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Qatar: 60 migrant workers held for protesting over unpaid salaries
Doha: Qatar has arrested around 60 workers who staged a rare protest over unpaid salaries, and has begun deporting them, according to an NGO working for migrant workers’ rights. Employees of Al…
- Sports
Ticket sales reach 2.45 million for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
Zurich: A total of 2.45 million tickets have been sold so far for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, set to be held in Qatar, the world soccer governing body said on Thursday.…
- Middle East
FIFA ban and its ripple effect on Indian football
New Delhi: There was palpable tension among top players as well as prominent ISL and I-League clubs after the FIFA ban on Indian football due to “third party interference”. As per Article…
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Well-known writer, academic Shafey Kidwai to chair Qatar-based literary organisation
Aligarh: A well-known writer and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) faculty member, Prof M Shafey Kidwai has been appointed as the Chairman of the renowned Qatar-based literary organisation ‘Majlis-e-Frogh-e-Urdu Adab’. MFUA had the…
- Middle East
Qatar: FIFA hospitality site lists occupied Palestinian territories instead Israel
Doha: The official Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup hospitality booking website deleted the name Israel and replaced it with occupied Palestinian territories. Israel will have to choose the Palestinian territories to book…
- Middle East
Qatar records heaviest rainfall in 60 years
Doha: Qatar experienced the heaviest rainfall in nearly 60 years, but the unprecedented rainfall is not a sign of climate change, according to a senior meteorological official. Various regions of Qatar have…
- Middle East
Third in Gulf, Qatar reports first case of monkeypox
Doha: The Qatari Ministry of Public Health on Friday announced the registration of the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country, becoming the third Gulf country to report the disease after…
- Middle East
Qatar brings back mandatory wearing of masks in closed places
Doha: Qatar government has reinstated the mandatory wearing of masks in closed public places due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 infection, after it had canceled the rule in May. This…
- Middle East
Nuke talks to begin in Doha on Tuesday: Iran
Tehran: The Iranian government has confirmed that the country’s negotiating team will depart for Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday for talks to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali…
- Middle East
Qatar emir arrives in Egypt for 1st visit since 2015
Cairo: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has arrived in Cairo for his first visit to Egypt since the two countries restored diplomatic ties last year. The Qatari emir was…
- Middle East
Qatar plans 1000 ‘Bedouin tents’ to house FIFA World Cup fans
FIFA World Cup organizers on Tuesday said that Qatar is planning to pitch 100 ‘bedouin style tents’ in the desert for the fans who are coming from all over the world. The…
- Pakistan
Pakistan leans on Qatar for LNG amid falling foreign currency reserves
Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Saturday that Pakistan will seek a deferred payment plan for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bought under long-term deals with Qatar as the nation’s economy continues…
- Middle East
Israelis allowed to attend World Cup 2022 matches in Qatar
Israelis will be able to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, according to Israeli ministers. The announcement of the agreement, reached after months of talks with FIFA, was made by…
- Middle East
Qatar pulls books contradicting Arab, Islamic culture from library
Doha: Ministry of Culture, Qatar, announced the withdrawal of a number of unlicensed books contrary to Arab and Islamic culture from a violating library in the country. The Ministry of Culture said…
- India
Qatar demand for public apology not important: Kerala Governor
New Delhi: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday brushed aside as “not important” a public apology demanded by Qatar over the controversial remarks made by now-suspended and expelled BJP leaders against…
