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Gulf markets sink to multi-year lows, Egypt plunges over 5 pct
Business
January 15, 2016
Gulf markets sink to multi-year lows, Egypt plunges over 5 pct
Middle East bourses fell sharply on Thursday as investors cashed out after Brent crude oil slipped below $30 a barrel…
Egypt shuns Qatari offer to renew dollar deposits
Business
January 4, 2016
Egypt shuns Qatari offer to renew dollar deposits
Egypt has turned down a Qatari offer through intermediaries to extend the grace period for paying back bonds worth US$1…
FM asks to take al-Jazeera’s mike away, again
Egypt
December 27, 2015
FM asks to take al-Jazeera’s mike away, again
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri has, for the second time, asked for the removal of a microphone belonging to the…
Qatar rejects ‘groundless’ worker deaths claim
Middle East
December 21, 2015
Qatar rejects ‘groundless’ worker deaths claim
Qatar dismissed as "groundless" Monday a claim that as many as 7,000 people would die working on projects for the…
Egypt’s FM pushes al-Jazeera mike away during conference
Egypt
December 12, 2015
Egypt’s FM pushes al-Jazeera mike away during conference
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri pushed away a microphone belonging to Qatari satellite TV channel al-Jazeera during a conference in…
Oil giants Venezuela, Qatar sign deals
Middle East
November 26, 2015
Oil giants Venezuela, Qatar sign deals
The leaders of major oil producers Qatar and Venezuela signed cooperation agreements and promised to strengthen ties during a visit…
Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation
Art news
November 19, 2015
Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation
Amid thatched ceilings and arched doorways in a traditional Qatari house in Doha, a projector beams a quote by Abraham…
Morsi espionage trial adjourned to November 26
Egypt
November 9, 2015
Morsi espionage trial adjourned to November 26
The Giza Criminal Court, headed by judge Mohamed Sherien Fahmy, has adjourned the trial of toppled President Mohamed Morsi and…
Rights activists attack ‘sham’ Qatar labour reforms
Middle East
October 29, 2015
Rights activists attack ‘sham’ Qatar labour reforms
Rights groups on Wednesday dismissed as a "sham" long-awaited reforms of Qatar's much-criticised "kafala" labour system for foreign workers, which…
Convicted Al-Jazeera journalists appeal to Egypt for pardons
Egypt
September 30, 2015
Convicted Al-Jazeera journalists appeal to Egypt for pardons
Three journalists convicted of aiding a terrorist organization while covering unrest in Egypt for news agency Al-Jazeera publicly appealed to…