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In an interview airing Sunday, Qatars emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani accused Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies of seeking to topple his government. (Photo: AP)

Freeze Qatar's GCC membership: Bahrain foreign minister

The GCC is a political and economic union including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait.

30 Oct 2017 11:19 AM GMT

Irrespective of its current crisis, Dubai has developed a sustainable model under which the city flourishes when its neighbourhood is doing well.

Gulf dream is over, but Dubai holds out

Dubai has been going through a rough patch as slackening consumer demand broke the back of retail trade, the mainstay of...

1 July 2018 11:53 PM GMT

Moroccos forward #19 Youssef En-Nesyri (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | World Cup show spotlights Qatar as a nation apart

When all of the GCC was quaking at Iran's emergence, Qatar maintained very practical trade relation with Iran.

1 Jan 2023 6:53 PM GMT

GCC secretary-general Abdullatif bin Rashid al Zayani (Photo: AFP)

In new Mideast vision, India could play a role

Amid the pessimism and hopelessness that has shrouded West Asia over the past few years, Mr Zayani's voice is an...

10 Aug 2018 8:36 PM GMT

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US tries to choke flow of terror cash

Seven countries sign MoU to curb financing of groups like LeT, Haqqanis.

23 May 2017 10:02 PM GMT

Food prices witnessed a sharp rise by 2.69 per cent in February as compared to a deceleration by 0.56 per cent

Gulf crisis: Qataris stock food in advance fearing shortage of food

Though Qatar is 1 of the wealthiest countries in the world, it relies heavily on imported food from Saudi Arabia, UAE...

6 Jun 2017 10:09 AM GMT

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

New Mideast battlelines as Qatar row gets uglier

The United Arab Emirates even criminalised any expression of sympathy for the beleaguered Qataris.

16 Jun 2017 8:27 PM GMT

Acting as a mediator, Kuwait has presented Qatar a long-awaited list of demands from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, four Arab nations that cut ties with Qatar. (Photo: AP)

Saudi and allies could ask Qatar to choose between trading partners

'There are certain economic sanctions that we can take which are being considered right now', Omar Ghobash said in an...

28 Jun 2017 9:15 AM GMT

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

In Mideast spat, pot calls the kettle black

Every nation has blood on their hands and has contributed to the bloody quagmire in the Middle East.

18 Jun 2017 8:23 PM GMT

Britain will help Gulf push back against Iran

Britain will help Gulf push back against Iran'

Ms May is the latest foreign leader to address the GCC as the Gulf deepens ties with major powers beyond long-time ally...

8 Dec 2016 1:49 AM GMT