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Absence of Sheikh Tamim and decision to withdraw from OPEC oil cartel underline the simmering crisis facing the GCC. Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi (right) listens as King Salman speaks on Sunday MORE ON GCC Is the GCC dead?2 days ago GCC summit ends without roadmap to resolve ongoing crisis3 days ago Can the Gulf...

Economy is growing stronger despite ongoing blockade by neighbouring Gulf nations and Egypt, finance minister says. Finance Minister Ali Shareef al-Emadi said Qatar's economy showed healthy growth MORE ON BUSINESS & ECONOMY US accuses China for massive Marriott hotel chain data theftyesterday How do coral reefs benefit Kenya's economy?yesterday Canadian court releases Huawei's Meng Wanzhou on bail2 days ago Former Malaysia...

Qatar sends state minister to represent the country in Saudi Arabia amid ongoing rift with Gulf neighbours and Egypt. The 39th GCC summit comes amid an ongoing blockade of Qatar imposed in June 2017 Gulf leaders and officials met in Riyadh for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit on Sunday as a major diplomatic crisis continues to grip the region. The 39th...

Secretary of State says the US with hold those found responsible for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi accountable. Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Khashoggi - a Saudi writer, United States resident and Washington Post columnist - had entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife so...

Activists like Eman Al Nafjan fought fearlessly for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, only to be brutally silenced. Eman Al Nafjan was arrested in May 2018 and accused of threatening Saudi Arabia's national security I first met Eman Al Nafjan in October 2006, just before she took up blogging and activism. At that time she was still working as an English...

China says Canada has violated her human rights by not allowing Meng proper medical care while in detainment. China has criticised Canada over its treatment of Huawei Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada last week. The Chinese government said Canada has not allowed Meng proper medical care while in detainment and has called for her immediate release on medical...

Leaders from 164 countries agree UN migration accord spurned by the United States and several other countries. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres called the compact a 'road map to prevent suffering and chaos' aimed to benefit everyone Marrakech, Morocco - Leaders from 164 countries have agreed to a global pact that sets in action a plan "to prevent suffering and chaos"...

Undercover Al Jazeera investigation reveals close ties between violent youth group and Marine Le Pen's National Front. An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed close ties between a violent far-right group in the French city of Lille and Marine Le Pen's National Front (FN), despite a push by the party to soften its xenophobic and racist image to broaden its appeal with voters. At least...

Yemeni officials demand Red Sea port be placed under their control, while UN proposes 16-point plan for flashpoint city. Rimbo, Sweden - Yemen's warring sides remain deadlocked over the future of Hodeidah port, a major lifeline for the country, after the Yemeni government reiterated its demand that it should take control of the facility. Speaking to reporters on day five of UN-sponsored...

Israeli forces deployed along the fence that separates Israel from the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations demanding the right to return began in March. And for eight months, Israeli snipers have targeted one part of the body more than any other - the legs. The Israeli army says it is responding to weekly assaults on its frontier by Palestinians...

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday that Saudi Arabia's military "can't fight out of a paper bag" when confronted with Mideast challenges including Iran, and insisted that the U.S. has the necessary leverage to punish the Saudi leadership for its apparent role in the murder of dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi. “Let me put it this way...

ADEN, Yemen — He is an 8-year-old boy who is starving and has limbs like sticks, but Yaqoob Walid doesn’t cry or complain. He gazes stolidly ahead, tuning out everything, for in late stages of starvation the human body focuses every calorie simply on keeping the organs functioning. Yaqoob arrived unconscious at Al Sadaqa Hospital here, weighing just over 30...

by Mark Fitzpatrick Iran’s reported test of a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) on December 1 gave its enemies further ammunition in their vitriolic campaign against the regime. But in exaggerating the offense, the Trump administration has undermined its case. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced the missile launch, claiming, incorrectly, that it was a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231...

Where should the Sunni Islamist fighters of Idlib go? Since their money and their weapons come from the Sunni Gulf, and since their Wahhabi Sunni faith was inspired by the very same creed which governs the Saudi monarchy, what better location for their future welfare than one of Saudi Arabia’s vast sandpits? The Saudis are going to get away with it. Muhammad bin...