Qatar joined its neighbours at a summit Tuesday in supporting Egypt under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. In their final statement, leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states announced their “full support to Egypt” and the “political programme of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi”. The ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi strained ties with Qatar, which had been a key ...

Qatar Shell,  in collaboration with Qatar Development Bank (QDB), yesterday signed agreements with five new local SMEs for awarding contracts. At the signing ceremony, these Qatari SMEs were awarded with contracts to become the supplier of choice for Pearl GTL, the world’s largest gas to liquids plant delivered by Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Shell. Wael Sawan, Chairman and Managing Director ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking several billion dollars from Qatari lenders to help plug a budget gap after oil lost more than half its value. “We’re finalizing a financial alliance with important banks from Qatar that will give us sufficient oxygen to help cover the fall in oil prices and give us the resources we need for the national ...

Qatar’s emir will attend an economic summit due to take place in Egypt in mid-March, sources from both countries said on Monday, in a sign of easing political tension between the Arab countries. Qatar’s support for former Egyptian Islamist President Mohammad Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood created tensions with Abdul Fattah Al Sissi, who ousted Mursi in 2013 and cracked ...

A Qatari court ruled Sunday that the parents of an American teacher murdered in the Gulf state should decide whether her alleged killer is executed. The Pennsylvania-based family of Jennifer Brown can choose between the death penalty, compensation — “blood money” under Islam law — or a pardon for the Kenyan security guard charged with first degree murder, the judge ...

Thousands of people of all ages and nationalities have taken part in a student-led solidarity walk in the Qatari capital Doha in commemoration of the three Chapel Hill victims.   Organised by the students of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), the branch campuses of Qatar Foundation (QF), and Qatar University, the walk was held in honour of the three American ...

The Palestinians are to present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that would set a two-year deadline for Israel to end its occupation, an official said. “The Palestinian leadership took a decision to go to the Security Council next Wednesday to vote on their project to end the occupation,” senior Palestine Liberation Organisation member Wassel Abu ...

The Palestinians are to push on Wednesday with a draft UN resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation despite warnings the United States is ready to veto the measure. An Arab-backed text setting November 2016 as the deadline for an Israeli withdrawal was to be formally submitted to the UN Security Council. The 15-member council will vote at a later ...

The U.N. warned Thursday it was running out of funds to house families in Gaza, as it doubled its estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed in this summer’s war with Israel. “Unless the situation changes urgently, we will run out of funds in January, meaning we will not be able to provide rental subsidies to many affected ...

Following the death of a Hamas fighter shot by the Israeli army, Palestinian factions have called on Egypt to resume its role as broker in the truce it negotiated in August. Palestinian factions called on Egypt in their meeting on Thursday in Gaza to resume its status as broker in the negotiations between them and Israel to maintain peace in ...