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Friday, 5 May 2017 :  Basketball has changed its rules on headgear in a move that will allow players to wear the hijab during matches. Previous rules had banned the practice, over what world governing body Fiba said was a safety issue. The Qatar women’s team withdrew from the 2014 …

Monday, 10 April 2017 DOHA: Qatar strongly condemned the explosion at two churches in Egypt Sunday, killing at least 43 and wounding 119 others. The Foreign Ministry in a statement said attacking religious sites desecrates their sanctity. It described the reoccurrence of such actions in Egypt as a horrible crime …

Qatar can’t seem to shake ongoing controversy in the buildup to soccer’s 2022 World Cup even as it introduces a set of new laws designed to improve the rights of migrant workers. The legislation that takes effect on Tuesday is billed as a means of lessening the grip of corporate …

Qatar’s much-criticised 2022 World Cup has been the victim of “malicious and unwarranted attacks”, a senior tournament official in the Gulf said on Monday. Nasser Al-Khater, assistant secretary general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body overseeing the organisation of the tournament in Qatar, also claimed that …

Thursday, 5 October 2017 :  Saudi authorities said on Wednesday they had arrested 22 people, including a Qatari national, for using social media to spread dissent. Another 24 people were detained in the northern Hail region for stirring tribal divisions, the state news agency SPA reported. Neither report went into …

Wednesday, 27 September 2017 :  Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi has reiterated that Qatar will remain committed to working within the framework of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum and bilateral relations, and with all international organisations working in the fight against violent extremism to achieve …

Tuesday, 12 September 2017 :  As the boycott of Qatar by a Saudi-led bloc of countries approaches its 100th day tomorrow, experts have warned the increasingly bitter dispute could last into 2018 and beyond. “If the present trajectory is anything to go by, I expect this crisis to last well …

Tuesday, 22 August 2017 :  Qatar will build a stadium shaped like an Arabian skull cap for the 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Sunday, as the Gulf state moves ahead with preparations for the tournament despite a diplomatic rift with its neighbours. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United …

Thursday, 17 August 2017 :  Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it would welcome Qatari pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform the haj this season, amidst a feud that severed transport links between the two nations since June. A statement on the official Saudi Press Agency said the Salwa border point …

Monday, 3 July 2017 CAIRO (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss Qatar, Egypt said on Sunday. “At the invitation of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, there will be a quartet meeting of the foreign ministers …