Women were pulled from a Qatar Airways flight bound for Sydney, Australia, and subjected to strip-searches after a baby was found in an airport toilet.
Qatar apologizes, investigates forced airport examinations
Qatar apologized Wednesday after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Australia to try to identify who might have …
Qatar scandal: do the women subjected to medical examination at Doha airport have any legal options?
Australian women who were subjected to a compulsory intimate medical examination at Doha airport may have limited options for redress unless the government of Qatar agrees to provide compensation to …
Qatar expresses ‘regret’ after women from 10 flights taken for medical examinations at Doha airport
The government of Qatar has said it “regrets any distress or infringement on the personal freedom of any traveller” caused by a decision to conduct intimate medical examinations of women transiting …
Women On 10 Flights From Qatar Invasively Examined: Australia
Female passengers on 10 planes flying out of Doha were forced to endure invasive physical examinations, Australia’s foreign minister said Wednesday, greatly expanding the number of women previously …
Women on Qatar Airways Flight Are Strip-Searched, Sparking Outrage in Australia
Female passengers said they were pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and given a medically invasive exam to see if they had recently given birth after an abandoned newborn was found in an …
Qatar-Germany trade exchange reaches $946mn in H1 2020, says Sheikh Khalifa
Trade exchange between Qatar and Germany stood at $946mn in the first half of 2020, according to Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani, who participated in a virtual meeting …
U.S. Afghanistan envoy en route to Qatar to broker peace talks amid surge in violence
The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan will visit the Taliban’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar amid a surge in violence in the country, in an effort to continue peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan …
10 Countries With the Highest Savings Rates
The top ten countries by savings rate were Macao, the Republic of the Congo, Qatar, Ireland, Brunei, Singapore … playing a major role in Islamic finance. 10. China (44.9%) The Chinese savings rate …
Turkey leads boycott of French goods in Muslim countries. But how effective will it be?
While President Erdoğan urged people in Turkey to avoid buying them and Qatar took them off the shelves, no country has yet put an official boycott policy in place on French products …