TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the visiting Qatari emir the region must resolve issues on its own, saying Western "interference" would complicate the situation, the presidency website reported Friday.
"Regional countries can resolve (their) issues... without the interference of the West," Ahmadinejad said Thursday in a two-hour meeting with Sheikh Hamad bin Kh [...]
DUBAI (AFP) - (AFP) - Arab governments are bracing for increased tensions during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan which this year comes amid a wave of unprecedented uprisings sweeping the region.
"Throughout history, Ramadan has been the month of revolutions and victory," said Abdullah al-Amadi, director of the Qatar-based Islamic website Islamonline.
"I think it will inspire the youth [...]
ZURICH (AFP) - (AFP) - Mohamed Bin Hammam touched down here on Thursday to face bribery allegations that have thrust a harsh spotlight onto the gloomy machinations of world football's governing body FIFA.
Grey skies blanketed the Swiss financial capital as the 62-year-old Qatari arrived to answer charges that he attempted to buy the FIFA presidency by offering cash in exchan [...]
PARIS (AFP) - (AFP) - FIFA has made no comment on the retraction of claims by a former bid official who alleged that Qatar paid bribes to three FIFA members to secure the World Cup in 2022.
Phaedra al-Majid, who worked as a press officer for Qatar 2022, told the BBC on Sunday she wanted to avenge losing her job on the campaign, but now had decided to go public to admit that the alle [...]
BERLIN (AFP) - (AFP) - Veteran Brazil midfielder Ze Roberto will continue his career with Qatar side Al-Gharafa after signing a two-year deal which will see him head from Bundesliga club Hamburg to the middle east.
Ze Roberto, who turned 37 last Wednesday, goes to Qatar on a free contract having only been offered a one-year extension to his deal at Hamburg after joining the north Ge [...]
DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) - (AFP) - A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) figure asked Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Qatar to reconsider their policy of never having sent a woman to an Olympic Games at their session here on Friday.
"We hope that these three countries will send women to next year's Olympic Games in London," declared Anita DeFrantz, the American president of the [...]
PARIS (AFP) - (AFP) - The organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Thursday dismissed reports that games at the tournament will be broken into three 'halves' in order to spare players from the intense summer heat.
Michael Beaven, a director of Arup Associates, who are working on technology to cool stadiums in the Gulf state, had suggested on Wednesday that matches could be split [...]
PARIS (AFP) - (AFP) - Qatar Airways, a key customer for rivals Airbus and Boeing, said Monday it was disappointed at repeated delays in new aircraft and was losing confidence that either firm can deliver on time.
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said a two-year delay in the long-haul Airbus A350 left him "very disappointed" and frustrated as the airline tries to keep its [...]
SANAA (AFP) - Yemen said on Wednesday it intercepted financial transfers made through Qatar to fund dissidents, warning the energy rich Gulf state to stop supporting divisions in the strife-torn country.
"The authorities have discovered transactions made through Qatar and the mediator in this is our former ambassador (in Cairo) Abdulwali al-Shumeiri," deputy information minister Abd [...]
DOHA (AFP) - The head of Qatar Airways complained Monday that the carrier was losing 5.5 million dollars a day due to flight bans imposed in Europe because of volcanic ash clouds.
Chief executive Akbar al-Baker also told Al-Jazeera English news channel that the government-owned airline was planning to test fly an Airbus 330 jet to London's Heathrow airport on Tuesday.
"We are losin [...]
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