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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Sheikh Tamim in Doha

The Jerusalem official’s trip reportedly comes as part of preparations for the International Peace Conference that is going to be held in early 2021. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met…

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expected to arrive in Doha on Sunday

The Jerusalem official’s visit comes off the back of stops in Amman and Cairo. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, is scheduled to meet Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani…

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Qatar ‘most affected’ Arab country by air pollution: report

Qatar has been named as one of the countries with the highest amount of air pollution, according to the State of Global Air 2020 Report by the Health Effects Institute. …

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Palestinian official: normalisation is part of a ‘manipulative self-serving agenda’

Doha Forum event looks into the impact of Arab states’ normalisation with the occupying state of Israel. Experts from across the world gathered during the most recent Doha Forum event…

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Business

Survey: Qatar firms more keen to hire employees in coming quarter

According to the latest edition of the Middle East and North Africa Job Index Survey, 44 percent of firms in Qatar said they were definitely hiring the coming three months - up from 37 percent in August.

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Report: More multi-millionaires living in Qatar in 2013

The number of super-rich people in Qatar has increased slightly in the past year, but the combined wealth of these individuals has fallen by $1 billion, a new wealth report…

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US to shutter Qatar embassy and several others on Sunday over threat

The US Embassy in Qatar will be closed on Sunday, along with a number of other embassies across the Middle East, over concerns about an unspecified threat. UPDATE | 9:15pm…

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Filipinos in Qatar urged to ‘be extra vigilant’ over regional threat

The Philippines Embassy in Qatar is advising its nationals to be “always alert” following recent reports of a possible terrorism-related threat in the Middle East or Africa. “All Filipinos in…

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More Qatar residents flock to Dubai in 2012 due to instability in MENA region

More Qatar residents flock to Dubai in 2012 due to instability in MENA region The UAE has reaped a windfall of tourists from Qatar this year, in part due to…

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