Qatar Investment Authority is generating strong returns on a multi-billion dollar bet it made on distressed debt and highly rated bonds at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, two sources familiar with …
Qatar blockade ends; what could it mean for businesses?
A three-year rift that cut ties between Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain on one side and Qatar on the other ended on January 5, with Saudi kicking off AlUla summit with an announcement of restoring ties …
Saudi Arabia’s blockade of Qatar is over – but my father is still in jail for opposing it
The apparent end to the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar and a reconciliation among the states involved prompts the question: when will the Saudi government release the citizens who were caught up in the …
Qatar calls on Gulf nations to engage in diplomacy with Iran
Qatar is urging Gulf nations to enter into a dialogue with Iran and has offered to broker negotiations after a three-year blockade on Doha was recently removed by its Arab neighbours. Qatar, which …
Qatar’s foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran: Bloomberg
Thani told Bloomberg that Qatar has urged Gulf Arab nations to enter a dialogue with Iran and that it was the right time for Doha to broker negotiations.
Egypt, UAE resume first Qatar flights after blockade
The first direct flights between Qatar and two of the blockading nations – Egypt and the United Arab Emirates – took to the skies on Monday following the end of a three and a half year regional crisis …
Is GCC-Qatar Rapprochement Good or Bad News for Turkey?
Given that Qatar is Turkey’s only influential Arab ally in the region, the rapprochement between Doha and Riyadh has implications for Ankara.
Wheels up for first Qatar-Egypt flight since 2017
Egypt flight since the two Arab countries severed relations in 2017 took off from Doha on Monday, making life easier for the thousands of Egyptian residents of the Gulf nation. Egypt in June 2017 …
Qatar Monday reports 227 new virus cases, two deaths and 157 recoveries
The Ministry also reported 157 recoveries from the virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases recovered in Qatar to 144,015. All new cases have been introduced to isolation and …
Australian father and son released by Qatar after months jailed without charge
Advocacy group says the two men, one a professor who had been on Doha’s Covid-19 task force, were secretly detained and tortured …