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APD REVIEW | Qatar crisis: Tragedy of small states with big ambition

ByAPDwriterWangPengNowQatarisinbigtrouble.Asmediareports,asofnow,atotalofeightcountries,namelyBahrain,SaudiArabia,theUAE,Egypt,Yemen,Mauritius,LibyaandMaldives,

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Turkish President Erdogan speaks to Gulf leaders to diffuse Qatar crisis

TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdoganhasspokentokeyplayersinthediplomaticdisputebetweenQatarandneighboringcountriesineffortstofindasolution,hisspokesmansaid.Erdoga

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The terrorist accusations behind the Gulf diplomatic rift

WithMauritiusjoiningalistofsevenothernationsinseveringdiplomaticrelationswithQatar,theescalationagainstDohahascomeonquickly.EightcountrieshavenowcuttieswithQata

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Qatar faces food shortages as diplomatic crisis with neighbors continues

ResidentsofQatarhavebeenflockingtosupermarketstostockuponsupplies,worryingthatcuttingofdiplomatictiesandtransportlinkswiththeircountrybymajorGulfstates'willlead

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APD REVIEW | What happens between Qatar and other four Arabic nations?

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced successively at around 10:45 on Monday that they would be cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar. Soon after, Arab League dismissed Qatar.

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APD REVIEW | What happens between Qatar and other four Arabic nations?

ByAPDwriterChuYin,XiaoYunhongBahrain,SaudiArabia,EgyptandtheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE)announcedsuccessivelyataround10:45onMondaythattheywouldbecuttingdiplomatictie

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U.S. committed to de-escalating tensions after gulf rift

TheWhiteHousesaidMondaythattheUnitedStateswascommittedtode-escalatingtensionsintheGulfaftersomeArabcountriesdecidedtosevertieswithQatar."ThePresidentiscommitted

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Qatari planes banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space

Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf state over accusations of supporting extremism in the region.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen cut ties with Qatar

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terror, in the Gulf Arab region’s most serious diplomatic crisis in years.

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Saudi-Qatar diplomatic dispute escalates

Thepoliticaltug-of-warbetweenaSaudi-ledgroupofArabcountriesandtheGulfstateofQatarescalatedonearlyMondaywhenSaudiArabia,Bahrain,UnitedArabEmirates(UAE)andEgyptsa

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE cut ties with Qatar

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Monday that they would be cutting diplomatic relations with Qatar and all land, sea and air connections.

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Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE cut ties with Qatar

Bahrain,SaudiArabia,EgyptandtheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE)announcedonMondaythattheywouldbecuttingdiplomaticrelationswithQatarandallland,seaandairconnections.Inastat

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Qatar's workers seek security with labour law change

"I've heard about a change in the law, but what the change will be I don't know," says Girijesh, an Indian electrician, during his hour-long lunch break in downtown Doha.

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Qatar seeks 100K Cambodian workers

A Qatari envoy yesterday told Cambodian Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng that the Gulf state was interested in receiving as many as 100,000 Cambodian workers. This interest has rekindled concerns for would-be migrants’ well-being among labour rights advocates, despite the envoy’s assurances they would be well looked after.

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U.S., Qatar committed to defeating IS: Obama

​The United States and Qatar have a very strong security relationship and both are committed to defeating the Islamic State (IS) group, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday.

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Egypt at odds with Qatar over security strategy in region

​The tense relations between Egypt and Qatar have been escalating regardless of reconciliatory efforts led by late Saudi King Abdullah and amid uncertain position of his successor King Salman.

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Egyptian court accepts appeal of Al-Jazeera journalists

​An Egyptian court on Thursday accepted an appeal against the sentence handed to three jailed Al- Jazeera journalists and a retrial will be scheduled, Ahram Online reported.