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Airforce One sits on the tarmac before US President Donald Trump departs following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 13, 2026, 2:09 pm
Flying on Air Force One, unwittingly under threat – and without Trump
‘But if I go, you go. Right?’ the US president told us reporters who flew from Ankara believing he was aboard, as Secret Service carried out covert operation amid apparent security threat
By Gram Slattery
B’Yachad party chairman and former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 12:45 am
Bennett says Qatar a more dangerous enemy to Israel than Iran right now
In interview, ex-PM again vows to declare Doha an enemy state for funding Hamas, Al Jazeera, alleged influence in Netanyahu’s office; says ‘life’s mission’ is to replace Israel’s current government
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister and head of the Together party Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, during Tisha B’Av, July 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2026, 3:27 pm
Bennett vows to declare Qatar enemy state, says he’s seen intel it funded IRGC
Together party chief blasts Gulf state’s ‘powerful global influence operation,’ calls it ‘a violent antisemitic cancer that is spreading metastases to the West’
By ToI Staff
President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 25, 2026, 9:11 am
Report: Trump switched planes in Turkey over ‘credible threat’ by Iranian proxies
US president said to have abandoned Qatari-gifted Air Force One earlier this month for older jet after intelligence warned Iranian proxies posed danger to him
By Agencies
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he exits Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the World Cup final soccer match, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 20, 2026, 9:59 am
Trump says new Air Force One to be upgraded after security concerns
US president announces Qatari-donated jet will undergo work following reports that it lacks missile-defense capabilities
By Agencies
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves to the crowd as he arrives with senior Hamas officials for a cornerstone-laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City, October 23, 2012. (Hatem Moussa/ Pool photo via AP)
July 12, 2026, 12:01 pm
Qatar’s former ruler Sheikh Hamad dies at 74; created Al Jazeera, funded Hamas’s Gaza
State news agency gives no cause for passing of sports-loving leader who made tiny Persian Gulf nation a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, then handed over power to son
By Jon Gambrell
US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One, July 9, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP/Alex Brandon)
July 10, 2026, 7:13 pm
Trump says US will continue holding talks with Iran, but ceasefire is over
Top Iranian official threatens to target Israel as part of retaliation for US attacks; some Israeli officials said in favor of resuming strikes on Iran, awaiting Trump’s go-ahead
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026 (AFP)
July 7, 2026, 7:23 pm
Third ship hit in Hormuz within 24 hours, as Doha blames Iran for striking Qatari tanker
All 3 vessels were traveling on Omani-proposed coastal route that Tehran has rejected as it seeks to control vessels traversing vital waterway
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump greets onlookers after arriving in a Freedom250-themed train ahead of a dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library on July 01, 2026 in Medora, North Dakota. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)
July 1, 2026, 10:34 pm
US, Iran wrap up indirect Doha talks as Trump touts progress towards ‘denuclearization’
Tehran says sides agreed on partial release of frozen funds, US officials deny it; Washington reportedly pushing Iran to look at ‘bigger picture,’ not insist on Hormuz control
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
US Vice President JD Vance (L) waits, alongside US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff (C) and Jared Kushner, to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not seen), at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard / POOL / AFP)
June 30, 2026, 5:15 pm
US envoys in Qatar to meet mediators, but no direct talks with Iran set for coming days
Contradicting Trump, Doha says Witkoff and Kushner to discuss negotiations with Iran and other issues, but without meeting Iranian officials; separate technical talks on MOU go on
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump holds up his phone as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC on June 28, 2026 after spending time at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 4:52 pm
Trump says next US-Iran meeting to be held in Doha Tuesday, amid conflicting reports
White House says Witkoff, Kushner to attend ‘high-level’ talks coinciding with technical talks; Iranian officials meet with Oman to discuss Hormuz arrangement as traffic again slows
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi, center, is welcomed by Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, center right, as he arrives in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 21, 2022. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
June 24, 2026, 10:17 am
Foreign intel report said to show Qatar aiding Iran economically, militarily for years
Cooperation between the two countries said to have expanded after collapse of nuclear deal in 2018, with Doha supplying Tehran with rocket fuel, material to build drones
By ToI Staff
This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP/Maneesh Bakshi)
June 22, 2026, 6:28 pm
13 dead, dozens injured in blast during restart at giant Qatar fuel terminal
Authorities say ‘technical accident’ caused explosion at Ras Laffan liquid natural gas plant, which was hit by Iranian missile in March; officials say no risk to environment
By Andrew Mills
This frame grab from AFPTV video footage on June 21, 2026, shows an explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan industrial zone, home to the world's largest liquefied natural gas hub, as the result of a "technical incident". (AFPTV / AFP)
June 22, 2026, 9:25 am
Explosion at Qatar gas export terminal leaves dozens injured and 18 missing
State-run QatarEnergy says blast occurred during work to restart production at Ras Laffan LNG plant that was bombed during Iran war; incident could further shake global energy markets
By Jon Gambrell
US President Donald Trump stands with Gulf leaders for a group photo during a meeting he attended with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 9:34 pm
Gulf states could be left in the lurch and exposed by the US-Iran deal
After being caught in the crossfire of a war they didn’t want, wealthy Arab states are now ‘subjected to what amounts to blackmail’ from both Iran and the US, experts say
By Aya Iskandarani, Callum PATON and Sofiane Alsaar
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