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Sheikh Hamad was the architect of Qatar’s effort to develop its liquefied natural gas infrastructure and established media network Al Jazeera, which gave Qatar an outsized voice in Arab politics.
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Booms heard in Doha as Qatar sounds warning sirens
Several booms are heard in Qatar’s capital Doha, while a government security alert is sent to mobile phones, according to a witness. The cause of the sounds is not immediately clear. AFP journalists ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Sheikh Hamad’s Real Legacy For Qatar Was Optionality
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani turned Qatar's gas into a web of dependencies that kept a small state hard to isolate. The test his successors inherit is whether those alternatives still hold when ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Which world leaders are visiting Qatar to pay their condolences?
Sheikh Hamad, who ruled the country from 1995 to 2013 and revolutionised modern-day Qatar, died on Thursday aged 74.
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Qatar united in reflection as nation observes mourning for Father Amir
A profound sense of unity, reflection and gratitude continued to envelop Qatar yesterday as the country observed the second day of ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: More world leaders arrive in Doha to honour Qatar's former Emir
European delegations continued to arrive in Qatar on the third day of national mourning, with France, Germany and Britain among those sending senior representatives, as Iran's foreign minister, the ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Qatar, Doha becoming soft-targets in Middle-East? Israel strikes on Hamas, Iran attack on U.S. military base raise serious questions
Israel carried out strike at Hamas political headquarters in Qatar capital city Doha on Tuesday. Qatar condemned what it referred to as a "cowardly Israeli attack". Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Emir of Qatar receives condolences on the death of the Father Emir
Condolences from several government leaders, who expressed their sincere sympathy to Qatar, its leadership and people.
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Doha, drawing condemnation from Qatar over "cowardly strike"
Israel's military said Tuesday that it had "conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization," amid reports of large explosions in Qatar's capital city, ...
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Qatar’s elite pipeline: How Northwestern’s Doha campus serves the Qatari ruling families
An investigation reveals how Northwestern’s Qatar campus has become a patronage pipeline for the Al-Thani royal family and elite dynasties, raising alarms over foreign influence.
News Qatar » Doha » Government: Elite US universities partner with arm of Qatari government pushing anti-American media
Three elite universities maintain partnerships with a Qatari government-funded media venture that frequently publishes editorial content critical of the United States, a Washington Examiner ...