Qatar News in English

31/01/2023

Expatica Launches Expansion to Italy

The online resource for international living expands to Italy with informative guides on moving to and working in the Mediterranean nation. EXPATICA, a prominent online resource for internationals living abroad, has launched a new website for Italy. Expatica offers essential…

18/10/2022

Argentina requests arrest in Qatar of senior Iranian official

Argentina on Monday called on Qatar to arrest a visiting Iranian vice president over his alleged responsibility for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. Iran’s vice president for economic affairs, Mohsen Rezai, is wanted by Argentinian…

14/10/2022

Long, bumpy 4WD ride to Qatar’s acclaimed desert art

Deep in the Qatari desert, security guards have a lonely time keeping 24-hour watch over one of the world’s most isolated artworks, created by renowned US sculptor Richard Serra. “On a busy day we can get 100 people,” said one…

10/10/2022

CORRECTED: Qatar media hits back at Europe’s World Cup ‘rights’ attacks

Qatar’s tightly-controlled media on Monday stepped up an offensive against European criticism of the Gulf state’s human rights record ahead of the World Cup, on which it has spent billions of dollars. Editorials and cartoons in recent days have lambasted…

10/10/2022

Lebanon launches online portal for World Cup jobs

Lebanon on Monday launched an online platform to facilitate employment for its nationals in Qatar as the Gulf state prepares to stage the World Cup. The move, just weeks before the World Cup kicks off on November 20, is aimed…

10/10/2022

Qatar media hits back at Europe’s World Cup ‘rights’ attacks

Qatar’s tightly-controlled media on Monday stepped up an offensive against European criticism of the Gulf state’s human rights record ahead of the World Cup, on which it has spent billions of dollars. Editorials and cartoons in recent days have lambasted…

05/10/2022

Taste of Qatari hospitality: traditional Arabic coffee

With its strong aroma of cardamom and its yellowy, tea-like consistency, Arabic coffee is a ubiquitous symbol of hospitality across Gulf countries, not least in World Cup host Qatar. Prepared by roasting coffee beans then boiling them with cardamom and…

26/09/2022

Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Qaradawi dies at 96

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Sunni scholar and spiritual leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement, has died aged 96, his Twitter account announced Monday. Qaradawi was imprisoned several times in his home country of Egypt over his links to the…

02/06/2021

Qatar releases Kenyan activist: rights groups

A Kenyan security guard charged by Qatar with receiving money from a “foreign agent” to spread disinformation within the Gulf state has been released from custody, rights groups said on Wednesday. Malcolm Bidali, under his pen name Noah, published articles…