Australia condemned Qatar authorities’ treatment of female passengers who were examined after a newborn baby was abandoned at the airport.
Australia Says Female Passengers on Qatar Flight Got Invasive Medical Exams
Women told officials they had been pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha, strip-searched and examined to see if they had recently given birth after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport …
Fury after Qatar ‘forcibly examined’ women at airport
Female passengers flying from Qatar were subjected to invasive searches after a premature baby was found abandoned in an airport bathroom, in procedures the Australian government on Monday described …
‘I was absolutely terrified’: Australian witness recounts Qatar strip-search ordeal
Kim Mills was one of nine women taken off a Qatar Airways flight in Doha, and the only one not to be strip-searched as authorities hunted the mother of an abandoned newborn baby …
Australia seeks Qatar response over ‘grossly disturbing’ exams of women
Australia says it has raised “grossly disturbing” reports with Qatar that women were strip-searched and examined before a flight from Doha to Sydney. The incident happened after staff at Hamad …
UAE vs Turkey: the regional rivalries pitting MBZ against Erdogan
Tensions between the two leaders — stretching from the Libyan civil war to the boycott of Qatar — threaten to boil over …
QFC virtually connects global financial hubs to buoyant Qatar market
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) has organised a line-up of engaging virtual events spanning across three days, including the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the World Alliance of International …
Qatar ‘forcibly examined’ women, drawing angry diplomatic response
Female passengers flying from Qatar were subjected to invasive searches after a premature baby was found abandoned in an airport bathroom, in an incident labelled “offensive” and “grossly …
QNL announces Open Initiative Awards winners
Qatar National Library has announced the recipients of its inaugural Open Initiative Awards, rewarding the best contributions to the advancement of open scholarship in Qatar.
Qatar might get F-35s despite Israel’s objections, Israeli minister says
An Israeli cabinet minister said on Sunday that a U.S. sale of advanced F-35 warplanes to Qatar could be possible despite Israel’s objections to such a deal given the Gulf state’s links to Iran and …