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June 21, 2017 in Business // Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns
June 20, 2017 in Business // Barclays Four Former Top Executives Charged With Fraud Over Fundraising With Qatari Investors
June 20, 2017 in Business // Qatar Airways CEO Warns of ‘Lasting Wound’
June 20, 2017 in Qatar // No negotiation until sanctions dropped, says Qatari foreign minister
June 20, 2017 in Qatar // Analysis: The New Assertive Generation of Gulf leaders at heart of Qatar rift
June 15, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar signs $12 billion deal to buy F-15 jets from US
June 12, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar can defend economy and currency, finance minister tells CNBC
June 12, 2017 in Business // Gulf crisis threatens Qatar Airways transit business: experts
June 11, 2017 in Bahrain // Who Are the Corporate Winners and Losers of the Saudi, UAE lead blockade with Qatar
June 11, 2017 in Middle East // Saudi Blockade Forges Fear, Mettle In Qatar’s Capital
June 11, 2017 in Middle East // Saudi King calls for acknowledging humanitarian needs of Saudi -Qatar families
June 10, 2017 in Qatar // Russia urges dialogue in Qatar-Gulf dispute
June 7, 2017 in Middle East // US officials scramble to limit Donald Trump diplomatic damage over Qatar tweets
June 6, 2017 in Asia // Some Sri Lankan banks stop buying Qatar Riyal
June 25, 2017 in Qatar // Saudi Firms Use Turkey for Qatar- Bound Shipments
June 25, 2017 in Qatar // Saudi-led ultimatum on Qatar ‘against international law’- Turkey President Erdogan
June 25, 2017 in Pakistan // 100+ people burn to death after oil tanker flips & explodes in Pakistan
June 24, 2017 in Iran // Iran, Qatar voice support for Saudi after Mecca suicide bombing
June 24, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar says Saudi-led list of demands not ‘reasonable’
June 24, 2017 in Asia // Landslide buries mountain village in SW China, fears for 141 people
June 24, 2017 in UK // Five London tower blocks evacuated over fire safety fears
June 23, 2017 in Saudi Arabia // Suicide bomber targeting Mecca hurts six: Saudi police
June 23, 2017 in Asia // Qatar’s neighbors issue long list of demands to end crisis
June 23, 2017 in Middle East // UAE has secret torture prisons in Yemen, US involved in interrogations – AP

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Deadly unrest grips Venezuela as students rally against President Maduro

Caracas (AFP) – A student leader was shot dead as protests raged on in the streets of Venezuela Thursday in the latest spasm of anger aimed at removing President Nicolas Maduro from power. Crowds of students clashed with riot police firing tear gas in the mounting crisis in this oil-rich [...]

Venezuela minimum wage to rise by 50% ‘to combat inflation’

January 9, 2017

Venezuela’s government has announced a 50% increase in the minimum wage and pensions amid runaway inflation.President Nicolas Maduro says the move will protect jobs and incomes. Critics say it may worsen the crisis. The opposition accuses Mr Maduro of mismanaging oil-rich Venezuela’s [...]

Colombian President wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 2016

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring an end to 52 years of war. Mr Santos signed an agreement with the Marxist rebel group FARC last month after years of negotiations – but the deal was rejected by voters in a referendum on Sunday. He [...]

Colombia voters nix peace deal, shock govt: Referendum Results

October 3, 2016

Alina Dieste•October 3, 2016 Bogota (Colombia) (AFP) – Colombian voters appeared to have shocked their government by blasting away its hopes for a historic peace deal with communist FARC rebels Sunday, near-complete referendum results showed. Reversing the trend of earlier opinion [...]

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