Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, and Qatar are considering trading among themselves in gold and through a barter system as a hedge against any future economic sanctions on them, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday. At the end of an Islamic summit in Malaysia, Mahathir praised Iran and Qatar for …
Read More »Soccer-Qatar reforms falling short of promises, says Amnesty
World Cup 2022 host Qatar has made improvements in labor rights for its two million foreign workers, but reforms have not lived up to promises made. The tiny Gulf state has come under fire for what rights groups describe as poor labor conditions. Doha has responded by enacting a broad …
Read More »Qatar Airways annual loss widens to $639 million amid lingering Gulf dispute
Qatar Airways reported a loss of 2.3 billion Qatari riyals ($639 million) on Wednesday for the year ending March 31, as it grappled with the second year of an embargo by neighbors that has restricted its air routes and driven costs higher. The results mark a steeper loss from the …
Read More »Weapons worth billions have been licensed by the UK to Saudi Arabia during Yemen war.
World’s worst humanitarian crisis ‘wouldn’t have been possible without the complicity and support of Downing Street’, campaigners say. The UK has licensed the sale of £6.2bn worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen, new statistics show. Fighter jets, bombs, and missiles made in Britain are believed to have …
Read More »Video: Explosion at Iran’s Nayeen offshore platform, No casualties.
A gas leak at a sea platform in Iran’s southern gas field of Pars, in partnership with Qatar and the Persian Gulf, triggered a minor fire on Wednesday. The fire broke out hours ago in the No. 9 of the stages of development 6, 7 and 8 in the field …
Read More »Oman busts spy network run by United Arab Emirates: Report
Authorities in Oman have reportedly uncovered a network of spies working for the United Arab Emirates, as the two Arabic Gulf Arab states are involved in a Cold War-like conflict amid an ongoing Riyadh-led diplomatic and trade boycott against Doha. Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper al-Akhbar, citing informed sources who requested …
Read More »Qatar says tightening Iran sanctions harm oil-consuming nations.
The foreign minister of Qatar said on Wednesday that Washington’s decision not to extend sanction waivers on Iranian oil exports would harm countries that rely on the supplies. The United States has demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face the prospect of sanctions, ending …
Read More »Qatar stun Japan with a 3-1 win to be crowned Asian Cup champions.
Almoez Ali scored with a spectacular overhead kick for a record ninth goal of the Asian Cup to set Qatar on their way to a first continental title with a stunning 3-1 win over four-times champions Japan. Ali’s early goal took him past Ali Daei’s 1996 tally and, combined with …
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