Pakistan plans to ask Qatar to delay liquefied natural gas deliveries over the next five years as the South Asian country battles weak demand and rising import costs, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Government officials are in Qatar this week to request a delay for delivery of two LNG shipments per month in 2026, Bloomberg … Read more
During President Trump’s first term, the idea that special interests and governments were buying meals and booking rooms at his hotels set off legal and ethical alarms about the potential for corruption. Mr. Trump’s second term is making those concerns look trivial. The administration’s plan to accept a $400 million luxury jet from the Qatari … Read more
President Trump angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar to be used as a new Air Force One, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer. Mr. Trump said that the gift from Qatar will be to the U.S. Department of Defense — and not him … Read more
President Trump’s Middle East envoy is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for Mr. Netanyahu. The visit by the envoy, Steven Witkoff, was set to take place as Israeli and Hamas officials prepared for a new round of negotiations aimed at cementing the current cease-fire in … Read more
EAM Jaishankar was received at the Airport by Chief of Protocol HE Mr Ibrahim Fakhroo. Photo: X/@IndEmbDoha External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Doha on June 30 on a day-long official visit during which he will hold talks with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani with a focus on exploring ways … Read more
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their homes due to Israeli strikes, cook as they shelter in a UNRWA-affiliated school, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Qatar said on April 23 that Hamas’s political leadership would stay in Doha … Read more
Israel and Hamas have made moves aimed at getting the ceasefire talks back on track. File | Photo Credit: AP Stalled talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as on Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark … Read more
Seven of the eight Indian navy veterans arrive in New Delhi by a passenger flight during the early hours of February 12, 2024. Photo: Screenshot from X (formerly Twitter)/@ANI. Eight Indian navy veterans who had been in Qatari custody since August 30, 2022 were released on Sunday in Doha. Indian officials escorted seven of the … Read more
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaks in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday, December 4, demanded that the Union government “exhaust every resource” to bring back the eight former naval … Read more
Artist from Gurukul Art School paints a painting to release 8 Ex-Navy Men who were sentenced to death in Qatar. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini A Qatari court has accepted the appeal document on the sentencing of eight former Indian naval personnel to death, sources familiar with the matter … Read more