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The Indian nationals are accused of passing along information about a stealth-capable submarine. Eight Indian nationals have been imprisoned in Qatar for months for spying on a submarine program on behalf of Israel and could potentially face the death penalty, according to media reports. The eight individuals are former officers …

Two Arab countries have claimed the top two spots globally for the lowest crime rates, according to data provided by the “Numbeo” website, which offers information on consumer prices, crime rates, and healthcare quality. Qatar was ranked first out of 142 countries, with a safety index of 85.2%, followed by …

Sheikh Jassim’s bid will offer an undisclosed figure to the owners and an additional investment directly into the club. Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has submitted his third and final bid to buy Manchester United football club, his representatives said. Jassim’s bid was submitted before the Friday …

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are working to reopen their long-closed embassies “in the coming weeks”, an official said Tuesday, as a wave of rapprochement sweeps the Middle East region. The two countries re-established relations in January 2021, after the UAE took part in a nearly four-year Gulf blockade …

Qatar and Bahrain have reached an agreement to restore their diplomatic ties, following a long-running feud between the two Gulf nations. The two countries’ foreign ministries announced the decision in separate statements on Wednesday, following a meeting between their delegations at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) headquarters in the Saudi …

Qatari billionaire Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani has submitted a new bid worth around 5 billion pounds ($6.12 billion) to buy Manchester United, Sky Sports News reported on Saturday. The second bid was confirmed on Saturday, after Sheikh Jassim’s representatives received an indefinite extension on Tuesday for an original deadline …

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condemned rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling fuel prices. In his speech on the opening day of the UN’s Least Developed Countries (LDC) summit in Qatar on Saturday, Guterres said that wealthy nations should provide …

Greek MEP Eva Kaili, a vice president of the parliament, is among four charged amid the investigation into suspected influence peddling involving a Gulf country. Belgian media have linked the probe to World Cup hosts Qatar; Doha has denied the accusations. Kaili was arrested after Belgian police staged 16 raids …

In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. The announcement comes two days before Sunday’s kickoff of the World Cup. “Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made …

The World Cup is the pinnacle of football, but it is also known for its extravagance. Nowhere is this seen more than in the opening ceremony, which takes place just prior to the kick-off of the first match. For Qatar 2022, a star-studded event is expected to usher in the …

The 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar is expected to be watched by 5 billion people around the world, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Monday. The TV audience for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was a record-breaking 3.5 billion people. Qatar, a small but wealthy Gulf Arab state, …

A person has been killed at the Qatar Embassy in Paris and one person has been arrested as part of the investigation, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday, confirming earlier media reports. A source close to the investigation said the person killed in the early hours of Monday was …

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has arrived in Tehran on a key daylong visit for high-level talks with Iranian officials on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues.

Negotiations between the Taliban and a Qatar-Turkey consortium for operating Afghanistan’s five airports, including in the capital, have hit a deadlock after the Taliban insisted their fighters will guard the facilities, officials said. Kabul’s only airport was trashed in August when tens of thousands of people rushed to evacuate on …

Iran is planning to expand air and sea travel while relaxing visa rules to host hundreds of thousands of World Cup fans. Iran has reached a series of agreements with Qatar as it mobilises plans to host fans of the men’s football World Cup that will be held in its …

The Taliban plans to discuss American recognition of its interim government, the unfreezing of assets, and Afghanistan’s reconstruction in upcoming talks with the US in the Qatari capital Doha, the group’s spokesman has revealed. In an interview with Sputnik news agency on Wednesday, Suhail Shaheen said the militant group is …

The United States and Qatar have agreed that Qatar will represent the diplomatic interests of the United States in Afghanistan, a senior US official told Reuters, an important signal of potential direct engagement between Washington and Kabul in the future after two decades of war. Qatar will sign an arrangement …

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have warned Western diplomats that insisting on sanctions as a means to pressure their governance could undermine security and trigger a wave of economic refugees. The acting foreign minister of the Taliban government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, told the US and European envoys during recent talks in Qatar …

Qatar’s diplomatic point man on Afghanistan said Tuesday countries should engage the country’s new Taliban rulers, warning that isolation could lead to a wide-reaching security threat, as happened when al-Qaeda used the country as a base to plot the 9/11 attacks. Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, Qatar’s special envoy for counterterrorism …