News | Gulf
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Sunday May 20
Israel must rethink policies after losing friends: Qatar Emir
Israel's failure to make a long-awaited step towards achieving peace based on the end of settlements, the 1967 borders, and the two-state solution, will leave it more isolated after losing support
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Sunday May 20
Women gain power in Bahrain journalists' board
Three women elected to board of Bahrain's Journalist Assocation
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Sunday May 20
Samira Rajab: The minister of many words
It's been three weeks since Samira Rajab, a straight-talking former journalist and Bahraini member of parliament, was appointed to reform media laws in the troubled kingdom. When it comes to laying blame for 16 months of political violence, she's under no illusions who is to blame — and why. She talks exclusively to Gulf News
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Saturday May 19
Qatar urges its citizens to leave Lebanon
Qatar on Saturday urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Lebanon, citing unstable conditions
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Saturday May 19
More people caught trying to enter Oman illegally
More than 200 people caught trying to enter Oman illegally, say Royal Oman Police
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Saturday May 19
Prosecutor refutes torture death report, insists victim drowned
Bahrain has confirmed the death by drowning of a 23-year-old Bahraini national in January, refuting a report that he had been tortured to death
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Friday May 18
Al Qaida chief urges Saudis to topple ruling family
Al Qaida chief Ayman Al Zawahri on Thursday urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al Saud family
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Friday May 18
Saudi beheads man for Bangladeshi's murder
Saudi authorities on Thursday beheaded a man for murdering one Bangladeshi man and stabbing another during a bid to rob them
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Friday May 18
Celebrations as local people force Al Qaida out of town
At least 60 dead after month of fighting militants, councillor says
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Thursday May 17
Saudi Arabia bans using Gregorian dates
The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned
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Thursday May 17
Kuwait busts visa-trafficking racket
Kuwait has arrested two men, a Gulf national and an Arab, for their alleged involvement in an extensive visa-trafficking racket
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Thursday May 17
Qatar to host Cirque du Soleil extravaganza
legendary Cirque du Soleil, a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment, will be performing for the first time in Qatar on July 4-7
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Thursday May 17
Gulf union summit to be held before December: Media advisor
The Gulf union has been approved and it will be a reality very soon, says media advisor to Bahrain king
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Wednesday May 16
Bahrain police hunt for 20 bombing suspects
Police launch manhunt for 20 suspected of making and detonating bombs
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Wednesday May 16
Four arrested for gruesome murder of Bangladeshi in Oman
The body was found from Sharya area in Sur town in the eastern parts of the country
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Wednesday May 16
Manhunt for driver who dared police to catch him
Kuwait police looking for a Gulf driver for speeding, daring them to catch him after they stopped him
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Wednesday May 16
Qatar fund awards $140 million for research proposals
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has awarded $140.5 million to research proposals
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Wednesday May 16
Bahrain condemns Iran's interference in its domestic affairs
'We strongly condemn the statements by Speaker Ali Larijani and lawmaker Hossein Ali Shahriari over Bahrain and we consider them blatant interference in Bahrain's domestic affairs and a gross violation of its independence and sovereignty,' the foreign ministry says
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Wednesday May 16
Gulf union summit to be held before December: Media advisor
The extraordinary summit of the GCC countries to sign the transition to the Gulf union will be held within months
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Tuesday May 15
Dozens killed in fierce fighting with Al Qaida militants in Yemen
Yemeni security forces backed by armed civilians recaptured a strategic mountain from Al Qaida
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Tuesday May 15
Enthusiasm for Gulf union remains strong
GCC's delay expected announcement of a Gulf union did not seem to dampen enthusiasm
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Tuesday May 15
Saudi Arabia moves ahead with scrapping sponsorship system
Saudi Arabia has taken steps to do away with the controversial sponsorship system, a labour official has said
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Tuesday May 15
Charity dinner raises $ 6.5 million for religious scholars’ union
A charity dinner in Qatar has raised money for the Renaissance of a Nation endowment programme
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Tuesday May 15
Qatar scraps plan for metered parking areas
Qatar’s municipality and urban planning ministry has cancelled a plan to introduce metered parking space
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Tuesday May 15
At least 32 killed in new Yemen offensive on militants
At least 32, including 23 Al Qaida-linked militants were killed in Yemen, residents said Tuesday
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