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Group photo of the top three teams in the men’s volleyball tournament

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Jun2017
Doha 08 June 2017 Organised as part of Aspire Zone Foundation’s (AZF) Ramadan Sports Festival (RSF), the men’s and ladies’ volleyball tournaments drew to a close after several days of exciting competitions, held in the Aspire Dome and the Ladies Sports Hall in Aspire Zone. Team Eagles secured the top spot at the men’s volleyball tournament after winning their match against Team Um Gwalinia in all three sets, leaving the latter in second place. Team International trailed in third place after another ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Anti-Muslim group plans marches in dozens of cities across the US AP

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Jun2017
United States 09 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Cities across the United States are gearing up for the National March Against Sharia, an anti-Muslim campaign that has been criticised by several rights groups and watchdogs. ACT for America, described by the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) as the largest grassroots anti-Muslim group in the US, called for Saturday's marches in at least 28 cities in more than 20 states. In a statement on ACT for America's website, the group claims that sharia - or Islamic ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif holds close ties with ruling families in Saudi Arabia and Qatar

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Jun2017
Islamabad, Pakistan 09 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Pakistan's parliament has expressed its "deep concern" over the blockade and severing of ties with Qatar by several Arab states, calling for the government to help mediate in the crisis between the Gulf state and its neighbours. "This House calls upon all countries to show restraint and resolve all differences through dialogue," read a resolution passed by the lower house of parliament on Thursday. The measure came as Pakistan's foreign ministry reiterated the country's "concern" at the ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Jun2017
Doha 09 June 2017 Aljazeera News In London, the independent UK-based Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) released a statement condemning the Saudi bloc's list as "arbitrary". "The list was clearly made up arbitrarily, to serve political agendas, without relying on any evidence or an impartial judicial authority," the group wrote. "The exact legal definition and crime of 'terrorism' needs to be determined by a neutral judicial authority, which is not available in these countries [Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain]." The human rights group ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Foreign Minister of State of Qatar

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Jun2017
Doha AlJazeera News 09 June 2017 (40 Minutes before) Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab countries which cut ties with it this week amid a major diplomatic fallout. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt published a list of 59 people and 12 groups with links to Qatar late on Thursday, alleging that they have ties to "terrorism". "The recent joint statement issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Saudi led bloc issues list

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Jun2017
Doha 09 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE has placed 59 individuals and 12 organisations - Qatar based or funded by Qatar - on a "terror list". Qatar's foreign minister said the country will never surrender to the pressure being applied by its Arab neighbours and will not change its independent foreign policy to resolve disputes that have put the region on edge. The list, released on Thursday, includes Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yousuf al-Qaradawi. "This ... Read More
June 9, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Dr Ali AlMarri Chairman NHRC Qatar

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Jun2017
Doha 08 June 2017 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World's top human rights body reaction on human rights violations caused by Saudi Arabia led embargo is expected within one or two days time. It was revealed by Dr. Ali AlMarri, Chairman National Human Rights Committee of Qatar at a press conference largely attended by local and international media personnel. Dr Ali AlMarri told that due to the severed diplomatic relations with Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, and cut ... Read More
June 8, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Official logo Qatar Airways

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Jun2017
Doha Qatar 07 June 2017 Qatar Airways announced today that all three flights organised by the airline last night to bring passengers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to Qatar have successfully reached Doha. All passengers arrived safely home in Qatar yesterday via Muscat. The flights, chartered on Oman Air, departed King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah at 16:00, 22:00 and 23:00 local (KSA) time on Tuesday and landed in Muscat. A connecting Qatar Airways flight then transported the passengers from ... Read More
June 8, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
A View of Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad

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Jun2017
Islamabad 08 June 2017 (APP) India is promoting state-sponsored terrorism in Afghanistan to sabotage Pak-Afghan bilateral relations, the Foreign Office spokesperson Thursday said. “Pakistan and Afghanistan need to closely coordinate with each for overcoming the scourge of terrorism,” he remarked during the weekly media briefing of the foreign office. The spokesperson said Afghanistan has been in turmoil for over forty years, and this situation has given space to terrorists. “Afghani people have suffered a lot due to terrorism so have we,” he added. The instable Afghanistan ... Read More
June 8, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui
Turkey agrees with many aspects of Qatar Foreign Policy vision AP

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Jun2017
Doha 08 June 2017 (Birce Bora/AlJazeera Online) Only two days after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar for its alleged support of "terrorist organisations", Turkey's parliament has ratified military deals allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar. Turkish analysts talking to Al Jazeera interpreted the move as "an apparent show of support for Qatar". "This indeed suggests that Turkey sees its defence ties with Qatar as an indispensable pillar ... Read More
June 8, 2017M Ashraf Siddiqui