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Al-Arabiya
April 26, 2018
The Qatari government admitted in a statement released on Saturday that their Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani did in fact attend the wedding. UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has hit out over Qatar's Prime Minister recent attendance of a terrorÃâà...
The National
April 26, 2018
Qatar's strident claims that it is committed to fighting terrorism have struck a hollow note after senior members of the Qatari government were photographed at the wedding of one of the world's leading financial backers of terrorism. Ever since the quartet of Arab states imposed a diplomatic boycott on QatarÃâà...
The New Dawn Liberia
April 26, 2018
Labour Minister Moses Y. Kollie held a weeklong visit to the State of Qatar and discussed with senior officials of the Qatari Government.A Labour Ministry press release says the visit which began from 17 April was a follow-up on discussion gearing at reviewing and consummating a Labour AgreementÃâà...
Global Times Newspaper
April 25, 2018
The President's free education flagship project is also expected to receive a big boost from the Qatari Government. Many people continue to blame President Bio, for delaying the replacement of certain APC cronies in key positions in the government. President Bio should ensure that, remnants of the APC inÃâà...
The New Arab
April 25, 2018
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has said that Qatar should foot the bill for US presence in Syria. Tags: Trump, Jubeir, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, al-Udeid, blockade, Syria. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir warned its rival the Qatar government that it faced its imminent demise unless it funded a USÃâà...
Focus Taiwan News Channel
April 18, 2018
Taipei, April 18 (CNA) Qatar government bonds will start trading over the counter on the Taipei Exchange (TPEx) on April 23, the exchange's ... When the bell rings at 9 a.m. Monday, US$6 billion worth of Qatar government bonds will open for trading, Su said, adding that it will be the biggest issue of foreignÃâà...
Horn Observer
April 17, 2018
MOGADISHU (Horn Observer) The government of Qatar on Tuesday handed over 30 vehicles to Somalia government in a hand over ceremony held at the Mogadishu port, officials said. The donation of the vehicles comes amid the country is facing serious political challenges after both Somalia ceasedÃâà...
Mediaite
April 14, 2018
However, the blurb targeted the emir and the Qatari government, despite neither entity being involved with the BIG3. ... “A spokesman for the government of Qatar said Al Thani, who is named in the suit, was not an investor in Big3 or in any way involved in the company which is the subject of the lawsuit.
89.3 KPCC
April 14, 2018
The AP reported last month that Nader wired Broidy $2.5 million through a Canadian company to pay for a pair of Washington conferences blasting Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism. Broidy has blamed the government of Qatar and lobbyists working for Qatar for the hacking and leaking of his emails, butÃâà...
Gulf Times
April 14, 2018
The number of Indian expatriates in the country has reached an all time high of 691,000, revealed the Indian envoy. Speaking at a function on the occasion of 'Bharat Utsav - A Journey through Festive Celebrations of India', Indian ambassador P Kumaran also thanked the government of Qatar for the greatÃâà...
TheTower.org
April 12, 2018
Qatar's government is still promoting Friday sermons by extremist preachers, who engage in anti-Semitic incitement, at its state-controlled Grand Mosque and on ... From the White House's readout of the meeting between Trump and al-Thani, it does not appear that Qatari government-sponsored anti-SemiticÃâà...
STRATFOR
April 5, 2018
Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced that Qatar has accepted Saudi Arabia's invitation to attend the Arab League summit in Riyadh on April 15, but has not yet decided its level of participation, Al Jazeera reported April 5. The invitation comes amid a diplomatic crisis that began in June 2017 when SaudiÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 4, 2018
Qatari suicide bomber Hamad bin Muqdal al-Marikhi, alongside tweets from the Qatari government official. ... Newly resurfaced tweets have revealed that a Qatari government official publicly congratulated ISIS in 2014, days after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared an “Islamic Caliphate” from Iraq's Mosul.
The Hill
April 4, 2018
Those countries, and others, have accused the Qatari government of supporting extremist groups. The report comes after Trump spoke with both Qatari and Saudi leaders in recent days. The president spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Monday. Trump “emphasized the importance of resolving theÃâà...
STRATFOR
March 22, 2018
Qatar's National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced that it designated 19 individuals and eight entities, including the Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai, as terrorists, Egypt Today reported March 22. Among the individuals is Qatari national Omair Rashd al-Nuaimi, who is also on the U.S. Treasury Department'sÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 21, 2018
... possibility of fostering and developing relations," he told Russian news agency Sputnik. In a Twitter post on Monday, Gargash accused the Qatari government of paying various "terrorist" groups up to $1bn, naming Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement, and al-NusraÃâà...
Military Embedded Systems
March 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has signed a five-year agreement to implement an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning/Logistics Management Information System (ERP/LMIS) for the Qatar armed forces that will maximize readiness for troops on land, air,and sea. The coreÃâà...
The National
March 14, 2018
Iran voiced its support for the Qatari government this week, further consolidating its alliance with the small Gulf state. Navy Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri, who headed a delegation to Doha said Iran is "supportive" of Qatar's government and citizens. The “ground is ready for development of co-operationÃâà...
Newsweek
March 12, 2018
Qatar government officials collected what they allege is damaging information on the United Arab Emirates' influence on senior White House adviser Jared ... The Qataris reportedly believe the blockade was influenced by the meetings with Nader, Broidy and the Emiratis, as well as the Qatari government'sÃâà...
i24NEWS
March 10, 2018
The revelations from the heart of Al-Jazeera come days after a group of US lawmakers called on the Justice Department to consider declaring Al-Jazeera news a foreign agent of Qatar's government. The letter was signed by Republican Senator Ted Cruz from Texas along with more than ten RepublicanÃâà...
HuffPost
March 10, 2018
Broidy, who has hired computer forensics experts to investigate the breach, believes that the government of Qatar, the UAE's regional rival, is behind the hack ... Last week, Broidy wrote to Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar's ambassador to the U.S., accusing the Qatari government of engaging inÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 10, 2018
The Qatari mission to the UN called on the members of the Security Council to take the necessary steps to end the violations, asserting that the Qatari government reserved the right of response and defence, guaranteed by international covenants. In a similar letter sent in January, Qatari authorities informedÃâà...
Minnesota Lawyer
March 9, 2018
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate whether Al Jazeera, the Middle Eastern news outlet chartered by the Qatari government, should register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. Al Jazeera “directly undermines American interests,”Ãâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 8, 2018
Some workers at foreign embassies in Qatar say they have been abandoned because of the nine-month blockade by neighbouring countries, including Saudi Arabia. Some staff have not been able to work since embassies were closed and diplomats sent home. They are turning to the Qatari governmentÃâà...
New York Magazine
March 8, 2018
... Kushner can be trusted with top-secret intelligence; that at least four foreign governments have discussed trying to influence American policy by manipulating Kushner's inexperience and perceived susceptibility to bribery; that the government of Qatar rejected an investment pitch from Kushner's father justÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 6, 2018
Al-Marri said the Qatari government cannot waive the rights of those affected by the blockade, whatever the fate of the political crisis, and reiterated his calls to the Qatari government not to conclude any agreements until the full lifting of the arbitrary measures imposed on Qatari people. According to al-Marri,Ãâà...
Salon
March 4, 2018
Qatari government officials who visited the United States earlier this year discussed providing Mueller with information that they believe proved Kushner had worked with other nations in the region to harm them. They ultimately decided not to do so in order to avoid further negative consequences from theÃâà...
The Intercept
March 3, 2018
The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar's minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset in the company's portfolio, according to two sources. At the previouslyÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 2, 2018
Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will attend an April meeting in Washington with the U.S. President Donald Trump, the Qatari government announced yesterday. During a recent phone call between the two leaders, they reviewed the strategic relations in order to enhance the American-QatariÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 1, 2018
The Qatari government has announced that Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will attend an April meeting in Washington, DC, with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders spoke by phone on Wednesday about regional developments and opportunities to "enhance the American-Qatari partnership on aÃâà...
Pacific Standard
March 1, 2018
The Qatari government even purchased a billboard in Times Square. Both Qatar and its Middle Eastern opponents, the Saudi-led blockade coalition, are fighting to control the narrative stateside. Both sides tout a similar message, highlighting the terrorist activities of its diplomatic opponent while boastingÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 28, 2018
In 2012, the Qatari government confirmed the deaths of 520 workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. HRW said 385 of these, or almost three-quarters, had died "from causes that the authorities neither explained nor investigated". It is not clear how many of these people worked on World Cup sites.
Khaleej Times
February 28, 2018
... their sovereign right to boycott the government of Qatar - a right that is guaranteed by international law - in defence of any harm or deliberate act that targets our security and intervention in our internal affairs, and breach of the principle of good neighbourliness - an origin principle in international relations.
The Edge Markets MY
February 22, 2018
Muhibbah's 49%-owned firm bags contract worth RM149 mil from Qatar government ... Middle East LLC has bagged a construction project worth approximately RM149 million (Qatari Riyal 143 million) from the Economic Zones Company, Qatar (MANATEQ), a company owned by the Government of Qatar.
Al-Arabiya
February 21, 2018
Senior Director for financial services at S&P Global Ratings, Mohamed Damak, said on Tuesday that the Qatari government and state-controlled companies have injected nearly $43 billion to help banks after the country's boycott in June last year. According to Damak, about $22 billion worth of depositsÃâà...
Gulf Times
February 10, 2018
The Qatari government's net asset position is expected to remain a ratings' strength over the forecast period, S&P said in a report. In line with external flows, the bulk of Qatar's fiscal receipts are from hydrocarbon sales, and, as such, the rating agency sees a “limited impact” on Qatar's fiscal balance over theÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
February 2, 2018
Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, CEO of Qatar Investment Authority (left), talks with Kevin McAllister, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, before a lunch meeting at the aerospace giant's 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston. The government-backed authority met this week with Sen. LindseyÃâà...
Verdict
December 31, 1999
US president Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner's real-estate empire has been accused of courting funds from the Qatari government for a debt-ridden project and supporting a regional trade war after Doha refused to invest. A real-estate company headed by Kushner's fatherÃâà...
The Peninsula Qatar
December 31, 1999
The Qatari government's letter to the Times in July 2017 correctly describes the status of all persons who have been convicted of being or supporting terrorism. Qatar and the United Kingdom are in constant coordination regarding the status of suspected, charged, and convicted terrorists and/or supporters ofÃâà...
The Peninsula Qatar
December 31, 1999
DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, met with the Qatari innovators who were awarded gold and silver medals at the International Exhibition of Innovations held in Geneva recently. He praised the efforts of the Qatari inventors and theirÃâà...
ATWOnline
December 31, 1999
One curious outcome of the years-long dispute over the US-Qatar Open Skies agreement was that all sides described the result as a win. Announcing what he termed as an “understanding . . . on civil aviation,” US secretary of state Rex Tillerson stood alongside Qatari government representatives inÃâà...
The Express Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Afghan government initiated discussions with the Qatari government to close down Taliban's Doha wing as it has “no positive consequence in ... We are discussing with Qatar government that this office had no positive result in the peace process and it is better to close it,” Atmar said in the interview.
