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A runner on the Mall in central London, where the finish of the London Marathon course would be, which was postponed to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, Sunday April 26, 2020. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
April 27, 2020, 2:38 am
UK reports lowest virus toll in weeks as Johnson returns to Downing Street
Number of people who have died rises by 413 to 20,732 in April’s smallest reported daily increase; country to review lockdown on May 7
By David Harding
Women wearing masks walk past a bus in London, March 22, 2020. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/ AP)
March 22, 2020, 9:16 pm
Virus ‘accelerating’ in UK as fears grow of Italy-like trajectory
Deaths reach 233 with 5,018 diagnosed; PM Johnson warns country is just ‘two or three weeks’ behind Italian situation
By David Harding
FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a press conference following the FIFA Council Meetings in Miami, Florida, on March 15, 2019. (RHONA WISE / AFP)
March 19, 2019, 1:21 pm
Experts: FIFA World Cup plan would stoke Gulf tensions
Analysts say global body’s move to add 12 teams to 2022 soccer championships would be bad power politics
By David Harding
Qatar's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2019 AFC Asian Cup final soccer match between Japan and Qatar at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on February 1, 2019. (Roslan RAHMAN/AFP)
February 7, 2019, 1:07 pm
Qatar Asian Cup soccer victory may deepen Gulf tensions, experts warn
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, both beaten by Qataris during championship run, likely to step up opposition to 2022 World Cup in response
By David Harding
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
Israel's national youth handball team (blue) competes in the 2016 European championships. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 22, 2018, 4:23 pm
Israeli youth handball teams in Qatar spark social media outcry
Opening ceremony will not feature Israeli flag, but there’s no question of Jerusalem not participating among more than 20 nations who sent teams to Doha
By David Harding
Qatar's Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah (R) signs an agreement with his British counterpart Gavin Williamson to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from the UK, in the capital Doha on December 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
December 11, 2017, 1:30 am
Qatar signs $8 billion deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from UK
In 2nd major defense agreement this week, Doha makes biggest order for Eurofighter jets in a decade to ‘support stability in the region and deliver security at home’
By David Harding
Female Qatari jockey Maryam Al-Subaiey (L) participates in a horse race at the Racing and Equestrian Club in the Qatari capital Doha on February 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Karim Jafaar)
October 3, 2017, 11:11 am
Qatari female jockey gallops into male-dominated world
Despite Qatar’s conservative mores, Maryam al-Subaiey says ‘I don’t have to do things that society expects from me as a woman’
By David Harding
Illustrative: A picture taken on July 12, 2017 shows a herd of cows, airlifted from Budapest, at the Baladna livestock production farm in the city of al-Khor, northeast of Qatar. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
July 13, 2017, 4:03 pm
First herd of boycott-busting bovines airlifted to Qatar
Holsteins flown in from Budapest to provide milk for kingdom hit by Gulf state boycott
By David Harding
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during the 22nd World Petroleum Congress opening ceremony on July 9, 2017 in Istanbul. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
July 11, 2017, 4:00 pm
Tillerson in Qatar as leaks spark fresh Gulf tension
Efforts to resolve crisis hindered by publication of confidential agreements on combating terror funding
By David Harding
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (L), UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (C-L), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (C-R), and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (R) meet in the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 5, 2017, to discuss the Gulf diplomatic crisis with Qatar. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Khaled ELFIQI)
July 9, 2017, 6:29 am
A crisis without end? Gulf states settle in for the long haul
As Qatar refuses demands, neighboring countries may seek to pull Doha’s Gulf Cooperation Council membership, limit trade
By David Harding
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) welcomes US Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Prince's Sea Palace residence in Doha, on April 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Jonathan Ernst)
June 16, 2017, 2:44 am
US shifts to reassure Qatar with arms sale, joint exercise
After Trump signaled support for Saudis in Sunni states’ dust up, State Department and DOD moves aim to reassure Doha that ties are strong
By David Harding
Qatar Emir Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani waits for the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of their meeting, at Diwan Palace in Doha, Qatar on August 3, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
June 7, 2017, 8:44 pm
UAE says Gulf rivals not seeking Qatar regime change
Emirati FM insists Arab states want only ‘change of policy’ in Doha, ‘the main champion of extremism and terrorism in the region’
By Rene Slama and David Harding
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Arabic Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
June 6, 2017, 6:43 pm
Trump takes credit for Arab states’ move to isolate Qatar
US president says his Middle East visit ‘already paying off,’ with rulers heeding his call to adopt ‘hard line’ on terror funding
By IAN TIMBERLAKE and David Harding
Construction at the Khalifa Staium in the Qatari capital Doha, August 17, 2016. (AFP/Karim JAAFAR)
June 5, 2017, 9:51 pm
Gulf crisis could be red card for 2022 World Cup host Qatar
After Arab states cut ties, FIFA says it is ‘in regular contact’ with Gulf nation, but offers no further details
By David Harding
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