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The comments come as 31 ‘very sick’ premature babies were evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital

'The challenges facing the agreement are just practical and logistical,' Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said

The Qatari prime minister held secret talks with the supreme leader of the Taliban this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said, signaling a new willingness by Afghanistan's rulers to discuss ways to end their isolation.

Qatar's prime minister said on Thursday that the original basis for the 2011 suspension of Syria's membership in the Arab League still stands and he reiterated Doha's stance against normalisation with Syria unless there is a political solution.

Rolling coverage from the World Economic Forum in Davos, where vice-premier Liu He says China has passed its peak of Covid-19 infections

Qatar's foreign minister said on Tuesday that recent measures taken by Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration were "very disappointing" but that Doha would continue engaging as the only way forward to achieve change on the ground.

Qatar's foreign minister has accused Germany of "double standards" over its criticism of the World Cup host's human rights record and has defended its summoning of the German ambassador, in a newspaper interview published on Monday.

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with U.S. ally Qatar on easing stalled efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.

The government of Qatar has announced plans to invest £10bn ($12.5 billion) in the U.K. over the next five years, with a focus on major economic sectors including technology, healthcare, infrastructure and clean energy.

(This May 21 story was corrected after Al Jazeera TV corrected translation to "under review" [not "compromise"], headline, paragraph 1.)