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Qatar presses Hamas leaders to disarm for Gaza peace deal

Qatar presses Hamas leaders to disarm for Gaza peace deal

Qatar has reportedly asked top Hamas leaders based in Doha to hand over their personal weapons. This request came during recent talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza. According to the British newspaper The Times, Qatari mediators made this...

DRC, M23 rebels plan return to Qatar talks amid Trump pressure

DRC, M23 rebels plan return to Qatar talks amid Trump pressure

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) government and Rwanda-backed rebels said on Thursday they would send delegations back to Qatar or peace talks as Washington pushes for an end to fighting that could help unlock billions in mining...

President of Venezuela meets Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs

President of Venezuela meets Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Caracas: President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela HE Nicolas Maduro met today in Caracas with Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi. The meeting discussed aspects of...

Iran reopens airspace to domestic, international flights

Iran reopens airspace to domestic, international flights

Tehran: Iran on Friday announced that it has reopened its airspace that it had shut down on June 13 due to the war with Israel, state media reported. "The Mehrabad and Imam Khomeini airports, along with airports in the north, east, west, and south...

Iraqi Prime Minister hosts Qatari Ambassador

Iraqi Prime Minister hosts Qatari Ambassador

PM, military leadership played key role in brokering Iran-Israel ceasefire: Naqvi

PM, military leadership played key role in brokering Iran-Israel ceasefire: Naqvi

Listen to article Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the military leadership played a pivotal role in the Iran-Israel conflict and the subsequent ceasefire between the two countries. “Prime Minister...

Qatari-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal: What does it include?

Qatari-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal: What does it include?

A new Qatari ceasefire proposal outlines a two-month ceasefire in Gaza, prisoner-captive exchanges between Hamas and “Israel”, phased Israeli withdrawal, and Trump-backed negotiations for a permanent agreement. Baruch Yadid and Amichai Stein,...

Qatar’s First Sovereign AI Cloud with Nvidia: Explained

Qatar’s First Sovereign AI Cloud with Nvidia: Explained

Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading telecommunications provider, has launched sovereign AI cloud services powered by the latest Nvidia Hopper GPUs and hosted within local data centres – bringing world-class accelerated computing capabilities to advance the...

Qatar participates in meetings of Doha process working groups on Afghanistan

Qatar participates in meetings of Doha process working groups on Afghanistan

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar participated in the meetings of the working groups of the Doha Process on Afghanistan, led by the United Nations, which were held in Doha from June 30 to July 1. Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs HE...

Australia's Santos signs LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy's unit

Australian oil and gas producer Santos said on Friday it had signed a mid-term liquefied natural gas supply deal with QatarEnergy Trading, a wholly-owned unit of QatarEnergy, the world's largest exporter of LNG. Under the deal, Santos said it...

Qatargate Affair: Reserve IDF general questioned with warning on suspicion of bribery, contact with foreign agent

Qatargate Affair: Reserve IDF general questioned with warning on suspicion of bribery, contact with foreign agent

The ceremony for changing the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories at the Nabi Samuel site in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yoav “Poli” Mordechai was questioned with a warning by the...

Australia's Santos signs LNG deal with QatarEnergy unit

Australia's Santos signs LNG deal with QatarEnergy unit

Santos, an Australian oil and natural gas producer, announced on Friday that it had signed a long-term contract for the supply of liquefied gas with QatarEnergy Trading. This is a unit owned by QatarEnergy which is the largest LNG exporter in the...

Four top firms in race for $5bln Qatar offshore megaproject

At least four leading international contractors or consortia are vying for a major contract from QatarEnergy LNG (formerly Qatargas) worth upto $5 billion for the next expansion phase of its massive North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS)...

US and Iran to resume nuclear talks next week, provided Trump refrains from military action during negotiations

US and Iran to resume nuclear talks next week, provided Trump refrains from military action during negotiations

The United States and Iran are expected to resume stalled nuclear talks in Oslo next week, in what would be the first formal engagement between the two sides since Israel’s 12-day war with Iran and the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites....

4th International Conference on Financing for Development Debt and Climate — II

4th International Conference on Financing for Development Debt and Climate — II

Sadly, unlike the lack of media coverage, and very little discussion of policy circles on this – both on the government, and opposition sides, and in the academic arena – the ‘4th International Conference on Financing for Development’ (FFD4) holds...

Qatar Airways resumes four non-stop flights to Malta

Post Views: 91 Qatar Airways resumes operations today in Malta with four non-stop flights a week between Hamad International Airport (DOH) and Malta International Airport (MLA). The latest addition to the airline’s network in Europe affirms its...

Qatar Museums launches first-of-its-kind AI art tour

Qatar Museums launches first-of-its-kind AI art tour

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Museums announced Thursday the launch of the pioneering digital initiative, QM AI Art Tour, a personalised, artificial intelligence-powered art journey designed to expand access to Qatar's cultural offerings and redefine how...

Qatar condemns statements by Israeli minister on annexing WB

Qatar condemns statements by Israeli minister on annexing WB

In a statement today, carried by Qatar News Agency (QNA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the urgent need for international community solidarity to confront the occupation's dangerous escalation policies that threaten regional security....

Erdogan appoints general accused of torture, corruption and aiding jihadists to lead $30 billion military fund

Erdogan appoints general accused of torture, corruption and aiding jihadists to lead $30 billion military fund

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Retired Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı, a key figure in a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, and a former commander of the Turkish Special Forces, has been appointed chairman of OYAK (Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurulu),...

Pakistan faces LNG glut: minister

Pakistan faces LNG glut: minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is currently facing an oversupply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), a situation largely attributed to its second long-term deal with Qatar. This agreement, initially envisioned to bolster energy security, has instead led to an...

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