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...

Doha 12 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State ended talks with ministers from Saudi Arabia and three Arab allies over how to end a month-long rift with Qatar, but there was no immediate word of a breakthrough. Tillerson met the foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah on...

Djibouti 12 July 2017 (AlJazeera News) Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base have set sail to begin setting up the facility in Djibouti, as the country's rapidly modernising military extends its global reach. The warships departed from Zhanjiang in southern China to set up a "support base" in the Horn of Africa...

Brasilia 12 July 2017 (Xinhua) Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for his involvement in a corruption ring that embezzled billions of U.S. dollars from state oil company Petrobras Brasileiro, official sources said on Wednesday. Federal Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of...

Doha 11 July 2017 Qatar and the United States have signed an agreement to help combat "terrorism financing" during a visit to Doha by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Tillerson made the announcement on Tuesday during a joint press conference in the Qatari Capital....

Istanbul / Doha (Reuters/Yahoo/Xinhua) 10 July 2017 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Kuwait on Monday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis triggered by the the cutoff of links with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and Arab allies. In Doha, a Western diplomat said creation of a "terror finance monitoring mechanism" would feature...

Mosul, Iraq 10 July 2017 (Yahoo News) Haider Al-Abadi, Primi Minister of Iraq made his way into Mosul’s streets on Sunday proclaiming victory over the Islamic State group. He congratulated the Iraqi Federal Police for their battle “victories” and accomplishing their mission in West Mosul, calling them “heroic.” He described Mosul as “liberated,” and his...

Russia By Roman Dobrokhotov Opinion 09 July 2017 A first date is always awkward. And indeed Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's first official meeting was exactly that awkward. It's likely that other participants in the G20 summit also had uncomfortable encounters with Trump and Putin - two of the least popular world leaders (according to...

Doha 09 July 2017 Qatar has announced the formation of a committee to pursue compensation potentially worth billions of dollars for damages stemming from the blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf crisis. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri, Attorney General of State of Qatar announced today at a press conference in Doha....

Doha 08 June 2017 (NHRC) Mariam Bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Secretary General, National Human Rights Committee Qatar (NHRC) has said that NHRC is organizing an international conference on freedom of opinion and expression on 24 and 25 of July. She told that over 200 organizations around the world will be participating. In a meeting with Fatou...