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A general view shows the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on September 26, 2019, ahead of the IAAF World Athletics Championships. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
October 6, 2019, 7:09 am
Sparse crowds, high heat at Doha track meet spark worries of World Cup woes
Sight of empty stadiums and collapsing runners at World Athletics Championships spooks some, but organizers insist Gulf country can host soccer’s biggest show
By Gregory WALTON
Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of $480 million allocated for assistance by Qatar, at a post office in Gaza City on May 19, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
July 21, 2019, 7:38 pm
Gazan banks start paying out latest installment of Qatar grants to poor families
Qatar’s Gaza Reconstruction Committee says $100 bills will again be handed out to a total of 60,000 recipients in the Strip
By Adam Rasgon
A Palestinian man displays a 100 dollar bill, part of $480 million in aid allocated by Qatar, in Gaza City on May 13, 2019. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
June 19, 2019, 5:59 pm
Gaza banks to dole out Qatari cash, but 40,000 cut from recipient list
After initially saying 100,000 families would get $100 each, Gulf official says only 60,000 to get payouts, with other $4 million to go to ‘other sustainable projects’
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of $480 million allocated for assistance by Qatar, at a post office in Gaza City on May 19, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 17, 2019, 10:21 pm
Qatari cash arrives in Gaza, but payouts to Palestinians delayed
Mohammed al-Emadi says disbursement of funds to some 100,000 poor families held off due to ‘technical issues’
By Adam Rasgon
A Palestinian man holds a $100 bill, part of $480 million in aid allocated by Qatar, in Gaza City on May 13, 2019. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
May 13, 2019, 12:34 pm
Banks in Gaza start handing out Qatari grants to impoverished Palestinians
Under the supervision of Doha’s Gaza Reconstruction Committee, 109,000 families in the Strip are slated to receive $100 payouts
By Adam Rasgon
UK Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (second right) attends a 2012 conference in Doha along with several Palestinian terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 20, 2018, 12:45 am
Labour head Corbyn sat on panel alongside Hamas terror leaders in 2012
MP attended Doha conference with terror chief Khaled Mashaal and newly released Hamas members who oversaw deadly bombings during Second Intifada
By TOI staff
Construction work under way at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, November 9, 2014. (Rob Harris/AP)
June 4, 2018, 12:18 pm
Qatar soccer World Cup in question as FIFA mulls expanding tournament
Governing body considers increasing participating squads from 32 to 48, which could force isolated state to share event with neighbors
By David Harding
Al Jazeera staff work at their TV station in Doha, Qatar, on June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)
February 8, 2018, 12:35 pm
American pro-Israel lobby girds for Al Jazeera exposé
Jewish leaders reportedly claim Qatar promised to block TV series, but Qatari FM says there will be ‘no interference’ in media issues
By Sue Surkes
Israeli actress Gal Gadot, star of the new 'Wonder Woman' movie. (Clay Enos/DC Comics, via JTA)
July 1, 2017, 4:36 pm
Qatari cinemas quit airing ‘Wonder Woman’
Box office hit superhero film starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot has previously been banned in several Arab countries
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump speaks in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
June 24, 2017, 11:42 pm
Trump may call major summit to unite Arabs against extremism
White House official says president is weighing hosting landmark event in bid to enlist Middle East leaders to his cause
By TOI staff
A general view of boats sitting in the port along the corniche in Qatar's capital Doha on June 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/STR)
June 24, 2017, 8:41 pm
UAE: Arab states don’t seek ‘regime change’ in Qatar
Doha says it is reviewing Saudi-led council’s 13-point list which includes demand to shut al-Jazeera and cut ties with Muslim Brotherhood
By Adam Schreck
This file photo taken on May 21, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump (R) shaking hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, during a bilateral meeting at a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
June 18, 2017, 12:55 am
Trump backed away from Qatar after swearing-in, disclosure shows
Trump Organization dissolved subsidiaries designed to pursue business deals in Gulf nation, which president has accused of funding terror
By Jon Gambrell
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 11, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
June 12, 2017, 7:09 pm
Backing Gulf, Liberman equates al-Jazeera with ‘Nazi propaganda’
Defense minister tells Knesset meeting on Gaza that the Doha-based news service offers tacit support for Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
Hamas spokesman Husam Badran (Facebook image)
June 4, 2017, 11:32 am
Hamas denies Qatar is expelling its officials
Terror group says reports its West Bank coordinators are being ousted from Gulf Kingdom are false
By TOI staff
The exiled then chief of Hamas' Political Bureau Khaled Meshaal (C) speaks with Hamas deputy leader Musa Abu Marzuk (L) ahead of their conference in the Qatari capital, Doha on May 1, 2017. (Karim Jaafar/AFP)
June 3, 2017, 5:10 pm
Qatar said to order several Hamas terror chiefs to get out
Coordinators of Islamist group’s activities in West Bank among those reportedly being booted, under pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia
By TOI staff
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