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Outside view of the headquarters of the Al Jazeera Media Network located in Doha, Qatar (Shutterstock/File Photo)

August 15th, 2018 - 11:45 GMT

U.S. Seeks to Keep Tabs on Al Jazeera. Here is How?

A $716 billion defense bill signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday includes a provision that will require outlets like Qatar’s Al Jazeera for the first time to start reporting regularly on its funding and ownership, CNS news reported.

The new rules allow Islamic banks to hold a variety of instruments, ranging from sukuk issued by the Qatari government to those issued by Saudi Arabian firms.

November 3rd, 2014 - 05:55 GMT

Britian's financial sector displaying sharia-compliant tendencies

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September 12th, 2014 - 12:38 GMT

Qatar says it facilitated UN peacekeeper release

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June 9th, 2014 - 10:16 GMT

Fighting in Anbar pits friends battling friends, kin against kin

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April 20th, 2014 - 12:26 GMT

Qaradawi releases conciliatory statement in an effort to soothe Gulf dispute

Qatar, FIFA playing 'blame game' over 2022 WC while migrant workers pay with lives

March 4th, 2014 - 11:52 GMT

Qatar, FIFA playing 'blame game' over 2022 WC at cost of migrant workers' lives

Qatar to help Iran to develop its share of the world’s biggest gas field so both countries can reap the maximum long-term rewards, sources at state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) say.

January 12th, 2014 - 06:02 GMT

What will Qatar get out of an Iranian nuclear deal?

Amnesty International (AI) has said it has time and again raised the issue of the sponsorship (Kafala) and exit permit systems, but no commitment to repeal these have been given to them by the Qatari authorities till date.

November 19th, 2013 - 09:48 GMT

Despite calls from Amnesty, Qatar's humiliating "Kafala" , exit permit system to stay

Qatar's construction sector has one of the highest percentages of expatriate labor globally (Courtesy of Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)

October 10th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Geneva-based delegation in Qatar to investigate labor conditions

Qatar’s four Islamic lenders will almost double their asset base to $100bn by 2017.

September 19th, 2013 - 09:52 GMT

An unholy connection? Qatar's Islamic banks thriving on lavish World Cup spending

Qatar shows a high degree of investor confidence

September 17th, 2013 - 10:28 GMT

Qatar's oil & gas sector buoys investor confidence

A picture of Mohamed Morsi hangs from a supporter's tent on July 10, 2013. (source: Getty / Spencer Platt)

July 11th, 2013 - 07:16 GMT

Is Egypt's Brotherhood telling outright lies in the media?

Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad, 33, is set to be Qatar’s next emir, Al Bawaba Arabic reported.

June 10th, 2013 - 09:47 GMT

Qatar's emir poised to cede power to son