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Qatar reports its first four cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in three fully vaccinated people and an unvaccinated person who all travelled abroad.
2021-12-17

Sheikh Tamim of Qatar visits Russia to discuss the situation in Syria, Yemen and Palestine.
2018-03-25

The meeting in Doha, Qatar, of the world's top oil producers, from both OPEC and non-OPEC countries, fails to agree on an output freeze. Oil analysts say the failure was due to Iran's non-participation, and Saudi Arabia linking its cooperation to Iran's inclusion. Oil prices drop in early Asian trading and on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
2016-04-18

Egypt charges former president Mohammed Morsi and nine others for leaking sensitive government information to Qatar.
2014-09-6

The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani abdicates in favour of his son Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
2013-06-25

Hundreds of delegates meet in Doha, Qatar, to raise funds to rebuild the Sudanese region of Darfur, that has been racked by conflict.
2013-04-7

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai meets with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to discuss plans for the Taliban to open an office in Doha in order to help solve the conflict in Afghanistan.
2013-03-31

Qatari author Mohammed al-Ajami is given a life sentence for a poem insulting emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
2012-11-30

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, visits the Gaza Strip, the first head of state to visit there since Hamas seized control of the territory five years ago.
2012-10-23

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Saudi King Abdullah, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani visit Lebanon amid reports that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will indict members of Hezbollah
2010-07-30