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Citing widespread abuse, Nepal bans women under 30 from working in the Gulf

Following widespread reports of sexual and psychological abuse, Nepal has set an age bar for women seeking to work in Gulf countries. Women under 30 will no longer be allowed…

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Poll: Should Barca keep QF sponsorship?

Some 173,000 Football Club Barcelona members are eligible to vote today on the team’s lucrative five-year sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation. The $230 million five-year deal – arguably the…

Taliban-linked prisoners at Guantanamo say they don’t mind living in Qatar, but US jailers have yet to agree

Taliban-linked prisoners at Guantanamo say they don’t mind living in Qatar, but US jailers have yet to agree Five of the alleged Taliban members in the American Guantanamo Bay prison…

Qatari woman elected new Arab Parliament Deputy Speaker, becoming first Gulf woman to hold the post

Qatari woman elected new Arab Parliament Deputy Speaker, becoming first Gulf woman to hold the post Aisha Yusuf Al Mannai is the current Dean of the Faculty of Shariah Law…

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Questions abound as Qatari takes helms of Al Jazeera Network

Netizens are still reeling from the news that Wadah Khanfar, media icon and longtime leader of the Al Jazeera Network, is stepping down after eight years at the top. Why…

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Al Jazeera boss steps down after eight years at the top

After 8 years of service leading Al Jazeera, I have just announced that I am moving on. — Wadah Khanfar, director general of the Al Jazeera Network, tweeted his departure.…

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US to propose prisoner swap that would send five Taliban detainees to Qatar

Five Taliban members who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay may be released to Qatar’s custody in exchange for a US soldier held captive in Afghanistan, sources have told Reuters. The…

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Qatar’s crown prince reshuffles some cabinet positions, naming new Deputy PM

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar’s heir apparent and deputy emir, has issued a decree naming a new Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, as well as replacing the current…

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Official: Canadian embassy in Qatar is open, but not yet ‘operational’

Qatar does indeed have a Canadian embassy, but it does not yet provide consular services, an official at the Canadian embassy in Kuwait clarified to Doha News. We’ve gotten a…

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