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  Pompeo meets Taliban, Kabul negotiators

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 11:16pm on November 22, 2020

  US secretary of state Mike Pompeo met Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, calling for them to speed up their peace talks as Washington...

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  Club World Cup in Qatar rescheduled for February

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 12:25am on November 18, 2020

  Qatar will host the coronavirus-delayed Club World Cup, an important test event ahead of the 2022 World Cup, in February, FIFA said on Tuesday. The...

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  Tunisia, Qatar propose ‘Western-Islamic’ confce

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:01pm on November 16, 2020

  Tunisia’s president Kais Saied and Qatar will seek to promote dialogue between Muslims and the West to prevent anti-Muslim backlashes following extremist attacks, he said...

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  Qatar faces scrutiny after women ‘forcibly examined’

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:34pm on October 27, 2020

  Revelations that passengers flying through Doha were forced to endure vaginal inspections have upended Qatar’s efforts to boost its reputation before the Gulf state hosts...

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  Qatar faces scrutiny after women ‘forcibly examined’

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:50am on October 27, 2020

  Revelations that passengers flying through Doha were forced to endure vaginal inspections have upended Qatar’s efforts to boost its reputation before the Gulf state hosts...

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  Ghani urges Taliban to ‘have courage’ and silence guns

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 09:48pm on October 07, 2020

  Afghan president Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to ‘have courage and declare a national ceasefire’ on Tuesday as he visited Doha where peace talks...

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  Talks open between Taliban, Afghan government

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 11:20pm on September 12, 2020

  Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government opened in Qatar on Saturday, marking what US secretary of state Mike Pompeo heralded as a...

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  Qatar enacts key worker reforms amid criticism

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 01:03am on September 01, 2020

  Qatar on Sunday introduced a $275 monthly minimum wage and simplified the process for changing employers, the labour ministry said, following criticism of its treatment...

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  Xavi recovers from virus

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 09:53pm on July 30, 2020

  Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez said on Wednesday that he had recovered from the coronavirus, returned home and resumed his duties as Qatari side Al-Sadd’s...

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  Al-Sadd sign Xavi for one more year

  Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:39pm on July 05, 2020

  Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez signed on as head coach of Qatari club Al-Sadd for one more year Sunday, putting to bed rumours of an...