Washington 14 July 2017 (Anadolu Agency) President Donald Trump spoke Friday by telephone with Saudi Arabia's King Salman about efforts to end the row with Qatar, according to the White House. Trump, who previously called Qatar a supporter of terrorism "at a very high level", stressed to Salman "the need to cut all funding for...

Doha 15 July 2017 (MOFA Qatar/ AlJazeera News) French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian stressed on the importance of finding a resolution to the crisis and called for lifting all the measures that affect joint families and civilians. He was addressing today on Saturday at a press conference in Doha along with Sheikh Mohammed bin...

Islamabad, Pakistan 14 July 2017 (APP) Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the “controversial” report of Joint Investigation Team on Panama case was mere a pack of accusations by opponents and lacked any substantive evidence. “Not a single sentence of JIT report gives a clue that Nawaz Sharif is guilty of corruption,”...

Doha 15 July 2017 Turkish ambassador to Qatar Fikret Ozer said in Doha "We are commemorating the memories of our martyrs who sacrificed their lives last year same day to fight for their rights and saving the country from derailing the democracy. He said that 249 Turkish citizens were killed and around 2000 injured. 'We...

Doha 14 July 2017 "France urges all parties involved in the Gulf crisis to initiate dialogue in order to de-escalate the crisis by lifting ongoing sanctions on Qatar by its gulf neighbors so as to spare Qatari from the negative effects of the blockade," French envoy to State of Qatar Eric Chavellier said today evening...

Ankara, Turkey 14 July 2017 (Anadolu Agency) Gulf State demands which include the closure of a Turkish military base in Qatar are “unacceptable,” Ankara’s foreign minister said on Friday. “A solution could come in the medium term,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told an Ankara news conference, speaking alongside his visiting Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim...

Ankara, Turkey 15 July 2017 Message of Binali Yıldırım, Prime Minister of Turkey on the occasion of first anniversary of failed coup and victory of democracy in Turkey ' It has been a year since we thwarted the bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey has proven its resilience, ability...

Islamabad, Pakistan 14 July 2017 (The News Int'l) Anti-Terrorism Court of Islamabad has issued order to confiscate properties of PTI Chief Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri. The court had declared Imran and Qadri as absconders in a case relating to the attack on SSP Asmatullah Junejo, destroying properties in the...

New York 13 July 2017 (NHRC) Human Rights Watch noted in a report released today that the siege imposed on the State of Qatar by the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia has resulted in gross human rights violations, including violations of the right to freedom of expression, right to reunification of families, right to health...

Islamabad 13 July 2017 (APP) President, Pakistan Economy Watch Dr Murtaza Mughal has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a game changer project that would create over 7 million job opportunities in the country. Talking to Radio Pakistan, he said it is also an achievement that foreign investment in Pakistan through CPEC has...