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    Qatar Stun Japan To Claim Maiden Asian Cup

    Qatar stunned Japan 3-1 to win their first Asian Cup on Friday sparked by a moment of magic from record-breaker Almoez Ali and after nail-biting late drama.

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    AFC Asian Cup 2019: Electric Almoez fires Qatar to victory over Saudi Arabia

    Almoez Ali continued his blistering form at AFC Asian Cup 2019 with a double on Thursday to hand Qatar a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia and top spot in Group E.

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    OPEC summit: Saudi Arabia between a rock and a hard place after Qatar’s exit

    Saudi Arabia was already balancing a cluster of economic and diplomatic pressures ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Now Qatar’s surprise decision.

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    Saudi king extends invitation to Qatari emir to attend GCC summit

    Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to attend the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit set to take place in Riyadh on December 9.

    West Asia
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    Qatar to pull out of Saudi-dominated cartel OPEC

    Qatar is to leave OPEC next month in order for the Gulf state to focus on gas production, the country's new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabiannounced in a surprise move on Monday.

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    Pak releases Afghan Taliban’s former deputy chief Mullah Baradar

    Pakistan has released Afghan Taliban's former deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on the intervention of Qatar, a move which could facilitate the peace process in the war-ravaged country.

    South Asia
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    The fallacy of the ‘Arab NATO’ and why it is bound to fail

    Saudi foreign minister along with envoys from UAE and Bahrain held a meeting with Director of Israel's Mossad spy agency in New York and said they have joined ranks to counter the Islamic republic.

    World
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    Saudi official hints at plan to dig canal on Qatar border

    A senior Saudi official on Friday appeared to confirm local media reports that the kingdom is considering digging a canal to separate the Qatari peninsula from the mainland and turn it into an.

    West Asia
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    Iran wants enhanced ties with Qatar: Rouhani

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic always seeks to strengthen relations with Qatar as a friendly country in the sensitive Middle East region.

    West Asia
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    Qatar defies Trump, bails out Turkey with $15bn loan pledge

    Qatar's emir has pledged to invest $15 billion in the Turkish economy after arriving in Istanbul to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish state media reported.

    West Asia
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    Overthrow govt or lose right to Hajj, Saudi newspaper tells Qataris

    One of Saudi Arabia's leading daily newspapers has demanded Qataris overthrow their government if they want to fulfill their religious obligations as Muslims and perform the Hajj pilgrim.

    West Asia
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    Top UN court orders UAE to protect Qatari citizens’ rights

    The UN’s top court on Monday ordered the United Arab Emirates to protect the rights of Qatari citizens wading into a bitter crisis which has snapped ties between Doha and its Gulf neighbours.

    West Asia
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    Crisis-hit Qatar signs military agreement with Russia

    Qatar said on Thursday it had signed a defence agreement with Russia, the latest in a series of such steps by the emirate since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in June.

    West Asia
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    In Qatar, Tillerson says Saudi Arabia not ready to talk

    US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he has embarked on a diplomatic shuttle to help mend fences between neighboring Persian Gulf states Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but that Riyadh has been unresponsive.

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    Qatari emir in Malaysia in blow to Saudi Arabia

    Sheikh Tamim, who arrived late Sunday, was given a 21-gun salute before he sat down to oversee the signing of agreements on training for diplomats, higher education, and legal and judicial cooperation.

    West Asia
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    'Qatar crisis can end if Doha gives up FIFA World Cup'

    The comments on Twitter by Dhahi Khalfan, the often-outspoken head of security in Dubai, mark the first time any official from the four Arab countries boycotting Qatar has directly linked.

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    Qatari emir slams ‘unjust’ Saudi-led siege in UN speech

    Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sharply denounced the Saudi-led bloc of countries for imposing an “unjust” blockade against his nation, saying such pressure tactics amount to “terrorism.”

    West Asia
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    Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia on govt's request

    Global image messaging service Snapchat has blocked Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia at the request of Saudi authorities, the company said on Monday.

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    Qatar diplomatic crisis engulfs a major US military base

    Qatar's emir is persona non grata to four US-allied Arab states that accuse his wealthy Gulf nation of sponsoring extremists, but he recently received a warm welcome at the sprawling military base his troops.

    West Asia
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    Qatar's emir to meet Turkey's President Erdogan

    Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will visit Turkey on Thursday to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his first trip abroad since the start of the Gulf diplomatic crisis.

    West Asia
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    Netanyahu bars Al-Jazeera journalist from seminar on free press

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has personally intervened to bar an Al-Jazeera journalist from a government conference on press freedoms that uses the broadcaster as a case study.

    West Asia
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    How Re-alignment of Forces is Shaping New Middle-East

    Iran has won another round in the Saudi-Iran cold war that currently dominates the political landscape in the Middle East. This outcome is largely the result of Saudi Arabia’s own folly. Riyadh forced Qatar.

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    Trump calls King Salman, urges diplomatic solution for Qatar crisis

    US President Donald Trump has called for a diplomatic solution for the crisis between Qatar and its neighbouring countries, urging them to follow their commitment in fighting terrorism.

    West Asia
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    Doha worried about potential 'harassment' of Qatari pilgrims

    Qatar has sent only dozens of its citizens across the border to Saudi Arabia for this week’s hajj pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest sites because of the increasingly bitter crisis between the Gulf neighbours.

    West Asia

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