With eight years to go, Qatar’s World Cup hopes look set to run into some heavy weather
There is an old British saying: “It never rains but it pours”. One of Britain’s former colonies may well have to consider adopting the phrase as its new national slogan. In Qatar, it hardly ever seems to rain (for four months each year, not even a ...
Qatar's economic growth edges up to 5.7pc in Q2
Qatar's economic growth picked up slightly to 5.7 per cent on an annual basis in the second quarter of this year as robust non-oil activity outweighed a decline in the hydrocarbon sector, official data showed on Tuesday. Real gross domestic product growth ...
Qatar's Ahli Bank signs $200m syndicated loan
Doha's Ahli Bank has signed a $200 million three-year loan with a group of 11 lenders, Qatar's eighth-largest bank by assets said on Tuesday, with the funds to be used for its general business needs. The loan, which initially targeted to raise $100 million ...
Everything came apart for Gilas in loss to Qatar, says Chot Reyes
INCHEON, South Korea—It took just one game for Gilas Pilipinas’ plans to come unhinged in the 17the Asian Games here. And it wasn’t even the loss to Korea or the failure to widen a 67-65 victory over Kazakhstan to an 11-point margin that would have ...
Gulf proxy war: UAE seeks to further damage Qatar's already tarnished image [Saudi Election]
(Saudi Election Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are locked into a propaganda war with public relations agencies and front organizations as proxies that is backfiring on both Gulf states. Disclosures of the proxy war have hit ...
Qatar Airways Expands with Vueling
Just in time when Etihad is taking over Alitalia, Qatar Airways and Vueling have signed an interline agreement that will enable Qatar airline to increase the number of passengers to Europe, while strengthening Vueling’s hubs in Rome and Barcelona.
Qatar does not pay ransom to militants, minister says
Princeton, New Jersey: Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid Al Attiya defended on Monday his government’s connections with armed militant groups in the Middle East and its involvement in negotiating the release of hostages but denied ever paying ransoms to ...
Title : With eight years to go, Qatar’s World Cup hopes look set to run into some heavy weather
Description : With eight years to go, Qatar’s World Cup hopes look set to run into some heavy weather There is an old British saying: “It never rains but ...