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Qatargas vessels loading at Ras Laffan Port

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Doha, Qatar 17 June 2017 Qatargas, the World’s Premier Liquefied Natural Gas Company, today announced the signing of a new Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Shell. Under the terms of the agreement, Qatargas will deliver up to 1.1 million tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) per annum to Shell for five years. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Petroleum, and Chairman of the Qatargas Board of Directors, said “We are pleased with the conclusion of this agreement, which ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Doha 17 June 2017 (QNA) The Qatar Charity (QC) has revealed that the number of cooperation and partnership agreements it has signed with United Nations organizations, agencies, humanitarian organizations and international and regional donors reached 93 agreements , with cooperation amounting to more than US $ 126.3 million. A report issued by the QC said that these figures reveal its keenness on partnership and cooperation and show the scale of programs and projects implemented across the world through partnerships with United Nations agencies and ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Turkish Fruits and Vegetables in Qatar market

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Antalya, Turkey 17 June 2017 (QNA) Turkish exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the State of Qatar have increased significantly in recent times, according to a statement issued by the West Mediterranean Exporters Association on Saturday. Turkey's exports of fruits and vegetables to Qatar in particular increased significantly, the Association's Chairman of the Board, Mustafa Satici, said, pointing out that the value of Turkish exports to Qatar amounted to USD 379,861,000 during that period registering an increase of 724% in the period from ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Cuban & US flags seen on a Cuban Street Pic AFP

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CNBC News 15 June 2017 President Donald Trump will unveil a new Cuba policy on Friday that will both seek to empower the Cuban people and severely limit travel to the communist nation, according to senior White House officials. Officials offered few insights about policy specifics, saying: "This is really the president's policy to announce." While Americans will still be able to go to Cuba through one of the authorized types of travel, one common method of visiting the island will be prohibited. Tourism is ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
5 Mandsaur farmers killed in police firing

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Hindustan Times 07 June 2017 At least five farmers were killed and several injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on Tuesday when police fired on protesters demanding better prices in the drought-ravaged region that recorded a farm suicide every five hours in 2016-17. Angry farmers ransacked and set ablaze a police outpost after the firing as the administration clamped curfew on Pipalia town, the epicentre of violence, rushed extra forces and withdrew internet services to tamp down on social media rumours fanning violence. Throughout ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Manama City Bahrain

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Doha 17 June 2017 (QNA) Qatar has rejected accusations of attempting to undermine security in the neighboring Arab Gulf state of Bahrain. On Friday, Bahrain's official news agency BNA broadcast the recording of a 2011 phone call alleged to have taken place between Hamad bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, an adviser to Qatar's emir, and Hassan Ali Joma, a leader of Bahrain's opposition Shia al-Wefaq group. The news agency accused Qatar of meddling with Bahrain's internal affairs with the aim of "overthrowing" the government. In response, ... Read More
June 17, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
A regional map

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Nazareth, Palestine 16 June 2017 (AlJazeera News/ Jonathan Cook) Israel is seeking to exploit the rift between a Saudi-led bloc of Arab states and Qatar to advance its strategic interests in the region both against the Palestinian movement Hamas and against Iran, according to Israeli analysts. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with Qatar more than a week ago, accusing it of supporting "terrorism" and being too close to Iran. US President Donald Trump's visit to the region last month ... Read More
June 16, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Adel al-Jubeir saudi Foreign Minister speaking in London on 16 June 2017

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London 16 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) 1030 PM Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Friday that a list of "grievances" involving Qatar was being drawn up and would be presented to Doha shortly. Speaking to journalists in Britain's capital, London, on Friday, Adel al-Jubeir called on Qatar to respond to what he claimed were international and regional calls for it to halt its support for "extremism and terrorism." "I would not call them demands. I would say it is a list of grievances that ... Read More
June 16, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Guterres meets with some of the displaced Afghans in outskirts of Kabul

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14 June 2017 – Expressing solidarity with Afghan people, in the wake of recent violence in the country, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the Organization's full commitment to work with the Government and people of the country to build a sustainable and prosperous future for them. “Peace is the solution […] the international community, the neighbouring countries [and] all those related to the Afghan crisis need to come together and understand that this is a war that has no ... Read More
June 16, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Donald Trump proved FBI Director right on major part of their dispute

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Yahoo News 15 June 2017 President Donald Trump has lambasted James Comey, the former FBI director, as a "leaker" for making public his accounts of his meetings with the president.© AFP Brendan Smialowski) If there is one thing the White House has sought to hammer home about the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, it is that President Donald Trump was not a subject of it. The point was so important to Trump that he repeated it in his letter ... Read More
June 16, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui