on the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas to achieve reconciliation based on democratic...

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that his country rejects any military exercise that would threaten Iraq’s security and sovereignty, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. In remarks...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Jawish Ihsanoglu yesterday held a trilateral meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Adel Al-Jubeir, and Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Thani in Munich,...

Egypt’s public prosecution demanded on Tuesday handing down the death penalty to former President Mohammad Morsi and ten other defendants over charges of espionage and for revealing national security...

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov yesterday welcomed the ongoing Palestinian unity talks hosted by Qatar. “The United Nations supports all efforts...

Hamas and Fatah representatives are set to meet in Qatari capital Doha on Sunday to discuss implementation of a reconciliation deal signed in 2014 between the rival Palestinian movements....

The Hamas-Fatah meetings taking place in Qatar will identify the main issues of mutual reconciliation, Editor-in-Chief of the Qatari Al-Sharq newspaper Jaber Al-Harami said. Senior Hamas and Fatah delegations...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday it had received $4.6 million from Qatar to support the maintenance and rehabilitation efforts of...

It seems it is not only the far right that seizes the opportunity of every calamity that befalls us and every terrorist attack to unleash their exclusionary and hateful...

The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad started his official visit to Russia on Monday 18 January and there is no doubt that all eyes will be on...

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah yesterday called on the Iraqi government to take responsibility and increase efforts to secure the release of 26 Qataris who were...

Qatari Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi said yesterday that his country will continue aiding Palestine and reconstructing what the Israeli occupation destroyed in the Gaza Strip, Felesteen newspaper reported. Al-Emadi met...

The Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries yesterday denied reports that it was dropping cluster bombs on the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri told AFP that...

Qatari Ambassador and head of the Committee to Reconstruct Gaza, Mohammed Al-Emadi said yesterday that the first phase of the Sheikh Hamad residential project in Khan Younis has been...

Qatari Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi yesterday arrived in the Gaza Strip to follow up on reconstruction projects implemented with the support of his country. A source told the Anadolu Agency...

Arabs and Muslims have reacted with anger following remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for a ban on the call to prayer from mosques, the Anadolu...

The representative of Iraq's top Shia spiritual leader called on Friday for the release of the Qataris kidnapped in Iraq, AlKhaleeonline.com has reported. A group of armed Iraqis kidnapped...

Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday that Syria’s Assad regime is the main sponsor of terror, Felesteen newspaper has reported. “I think that Bashar Al-Assad is one of the...

Iraq’s foreign minister insisted on Tuesday that his government has no connection with the kidnapping of Qatari fishermen in the south of the country last week. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari made...

Libya’s Tuareg tribes yesterday announced their full commitment to the ceasefire agreement signed between them and the Tebu tribes under Qatari auspices last month, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported. “We...

The fall in oil prices is expected to take its toll on the economic growth of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in 2016, a new study revealed. In a...

An overwhelming majority of Arabs oppose the so-called Daesh in Iraq and Syria, also known by its Arabic acronym of Daesh, a new poll has revealed. The Arab Centre...

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Saudi Arabia, Adel Al-Jubeir, and Qatar, Khalid Al-Attiyah, held a closed meeting in New York last night. The meeting was not open...

The government of Qatar said on Wednesday evening that it has been in contact with its Iraqi counterpart following the kidnapping of a number of its nationals who were...

Turkey will establish a military base in Qatar as part of a defence agreement aimed at helping the two countries face “common enemies”, the Turkish Ambassador in Qatar said...

The meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Emir of Qatar on 2 December had all the features of a special relationship and an ever-more deepening alliance....