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Qatar Airways says no change in US flights despite 5G concerns

All Qatar-US flights will operate as normal until further updates regarding the 5G deployment concerns are announced. After concerns rose globally over the rollout of 5G signals disrupting flights in…

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Qatar’s NHRC holds training course on human rights at airports

Seven women subjected to nonconsensual invasive searches at Qatar’s airport last year are planning to sue authorities over the incident. Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee [NHRC] organised a training course…

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Australian women to sue Qatar over HIA strip search incident

The incident occurred last year after a newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a bin at one of Hamad International Airport’s [HIA] facilities. Seven women subjected to nonconsensual invasive…

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Qatar updates its COVID travel safety list

The updated travel list will be effective from 15 November at 12pm. Qatar’s ministry of health announced on Friday new updates to its travel lists of countries based on their…

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UK places Qatar on its ‘red’ travel list

UK closes borders to Qatar travellers effective Friday. British authorities added Qatar onto the country’s red list on Monday evening, as part of strict measures to help contain surging cases…

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Australia presses Qatar for report into airport ‘abandoned baby’ incident

Qatar’s government had promised to conduct an investigation into the incident which saw more than a dozen Australian women invasively searched during a police hunt for the mother of a…

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Vaccine certificates to become ‘new norm’ says Al Baker

Vaccine certificates in Qatar can be accessed online on the MyHealth Patient Portal Several countries will require people to provide vaccine certificates in order to enter their borders as they…

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Celebrations in Qatar and Saudi Arabia as families reunite

Flowers, tears of joy, and warm hugs: celebrations fill Doha and Riyadh’s airports as families reunite after more than three years of separation. The first direct Qatar-Saudi flights completed their…

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Qatar Airways and Omani Air expand codeshare agreement

The two-decade agreement will now be extended to 2021 and will include additional destinations for travelers to enjoy. Qatar Airways [QA] has announced that its code-share agreement with Oman Air—signed…

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