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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...
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US courts Taliban with vision of Afghan prosperity
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 11:48pm on July 04, 2020
Washington highlighted the economic potential of a peaceful Afghanistan in talks with the Taliban on Friday as it encouraged the start of talks between warring...
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No response to Gulf reconciliation effort: Qatar
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:46pm on June 06, 2020
Qatar accused a Saudi-led alliance enforcing an embargo on Doha of refusing to engage with efforts it said were US-backed to resolve a crisis which...
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Qatar imposes mandatory masks on pain of prison
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 11:38pm on May 17, 2020
Qatar on Sunday began enforcing the world’s toughest penalties of up to three years’ imprisonment for failing to wear masks in public, as it battles...
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23 hurt as Qatar COVID-19 tent clinics collapse in storm
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 12:07am on May 03, 2020
Twenty-three staff at a hospital in Qatar were injured when tents being used to boost capacity in response to coronavirus collapsed in a fierce storm,...
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Gulf’s migrant workforce fears coronavirus
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 12:44am on April 01, 2020
Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures...