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Qatars foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (Photo: AP)

After having deadline extended, Qatar responds to Arab states' demands

A Gulf official said that Qatari Foreign Abdulrahman Al-Thani had delivered it during a short visit to Kuwait.

3 July 2017 3:08 PM GMT

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump urges Gulf nations to unite after backing Saudi on isolating...

Triggering the Arab world's biggest crisis in years, the 3 Gulf nations and Egypt suggested Qatar supported Riyadh's...

7 Jun 2017 5:06 AM GMT

It was not immediately clear if Qatar Airways would also suspend flights to other countries. (Photo: AFP)

Qatar Airways suspends all flights to Saudi Arabia following...

Several airlines from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt earlier announced they would no longer fly to Qatar.

5 Jun 2017 10:21 AM GMT

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

Qatar condemns Gulf nations' unjustified' decision to cut ties

The Qatari foreign ministry said that the measures were based on false and baseless claims.

5 Jun 2017 8:27 AM GMT

The new flights have increased Iranian air traffic by 17 per cent, the official state news agency has reported. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Post Gulf crisis, Qatar gets 5 planes, 3 shiploads of food from Iran

Iran has urged Qatar and neighbouring Gulf countries to engage in dialogue to resolve their dispute.

12 Jun 2017 2:39 AM GMT

Sheikh Mohammed has called the demands by the four Arab countries unreasonable and said setting a deadline impinged on Qatars sovereignty. (Photo: AP)

Qatar says can't meet Gulf nations' demands as allegations are untrue

A Qatar statement said that they could not sever links with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah because no such links existed.

30 Jun 2017 3:25 AM GMT

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

Arab nations don't seek to force out Qatar's leadership: UAE official

The four countries presented a 13-point list of demands to Qatar through mediator Kuwait on Thursday and gave it 10 days...

24 Jun 2017 1:33 PM GMT

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on June 5 and announced that Qatari residents would have 14 days to leave. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Qataris quit Gulf states today as isolation' move comes into effect

Officials clarified there would be exceptions for mixed-nationality families in the Gulf.

19 Jun 2017 11:05 AM GMT