Qatar and Bahrain to resume diplomatic ties

Qatar and Bahrain will resume their diplomatic ties, both Bahrain news agency (BNA) and the Qatari foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The move comes over two years after an Arab boycott of Qatar was lifted. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirat..

2026 World Cup hosts take diplomatic handover from Qatar

A diplomatic delegation from the three host countries of the 2026 World Cup were in Qatar on Sunday for a handover ceremony ahead of the final between France and Argentina. The United States, Mexico and Canada will stage soccer’s biggest eve..

HH the Amir Issues Law Regulating Ownership of Real Estate by Diplomatic, Consular Missions in Qatar

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani issued on Tuesday Law No. 3 of 2022 regulating the ownership of real estate by diplomatic and consular missions in the country. The law is effective and is to be published in the Official Gazette. Sou..

The Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the issue (50) of Al Diplomacy Magazine.  The new issue sheds light on green diplomacy and the role of Qatar in combating desertification and helping islanol nations suffer..

Sorrowful to see contraction in political, diplomatic means in favour of armed solutions

The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said that the world today has reached a pivotal stage on all political, economic, environmental, and social levels, and this stage requires radical revisions to spare the world from reaching a state of imba..

Qatar Has Always Believed in Diplomatic Solutions to International Crises

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani stressed that the State of Qatar will spare no effort to provide everything that would support a peaceful solution to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis throu..

Ukraine may break off diplomatic ties with Russia, president says

Ukraine may break off diplomatic relations with Russia after Moscow decided to recognise two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at a briefing on Tuesday. Speaking alongside his Estonian counterp..

China would back Russia, diplomatically, if it moved on Ukraine

China would back Russia diplomatically and perhaps economically if it invades Ukraine, worsening Beijing's already strained relations with the West, but would stop short of providing military support, experts said. U.S. President Joe Biden sai..

India launches last-minute diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese soldier

India on Thursday announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing after a commander involved in 2020 border clashes between the two countries appeared as an Olympic torchbearer in the customary torch relay leading up to the Games. ..