Qatar said Monday it filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations’ highest court, accusing Abu Dhabi of “discrimination against Qatar and Qatari citizens” amid a yearlong boycott of Doha by four Arab nations. An Emirati minister dismissed the filing as a stunt.
Read moreThe state communications office for the government of Qatar filed suit in Queens on Wednesday against the unknown internet users it says has been posting false statements about Qatar for the last year on social media. Among other things, the statements include “allegations that Qatar supports corruption and ignites strife.”
Read morePresident Donald Trump is hosting the ruling emir of Qatar for a White House meeting, welcoming a leader whose tiny gas-rich nation he once accused of funding terrorism at a “high level.”
Read moreSaudi media are reporting a proposal to dig a maritime canal along the kingdom’s closed border with Qatar, turning the peninsula-nation into an island and further isolating it.
Read moreIt was not a good day for rapper, actor and entrepreneur Ice Cube who says he’s owed $1.2 billion from a group of Qatari investors over a botched contract agreement for a 3-on-3 basketball league, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday.
Read moreA high-profile Republican fundraiser and ally to President Trump filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court in Los Angeles on Monday alleging agents of the Qatari government used “electronic warfare” in a campaign to discredit him and disrupt defense contracting deals.
Read moreQatar and the United Arab Emirates each extended a concession to an offshore oil field they share to a Japanese consortium on Tuesday despite a diplomatic crisis between the two of them tearing at the region.
Read moreKosher restaurateur Joseph Allaham claims in court that The Jewish Week defamed him in a satirical March 2, 2018, article that described a purportedly pricey Passover program being opened by “Joseph Allscam” in Qatar.
Read moreBritish prosecutors have brought another charge against Barclays over its 2008 deal to give Qatar a loan that was then used to invest in the bank and save it from a government bailout.
Read moreThe nephew of former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon pleaded guilty Friday to a $500,000 bribery scheme involving Qatar’s investment in a Vietnamese skyscraper.
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Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday that it is reopening its border with Qatar to allow Qataris to attend the hajj, despite a months-long rift between Doha and four Arab countries led by Riyadh that prompted both sides to trade accusations of politicizing the pilgrimage.
Read moreWith the Gulf crisis between Qatar and its neighbors simmering on a low boil, a House panel on Wednesday was told a lack of clarity from the White House is contributing to the tensions in the region.
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Qatar will continue to support development projects in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, a Qatari envoy said Tuesday, defying a boycott by powerful Arab neighbors imposed in part over its support for the Islamic militant group.
Read moreThe Trump administration tossed aside its aversion to mediating a weeks-long Persian Gulf dispute Monday, as the top U.S. diplomat flew to the region hoping to corral Qatar and its neighbors into negotiation.
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Four Arab countries isolating Qatar vowed Friday to take additional steps against the energy rich Gulf state after it refused to accept their demands over allegations that it supports extremist ideology.
Read moreBritain’s top diplomat has welcomed a decision by four Arab countries to give Qatar more time to meet their demands.
Read moreAn Algerian woman claims in a sexual-harassment lawsuit that Qatar’s consul general in Houston made her keep a picture of him at all times in her wallet and fired her when she refused to give in to his advances.
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Turkey on Friday rejected a key demand by several Arab states involved in a major dispute with Qatar, saying Ankara has no plans to shut down its military base in the small Gulf country.
Read moreBritish regulators charged Barclays bank and four former executives, including then-CEO John Varley, with conspiracy to commit fraud when they asked Qatar for 6.1 billion ($7.7 billion) to avoid a government bailout at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.
Read moreThe Arabic news network Al-Jazeera has been thrust into the center of the story as Qatar came under virtual siege by its Gulf neighbors, pressuring it to shut down the TV channel that has infuriated them with its coverage for 20 years.
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