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Milk crisis: Businessman plans to airlift 4,000 cows to 'isolated
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 14 (ANI): Amid the blockade by Gulf Arab neighbours, Qatar is slowly entering into a crisis situation. In an attempt to solve the supply-demand woes over milk, a local businessman is working on plans to airlift 4,000 Holstein dairy cows into the country.
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Saudi Army officer killed in terror attack
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Manama [Bahrain], June 12 (ANI) :A Saudi army major has been killed and two other soldiers injured when their night patrol car came under a bomb attack in the country's eastern Qatif province, the Interior Ministry said early Monday.
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Amid Saudi row, Qatar thanks Russia for offering 'food supplies'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June. 12 (ANI): Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has thanked his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for Moscow's offer of food supplies, as the Saudi Arabia led move to blockade Qatar has led to food shortages and stockpiling.
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Govt. fails to convince Qatari prince to appear before JIT probing Sharif
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): The federal government has failed to convince Qatari Prince Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani to testify before the joint investigation team (JIT) probing into the offshore properties of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family.
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Pak rubbishes reports of deploying troops in Qatar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan on Sunday refuted reports stating that the country will deploying its troops in Qatar in the wake of the ongoing 'Gulf crisis'.
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Iran sends five planes of food to Qatar amid Gulf crisis
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 11 (ANI): Iran's national carrier Iran Air confirmed on Sunday that the country has sent five planes of food to Qatar after Gulf countries cut off air and other transport links to the emirate, amid a diplomatic row engulfing the region, local media reports said.
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Qatar crisis issue may turn to global problem: Turkish PM
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 11 (ANI): Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said that the Qatar issue might soon turn into a global problem if the tension in the gulf region increases.
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Qatar hires ex-U.S. attorney general to rebut accusations of 'support
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], June 11 (ANI): The Government of Qatar, which has been facing criticism across the world, has hired ex- U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft, in order to rebut the accusations made by U.S. President Donald Trump and its Arab neighbors that it supports terrorism.
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Russia, Qatar to discuss Middle East crisis
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will today hold talks with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
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Erdogan assures support to Qatar amid diplomatic row
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI) : President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to continue supporting Qatar amid a diplomatic row engulfing that Gulf state.
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Qatar must stop funding terror, extremist ideology: Trump
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [ United States], June 10 (ANI): Accusing Qatar of 'sponsoring terrorism at a very high level', U.S. President Donald Trump has said it's time that Qatar stop funding terrorism.
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Bangladeshi expatriates fear loss of jobs in wake of Gulf snapping ties wi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] June 9 (ANI): Bangladeshi migrants are reportedly distressed over the possibility of them losing their jobs as seven Gulf region countries have snapped diplomatic ties with Qatar on grounds that it is backing terrorism in the region.
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