Derby hero Serpentine added to Aidan O'Brien's Arc teamLONDON: Serpentine is the only supplementary entry for Sunday’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe as 16 remain in Europe’s premier middle-distance race at ParisLongchamp.Aidan O’Brien added the Investec Derby victor to his team at a cost of 72,000 euros after being pleased.......
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Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah dies at 91: state TVSheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation's top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, died on Tuesday. He was 91.
In a Middle East replete with elderly rulers, Sheikh Sabah ....
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82 arrested for flouting RMCOPETALING JAYA: Going by the number of people arrested for flouting the recovery movement control order (RMCO), many Malaysians seem to be rather complacent about the Covid-19 threat.Yesterday, 82 individuals were nabbed for various offences under the RMCO, said Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri I....
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'The real facts' on citizenship scheme are documented, Nouris says Interior Minister Nicos Nouris faced a barrage of questions from MPs on Monday as he strove to defend the government’s handling of the controversial citizenship-by-investment scheme. The House interior affairs committee was discussing the recent reveals by Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, which....
Qatar Airways says gets US$2 billion state aid after huge lossDOHA: Qatar Airways said Sunday it received US$2 billion (RM8.3 billion) in state aid to weather the coronavirus crisis, as it posted huge annual losses after enduring one of its "most difficult years".The firm said that the combination of the coronavirus pandemic, a boycott by Gulf neighbours and t....
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Strong finish for Thompson Herah's seasonLike she was a week ago in Rome, Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson Herah was in winning form at the Doha leg of the Wanda Diamond League at the Qatar Sports Complex. She sped to a time of 10.87 seconds to win the women's 100m to end.......
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PM stresses warring groups' cooperation for peace in AfghanistanISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged warring Afghan factions to cooperate for lowering violence in Afghanistan so that an enduring peace could be achieved there.
PM Khan said this in telephone conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in which the two leaders discussed the ....
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Thompson Herah wins in DohaJamaica's Elaine Thompson Herah put in another assured performance, winning the women's 100m sprint at the Doha leg of the Wanda Diamond League at the Qatar Sports Club today. Although not a world leading time like she had aimed for, Thompson.......
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Thompson Herah, Forte in final DL showdownOlympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson Herah and Julian Forte will be the two Jamaicans in action in the Wanda Diamond League in Doha, Qatar, today. Thompson Herah, who will line up in the women's 100m at 11:56 a.m., will be hoping to end.......
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137 people nabbed for violating RMCO today: Ismail SabriPETALING JAYA: A total of 137 people were arrested today for violating the recovery movement control order.Twenty-five of them have been remanded and another 111 have been issued compounds. The last individual is out on bail.In a press statement issued today, Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ism....
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US Space Force deploys to vast new frontier: Arabian DesertDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The newly formed U.S. Space Force is deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula.
Space Force now has a squadron of 20 airmen stationed at Qatar's Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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Power sector gets relief amid protest by petroleum stakeholdersISLAMABAD: Amid strong protest by the petroleum division and its corporate entities, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Friday decided to exempt three Punjab-based power plants of 3,900mw from compulsory purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) quantities from January 2022.
The move to ....
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US hopes to name Qatar as major non-NATO ally, official saysThe United States hopes to move forward with naming Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, a status that provides foreign nations with benefits in defense trade and security cooperation, a senior US official said Thursday.....
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DOJ orders Al Jazeera platform to register as foreign agentThe Justice Department ordered an Al Jazeera online news platform based in the US to register as a foreign agent on Monday, declaring that the outlet is "an agent of the Government of Qatar," according to a letter from the Justice Department obtained by CNN.....
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Israeli jets bomb Gaza after rocket fire clouds peace deal signingIsrael bombed Gaza on Wednesday after militants fired rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militants of seeking to stop the peace deals, I....
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Rs 39 crore financial aid distributed to 78,000 returned NRIsThiruvananthapuram: Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said Rs 39 crore had been disbursed through NORKA (Non Resident Keralite Affairs) department to 78,000 expatriates who lost their jobs and returned to Kerala during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far 10,05,211 people have returned toKerala....
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Pakistan's efforts made Afghan talks possible, says BajwaISLAMABAD: With the United States seeking continued support for peace in Afghanistan, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa on Monday credited Prime Minister Imran Khan for Pakistan's role in the start of intra-Afghan talks.
The COAS was talking to US Special Representative for Afghan Re....
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S. Korea welcomes opening of Afghan-Taliban peace talksSouth Korea on Monday welcomed the launch of negotiations between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban aimed at ending decades of war. On Saturday, the two sides met in Qatar's capital of Doha for negotiations on a lasting ceasefire.&nbs....
Fighting persists in Afghanistan despite peace talksDOHA: Afghan government negotiators on Sunday expressed cautious optimism for progress on thorny issues including ceasefires as peace talks with the Taliban were set to enter a more important phase in Doha.
A slick opening ceremony on Saturday saw the Afghan government, and allies including the ....
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Six footballers found with Covid-19 ahead of AFC tournamentKUALA LUMPUR: Six footballers from two countries have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, the Asian Football Confederation said, as Champions League matches were set to kick off in Qatar Monday.The annual tournament was due to resume after a six-month suspension since March.The AFC said five.......
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Afghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as peace talks startTaliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscoring the uphill challenge of settling a 19-year insurgency.
Talks between the two sides were to begin shortly after a United States-Talib....
Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of warDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan's warring sides started negotiations for the first time, bringing together the Taliban and delegates appointed by the Afghan government Saturday for historic meetings aimed at ending decades of war.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended the ....
Afghan peace talks open in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered warThe opening ceremony for talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, marking the start of negotiations aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians. The 19-year conflict is also the Un....
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Seize 'historic moment', Pakistan tells Kabul, Taliban• Imran welcomes start of intra-Afghan talks
• Afghan govt negotiators led by Masoom Stanekzai and Taliban team by Abdul Hakim Haqqani
• Mike Pompeo, Zalmay Khalilzad, Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar to witness start of dialogue in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Prime Mini....
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Coming weeks may see progress in negotiations over rift between Qatar and other Gulf statesThere could be some progress within weeks in resolving a three year-long rift between Gulf Arab states, a senior United States State Department official said on Wednesday, citing signs of "flexibility" in negotiations.
The dispute dates from 2017 when the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia,....
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Experts: Libya rivals UAE, Russia, Turkey violate UN embargoThe warring parties in Libya and their international backers - the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar - violated a UN arms embargo on the oil-rich north African country that remains "totally ineffective," UN experts said in a new report.....
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Roadside bomb attack misses Afghan vice president, but kills sixA roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least six people. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack, which comes just ahead of long-awaited peace talks between the Afghan....
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Roadside bomb attack in Kabul misses Afghan vice president, but kills fourA roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said.
The blast killed at least four people and wounded 16, a health ministry spokesman said, including some of Saleh's bodyguards.
There was no immediate c....
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US envoy meets Baradar, Haqqani ahead of peace talksKABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has held a meeting in Doha with the head of a new team of Taliban negotiators due to open peace talks with a team representing the Afghan government, the group said on Tuesday.
The negotiations, the result of a....
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Qatar Airways to relaunch Lagos connections this weekThe four times weekly service to Africa's largest city will be operated by Qatar Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy.....
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Qatar 2030 Asian Games bid logo, slogan unveiledKARACHI: The Doha 2030 Asian Games Bid Committee unveiled a dynamic bid logo and slogan, which reflect Qatar’s combination of tradition and modernity and its commitment to hosting a magical Games with an enduring legacy for Asia.The official logo and slogan, “Your Gateway”, were.......
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Ship building restarts in Beypore; 2 Urus under constructionBeypore (Kozhikode): As the Arab countries are gradually overcoming the COVID crisis, the wooden ship (Uru in Malayalam) building yards in Beypore are regaining their lost dignity. Making of two cruise ships have commenced in the shipyards in Kakkadam and Pattarmadu in Beypore. The ships are 130 fe....
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Taliban say negotiating team in Qatar for Afghan peace talksThe Taliban's negotiating team has arrived in Qatar, a spokesman said on Saturday, in a sign that long-delayed peace talks with the Afghan government are inching closer to starting.
A date for the talks, to be hosted in Doha, has not been set but the warring sides have this week made signals that....
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Bahrain to allow Israel flights to UAE over its airspaceBahrain will allow "all flights coming to and departing from the United Arab Emirates" to cross through the island kingdom's airspace — a statement apparently allowing Israeli flights after neighboring Saudi Arabia issued a similar announcement.
The state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) made the ....
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Afghanistan to move to Qatar seven prisoners sought by TalibanAfghanistan will transfer to Qatar seven prisoners whose release has been demanded by the Taliban ahead of peace talks set to start this week, officials of both warring sides, as well as Western diplomats, said Thursday.....
Qatar Emir tells Kushner two-state solution needed to end Palestine-Israel conflictQatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani told White House adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday that Doha supports a two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, to end the conflict with Israel, his cabinet said. Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. Presiden....
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Qatar Emir meets Trump adviser KushnerQatar's ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, met US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner Wednesday, the Amiri Diwan said, following an accord between the UAE and Israel to normalize ties.....
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Virus-hit Qatar cautiously reopens public transportQatar resumed bus and rail services Tuesday for the first time since March, with reduced capacity and tough restrictions to limit the risk of coronavirus spreading between passengers.....
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US-Israeli delegation lands in Abu Dhabi on historic flightABU DHABI: A US-Israeli delegation, led by White House adviser Jared Kushner, arrived here on Monday on the historic first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE.
In another breakthrough, Saudi Arabia allowed the flight to cross its ....
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Qatar crisis returns to top UN courtThe three-year-old crisis pitting Qatar against several Middle East nations returns to the UN's top court this week with hearings in a case between Doha and the United Arab Emirates.....
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UN labor body: Qatar 'dismantles' kafala employment systemDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — New labor rules in the energy-rich nation of Qatar "effectively dismantles" the country's long-criticized "kafala" employment system, a U.N. labor body said Sunday.
The International Labor Organization said as of now, migrant workers can change jobs before the....
Football: Qatar submits bid to host 2027 Asian CupAugust 26, 2020 7:25 PMKUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Asian Cup defending champions Qatar on Wednesday (Aug 26) submitted their official bid to host the 2027 edition of the tournament, officials said, hoping to stage the competition for the third time.....
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Al Jazeera reports are propaganda, not journalism, Nouris saysInterior Minister Nicos Nouris on Wednesday accused Qatar's Al Jazeera network of deliberately trying to damage Cyprus politically and economically with its reporting on the island's citizenship by investment scheme. Al Jazeera on Sunday began a series of reports about the programme based on "an inv....
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Police have been investigating how citizenship documents were leaked Police have been investigating the circumstances under which the citizenship documents were leaked to Qatar's state-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera, since June 3, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday. Al Jazeera on Sunday began a series of reports about Cyprus' Citizenship by Investment Pr....
