Israel said Sunday it plans to ban Qatar's flagship Al-Jazeera network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence, joining Arab nations that have shut down the broadcaster amid a separate political dispute. The news organization, in turn, said it will take ...
U.S. Secretary of State on Wednesday Rex Tillerson denied suggestions that he plans to resign because of a disagreement with the White House. "I'm not going anywhere," Tillerson told reporters said as received Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. Tillerson described his relationship with ...
The United Arab Emirates banned a popular Mideast website and magazine on Wednesday for publishing what the authorities alleged was "false news." The move against Arabian Business magazine comes as the seven-state UAE federation and three allies are locked in a bitter diplomatic dispute with ...
Qatar's ruling emir said on Friday that his embattled Gulf nation remains open to dialogue with four Arab countries that have isolated it, but that any resolution to the crisis must respect his country's sovereignty. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the comments in ...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a dispute between a Saudi Arabian-led bloc and Qatar may last "quite a while," as the two sides still refuse to speak to each other directly and are no closer to resolving the key demands made after ...
After Doha said their demands were impossible to meet, Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar began talks in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss their next move in the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry welcomed his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, ...
Saudi Arabia and its allies said early Monday they had decided to extend by 48 hours the deadline for Qatar to accept their list of demands to lift a de facto blockade. With the deadline set to expire at midnight Sunday, Saudi Arabia, the United ...
A controversial internal report published by FIFA on the race to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has revealed that Japan violated bid guidelines in 2010, sending then-president Sepp Blatter and other FIFA executives "gifts" worth more than ¥100,000. The report said Japan, which ...
Acting like a rhetorical warmonger, U.S. President Donald Trump is providing the Saudis with ample blessing for their internecine warfare.
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a steep list of demands Thursday to end the crisis, insisting that their Persian Gulf neighbor shutter Al-Jazeera, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran and close down a Turkish military base ...
The rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar reflects a struggle for power and influence in the Persian Gulf region.
Qatar Airways on Monday called on the U.N.'s aviation body to declare a Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on international air transport. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt this month announced they had suspended ties with ...
