DOHA: Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli bombardment of the territory at the end of a truce which the Gulf emirate mediated. The Qatari foreign ministry, in a statement, said it stresses that continued bombing at the end of the pause “complicates mediation efforts
DUBAI: The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad met Qatar’s prime minister in Doha on Tuesday to build on the two-day extension of a truce between Israel and Hamas, a source briefed on the visit said. The meeting was “to build on the progress of the extended humanitarian pause agreement
ABU DHABI: The Gulf state of Qatar’s real gross domestic product grew 1% year on year in the second quarter, government estimates released on Tuesday showed. Estimated quarterly GDP at constant prices, adjusted for inflation, stood at 170.1 billion Qatari riyals ($46.70 billion)compared to the estimate of 168.5 billion riyals for the same period last
• Palestinians demand Israel give news of those detained during operations in Gaza• UN, White House welcome extension in humanitarian pause CAIRO: Mediator Qatar said on Monday that a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza had been extended by two days, while Palestinian authorities have demanded the Israeli military release information about who have
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Mediator Qatar said on Monday a deal had been reached to extend a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave. “An agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for
BARCELONA: Qatar, Egypt, the United States, the European Union and Spain are working to extend the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister said on Monday. After calling for a lasting ceasefire to avoid an increase in civilian deaths, Riyad Al-Maliki said the current truce could be
A four-day pause in Gaza will start on Friday morning and an exchange of hostages and prisoners will follow hours later, mediator Qatar said on Thursday. The agreement facilitated by Qatar with help from Egypt and the United States had been due to take effect on Thursday but was delayed after a last-minute hitch. “The
DOHA: A Gaza truce and hostage release will start on Friday morning, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson said. “The pause will begin at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) on Friday… and the first batch of civilian hostages will be handed over at approximately 4:00 pm (1400 GMT) on the same day,” Majed Al-Ansari said Thursday. Thirteen people
MILAN/MADRID/LONDON: QatarEnergy is the company to which Spanish power utility Endesa will have to pay $570 million following an arbitration ruling over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract dispute, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The Spanish firm said on Monday it would have to pay the sum to an unidentified
DOHA: Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel are at their “closest point” to a deal and have reached the “final stage”, mediator Qatar said Tuesday. “We are at the closest point we ever had been in reaching an agreement,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said, adding negotiations have reached
DOHA: Ticket revenues for the Asian Cup 2023 in Qatar are to be donated to support Palestinian relief efforts, the football tournament’s local organising committee announced on Monday, as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continued. “We have decided to donate ticketing revenue generated from the Asian Cup in Qatar to much-needed relief efforts in Palestine,” the
DOHA: Ticket revenues for the Asian Cup 2023 in Qatar are to be donated to support Palestinian relief efforts, the football tournament’s local organising committee announced on Monday, as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continued. “We have decided to donate ticketing revenue generated from the Asian Cup in Qatar to much needed relief efforts in Palestine,”
LUSAIL: The two riders duelling for the MotoGP title, leader Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, qualified fourth and fifth on Saturday for the Qatar Grand Prix, setting the tone for a white-knuckle ride on Sunday. Reigning champion Bagnaia of Ducati leads Martin of the satellite team Pramac by 14 points with 37 at stake on
BRUSSELS: Belgium dropped an arrest warrant for a Qatari minister over an EU graft scandal to help facilitate the release of a citizen from Iran, a Belgian source said on Friday. Belgian media reported the international alert for Qatari works minister Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri was suspended in May as Brussels pushed to free
US President Joe Biden and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed the Hamas hostage situation and other developments in Gaza in a phone call on Friday, the leaders’ offices said. “The two leaders discussed the urgent need for all hostages held by Hamas to be released without further delay,” the White House
• Negotiators also looking for release of some Palestinians in Israeli jails and to increase amount of aid into Gaza• Hamas agrees, but Israel has not yet given green light DOHA: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes the release of around 50 prisoners from Gaza
DOHA/ CAIRO: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes the release of around 50 civilian hostages from Gaza in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. The deal, under discussion, which has been coordinated with the US, would also see
DOHA/CAIRO: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes the release of around 50 civilian hostages from Gaza in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. The deal, under discussion, which has been coordinated with the US, would also see Israel
DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7 attack, cautioning the situation in Gaza was worsening on a daily basis. Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari told a news conference in Doha that the “deteriorating” situation in Gaza was
DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7 attack, cautioning the situation in Gaza was worsening on a daily basis. Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari told a news conference in Doha that the “deteriorating” situation in Gaza was