Qatar News in English

March 29, 2021

Rights group slams Qatar guardianship rules for women

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Qatar of restricting the lives of its female population through unclear “guardianship” rules requiring adult women to obtain male approval for everyday activities. Despite concrete progress, women “continue to face deep discrimination in almost…

March 22, 2021

Mauritania re-establishes diplomatic ties with Qatar after four-year freeze

Mauritania re-established diplomatic relations with Qatar, its foreign ministry announced Sunday, almost four years after breaking them off in the midst of a Saudi-led freeze on ties with Doha. Nouakchott had followed Riyadh and its allies in cutting ties and…

March 20, 2021

Qatar extends minimum wage to all as World Cup looms

A minimum wage of $275 a month came into force for all workers in Qatar Saturday, official media reported, as the Gulf state overhauls its labour laws amid international scrutiny in the runup to the 2022 World Cup. The minimum…

March 15, 2021

Taliban to attend Afghan peace talks in Moscow

Senior members of the Taliban will attend talks with the Kabul government in Moscow this week to discuss the future of war-ravaged Afghanistan, the insurgent group said Monday. The two sides are due to meet at Russia’s invitation ahead of…

March 8, 2021

Saudi top diplomat meets Qatar emir in Doha: media

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat met Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha on Monday, official media reported, as the countries heal following a bruising rift. Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s visit came as a Qatari delegation arrived in…

March 6, 2021

Taliban says met with US envoy in Doha

Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan met with the Taliban in Qatar, the insurgents said Saturday, as efforts intensify to revive a peace process faced with mounting violence and a US troop withdrawal deadline. The envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, held talks earlier…

February 26, 2021

UK financier loses Barclays court battle over Qatar deal

A London court on Friday ruled that financier Amanda Staveley was not entitled to hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation from Barclays bank over an investment deal during the 2008 financial crisis. Staveley, 47, had claimed her private equity…

February 23, 2021

Al Jazeera to launch conservative US platform: network

Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera will launch a centre-right news platform in the United States, the network said Tuesday, five years after shuttering a mainstream cable news broadcasting project in the US. Al-Jazeera said in a statement that “Rightly” would be a…

February 15, 2021

Qatari FM in Iran, as Doha seeks mediation on nuclear issue

Qatar’s foreign minister met his Iranian counterpart Monday, after Doha signalled its intention to mediate between Tehran and Washington over a landmark nuclear deal, an AFP journalist said. The meeting comes as the 2015 deal between Iran and world powers…