The World Cup kicks off on November 20 as Qatar take on Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. The final will be held on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium. Thirty-two teams will be competing to dethrone holders France, who won the 2018 World Cup in Russia,[…]
The Czech Republic has opened its embassy in Qatar, as the two nations develop growing ties especially amid the looming energy crisis in Europe. Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky, today concluded his two-day working visit to Qatar, in which he first took part in the ceremonial opening of the first Czech embassy[…]
INTERNATIONAL Qatar Airways has withdrawn from 18 destinations around the world to create capacity for football fans travelling to attend the World Cup next month. The national carrier’s chief executive Akbar al-Baker said its priority would be to accommodate flights landing into Doha’s Hamad International Airport for the tournament, which kicks off on[…]
INTERNATIONAL Qatari and Hamas officials were among thousands who walked in the funeral procession of influential Egyptian Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Doha on Tuesday, as figures from around the Muslim world paid tribute to the scholar. Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, died in Qatar on Monday at the age[…]
INTERNATIONAL Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Qatar is the latest sign of deals winning over ideals as the Middle East grapples with the fallout from the war in Ukraine, fears of a slumping global economy and an uncertain geopolitical future. Ties between Egypt and Qatar have been strained since Sisi rose to power[…]
INTERNATIONAL The first event to be held at the stadium that the World Cup final will be held in Qatar was marred with widespread issues, according to Qatari media, including water shortages, a lack of air conditioning and long walks in 35-degree heat. Over 77,000 people attended the Lusail Super Cup at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium on[…]
INTERNATIONAL Qatar has deported dozens of workers who participated in a rare protest for unpaid and delayed wages owed to them by a company that Doha has awarded multi-million dollar contracts, a rights group and a government source said Tuesday. A government source told MEE that some protesters were deported[…]
Qatar has accepted Hamas’s request to rebuild Palestinian homes destroyed by the Israeli occupation during the latest three-day offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip. In a statement, Hamas disclosed that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdul-Rahman told Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh that Qatar accepted his request to rebuild the[…]
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani on Friday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the occasion of his country’s Democracy and National Unity Day. “The Emir of Qatar sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Turkiye, Erdogan, on the occasion of the National[…]
Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry has retracted its “violence and terrorism” statement about the Soweto tavern massacre after backlash online. This after Qatar called the mass shooting, which left at least 16 people dead and several wounded, an “act of terrorism”. In a statement, which has since been deleted, Qatar said[…]
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