Argentina presidential decree met with market caution, public protests BUENOS AIRES: Argentine sovereign debt rose on Thursday and stocks dipped after early gains, as market participants... Published 22 Dec, 2023 09:55am
World Qatar lowers oil price assumption for 2024 budget to $60/bbl DUBAI: Qatar approved its 2024 fiscal year budget on Wednesday with revenue estimated to decrease 11.4% next year on... Published 20 Dec, 2023 04:48pm
World Qatar, Israel hostage talks ‘positive’ but deal not imminent: source DUBAI: A meeting of Qatar’s premier and the heads of the Israeli Mossad spy agency and U.S. Central Intelligence... Published 20 Dec, 2023 03:54am
World CIA chief to meet Israeli, Qatari officials for hostage deal talks CIA chief Bill Burns will meet Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel’s... Published 18 Dec, 2023 07:43pm
World Israeli aggression continues up and down Gaza strip; hospital hit GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli forces continued their aggression, and launched deadly attacks up and down the Gaza... Updated 18 Dec, 2023 10:54am
World Israel-Qatar meet, raising prospects of Gaza hostage talks Israel's offensive has killed close to 19,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities, and left thousands buried in the rubble Updated 17 Dec, 2023 06:46pm
World Israeli envoy meets Qatari PM amid hopes for fresh truce talks A senior Israeli envoy has met the prime minister of Qatar, a key mediator in the conflict in Gaza, a source said on... Published 16 Dec, 2023 11:38pm
World Arab officials attack bids to phase out fossil fuels DOHA: Arab officials on Tuesday hit out at attempts to secure a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28 as they met for a... Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am
World Gaza war puts entire generation at risk of 'radicalisation': Qatar PM DOHA: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Sunday that an entire generation in... Updated 10 Dec, 2023 02:50pm
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Editorials ‘Humanity’s darkest hour’ EDITORIAL: Qatar’s ruler was right to call the international community’s response to Israeli aggression in Gaza... Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
World Qatar emir slams ‘shameful’ inaction on Gaza war DOHA: Qatar’s ruler hit out at “shameful” international inaction over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as he ... Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am
World Qatar urges rapid international action to stop Gaza violence DOHA: Qatar on Friday urged swift international action to stop violence in the Gaza Strip after renewed Israeli... Published 01 Dec, 2023 03:18pm
World Israel and Hamas agree to extend temporary truce GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their six-day ceasefire by at... Published 30 Nov, 2023 10:53am
World Israel, Hamas due to release more people amid efforts to extend truce GAZA/JERUSALEM: Hamas and Israel were expected to release more hostages and prisoners on Wednesday, the last day of... Updated 29 Nov, 2023 09:39pm
World Israeli, US spy chiefs meet Qatari PM to discuss ‘building on’ Gaza truce DUBAI: The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad met Qatar’s prime minister in Doha... Published 28 Nov, 2023 06:32pm
World Qatar, Egypt, US, EU, Spain trying to extend Israel-Hamas truce: Palestinian Authority BARCELONA: Qatar, Egypt, the United States, the European Union and Spain are working to extend the temporary... Published 27 Nov, 2023 05:03pm
World Hamas frees Israeli, Thai hostages in temporary truce Israel says the ceasefire could be extended if Hamas continued to release at least 10 hostages a day Updated 26 Nov, 2023 04:04pm
World No Gaza hostage release before Friday, Israel, US say GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas will... Published 23 Nov, 2023 10:09am
World UN welcomes Israel-Hamas deal as 'important step' GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 07:02pm
Perspectives JUI-F’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s meeting with Hamas leaders The recent meeting between Maulana Fazlur Rehman – leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and senior Hamas leaders... Published 22 Nov, 2023 06:09pm
World UNICEF says Gaza world’s ‘most dangerous place’ for children Hard-won truce deal between Israel and Hamas not enough to save their lives, says head of UN children's agency Over 5,300 children have reportedly been killed in Gaza since October 7 Updated 22 Nov, 2023 10:35pm
World Gaza hostage talks ‘closest’ to deal since start of war: Qatar DOHA: Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel are at their “closest point” to a... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:16pm
World Hamas chief says close to truce agreement with Israel GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The chief of Hamas told Reuters on Tuesday that the Palestinian group was near a truce... Updated 21 Nov, 2023 06:23pm
World Israeli troops deepen search at main Gaza hospital for evidence of Hamas GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel said its forces were operating in and around Gaza’s biggest hospital, a chief... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 11:05pm
World Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce DOHA/CAIRO: Qatari mediators were on Wednesday seeking to negotiate a deal between Hamas and Israel that includes... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:36pm
World Qatar urges Israel and Hamas to make hostage deal DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
World US unveils third round of Hamas sanctions WASHINGTON: The United States in conjunction with the United Kingdom on Tuesday announced a third round of sanctions... Published 14 Nov, 2023 07:23pm
World Qatar urges Israel and Hamas to make hostage deal DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday urged Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement on releasing hostages seized in the October 7... Published 14 Nov, 2023 07:19pm
World Mossad, CIA chiefs meet with Qatar PM in Doha over hostage deal DOHA: A trilateral meeting was held in Doha on Thursday between CIA and Mossad chiefs and the Qatari prime minister... Published 09 Nov, 2023 06:29pm
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