A gift from the Chinese government to mark the World Cup, crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in the Al Khor park.

The palm tree-styled street lamps and neon office blocks that line the highway from the expanded international airport to central Doha will be an instant sign to the million-plus incoming fans that the first World Cup in an Arab nation is going to be a glitzy affair. But with Qatar's...

Iran's vice president for economic affairs, Mohsen Rezai, is wanted by Argentinian special prosecutors for alleged participation in the planning of the July 18, 1994 bomb attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association, or AMIA, which killed 85 people and wounded 300. Special prosecutors submitted a petition to Argentina's foreign...

Applauding Qatar's "groundbreaking reforms" that are "changing the lives of thousands of workers for the better," FIFA President Gianni Infantino has dispelled doubts about Qatar's rights record ahead of the World Cup. The footballing body said it is negotiating measures to help migrant workers on the Gulf state's construction sites.

More than one million football fans are expected to descend on the capital Doha during the November-December tournament, putting a strain on the tiny Gulf nation. Landlords who have spotted an opening to increase rents, with some kicking out tenants on very short notices.

China in June 2019 won the bid to host the event but pulled out in May because of its "zero-Covid" policy, leaving the AFC scrambling to find a new host for its flagship men's 24-team football tournament. The tournament had been due to be held in 10 Chinese cities from...

With the World Cup a few weeks away, and a million fans expected to descend on Doha, Qatari landlords are pushing out a growing number of mostly foreign tenants to rent out their apartments to football fans. Most fans will be staying in hotels, apartments, cruise ships and desert camps.

All travelers to Qatar will need the pass to enter from November 1, whether they intend to watch a game or not. The card acts as a visa, match ticket and transport ticket. Saad Al-Suwaidi, head of the Hayya pass service, said that 1.5m-1.7 million people have so far applied...

Most of the respondents in the poll feel that GCC will weather the gathering economic storm and come out unscathed, a view corroborated by the IMF and the World Bank.

Here are the details of how GCC countries gained in past four years in terms of foreign assets held by each of the central banks of the region post-pandemic.

European newspapers and rights groups have put a spotlight on Qatar's record in the runup to the tournament that starts November 20 and is expected to attract more than one million fans.

Khalil al-Balushi, one of Qatar's top football commentators, brings much-needed life to Qatar's subdued football culture.

Qatar ranks first in the Arab world and the Gulf region with an annual per capita share of around $183,000, followed by Kuwait and the UAE.

Qatar plans to hike its imports of Jordanian food products during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as demand is expected to increase at unprecedented rates due to influx of over 1.5 million fans and visitors.

From Formula One racing to the football World Cup, the top-notch global sporting events are coming to Middle East, bringing with it billions of dollars in sports tourism.

Doha--- Qatar Chamber and Kazakhstan's Social-Entrepreneurial Business Corporations have discussed economic and commercial relations besides investment climate and opportunities in both countries. These issues were discussed at the meeting between Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Twar Al Kuwary and First Deputy governor of Zhambyl Region in the Republic of...

Nykaa will leverage the Apparel Group’s robust retail infrastructure network and deep market relationships to build distinctive GCC focused beauty offerings.

A flying keffiyah headdress named La'eeb, meaning super skilful player in Arabic, is the official World Cup mascot and is omnipresent on billboards across Qatar and on television.

Amid crippling energy shortages, the British government is negotiating with Qatar and Norway to secure new long-term gas contract, according to media reports. The reports said that Prime Minister Liz Truss is in favor of the deal, which would secure long-term energy sources and cut down the cost of the...

Looking to showcase Islamic culture and art and history, Qatar has unveiled its landmark Museum of Islamic Art after an 18-month renovation ahead of the World Cup. The five-story building has redesigned its collections, with some two-thirds of the thousand exhibits new to the museum.

Young Arab boys and girls from countries such as Lebanon are being flown to Qatar and paid $800 to cheer during the upcoming World Cup, TRENDS Investigation reveals.

The world's richest countries have the highest happiness scores, which probably explains why Lebanon, facing its worst-ever economic crisis, ranks low in the MENA region.

The highest number of visitors was from the GCC countries at 59 percent.

While Qatar feverishly seeks to complete work on hotels and apartments for the World Cup fans, its squad for the games trained on home territory for the first time in four months in a Doha stadium. The team had been kept away from the glare of media in Spain and...

As the countdown to the start of the World Cug gets underway, Qatar has accelerated efforts to ready luxury hotels and bargain apartments for a million or more footfall fans. Hundreds of laborers are working on 211 meter high Katara Towers where VIP guests of FIFA will stay during the...

The shirt, which sold for $9.3 million to a secret buyer, has been loaned to Qatar's 3-2-1 sports museum and will go on display from Sunday until April 1.

Qatar has launched a forum, Tatween Platform, on job localization in the private sector, with the participation of representatives of the regulators of priority sectors in the localization of jobs. Announcing the launch, labor minister Dr. Ali bin Saeed bin Smaikh Al Marri said the sectors involved are services, tourism...

The 2022 World Cup may prove to be a big windfall for Qatar as it hopes to make some $17 billion in profit from the event. The global sporing event is expected to draw tens of thousand of football fans from around the world to watch dozens of games in...

But players and match officials may be forced into a secure "bio-bubble" if Covid-19 cases take off again, with the threat of expulsion from the tournament for those who breach the secure environment, the health ministry said.

Although China has not qualified for the World Cup, but it will still mark its presence in the event with the gifting of two giant pandas to Qatar. In this regard, the country's ambassador to Doha, Zhou Jian said that "Suhail" and "Soraya" would arrive in Qatar in October, ahead...

Hotels, condominiums, cruise ship cabins, and even desert camps have all stepped up to accommodate the overflow of tourists as the Gulf country is getting ready for the event.

Applauding Qatar's rights record, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the gas-rich country has made progress on "questions that have long been debated, for example on the situation of workers. He was speaking to reporters after talks with the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

Doha, Qatar - Qatar Chamber explored, with the Ruler of Darfur region in Sudan, investment cooperation and enhancing the role of the private sector in the two countries. During a meeting held between Ruler of Darfur Region in Sudan, Minni Arko Minawi and Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Twar...

As part of the deal, the UAE will provide "an LNG cargo for delivery in late 2022, to be used in the commissioning of Germany’s floating LNG import terminal at Brunsbuettel", a North Sea port. UAE state oil company ADNOC completed its first ever direct diesel delivery to Germany earlier...

Iraq and Qatar are looking to enhance cooperation in the field of civil aviation, especially in technical, air transport, and aviation security.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Saudi Arabia at the start of a two-day Gulf tour, in the hope of sealing new energy deals with the fossil fuel exporters. Scholz, accompanied by a sizeable industry delegation, was received at Jeddah airport by Mecca region's governor Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al...

TotalEnergies to invest $1.5bn in natural gas production.

Qatar already has hosted major competitions including the 2021 Arab Cup, a dress rehearsal for this year's tournament, said organizing committee secretary-general Hassan al-Thawadi.

Qatar has dozens of online influencers on topics ranging from "modest" but expensive fashion, to the latest sports car being imported into what is now one of the world's wealthiest nations. But Haroon carved out his niche by elucidating Qatar's unknowns to its growing expat community and now the hordes...

Hotels in Dubai are reporting an increase in room bookings ahead of the Qatar World Cup 2022, with many expecting to be fully booked during the international football event.

All their games since June 2 have been behind closed doors and the Qatar Football Association has even kept sponsors away from training camps in Spain and Austria as they prepare players for a baptism of fire -- a World Cup debut on home territory -- in 60 days.

Seeking to placate the concerns raised by rights groups, the ruler of Qatar has said that all fans will be welcomed to this year's World Cup "without discrimination". Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said that Qatar's people would be "opening our door for all."

They will promote eco-friendly alternative to personal cars.

Doha, Qatar - The United Development Company (UDC), a Qatari public shareholding company, signed a deal with The Commercial Bank (CBQ) to provide home loans for UDC properties at its flagship developments, The Pearl and Gewan Islands. Now, the UDC property buyers would be eligible to apply with Commercial Bank...

Qatar science and Technology Park (QSTP) has deepened its partnership with Iberdrola Innovation Middle East by signing an agreement to increase Iberdrola's research, development and innovation-based activities.

Birdsong, insects chirping, the sound of wind brushing through tall grass or over sand dunes all these form part of what the 44-year-old Frenchman calls his "sound art".

With little investment the UAE, and in particular Dubai, stands to gain if, as expected, supporters opt to stay in the tourism hotspot instead of tiny Gulf neighbor Qatar during the November-December tournament. High accommodation prices in the Qatari capital Doha and Dubai's more permissive environment including a wider availability...

Israel has not qualified for the tournament which begins in November, but has announced a deal that will allow its citizens, like other foreigners, to obtain a Qatari entry visa with proof of ticket purchase. "There was contact between Israeli and Qatari officials," an Israeli diplomatic official said, confirming the...

Signaling an improvement in their relations, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will arrive in Qatar for the first time since a four-year rift between the two countries. He will meet with the energy-rich Gulf state’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. The emir paid a visit to Cairo in June...

Qatar’s private sector exports during the second quarter of 2022 amounted to QAR 8.92 billion ($2.44 billion), a 21 percent growth on annual basis compared to QAR 7.73 billion in Q2-2021, said Qatar Chamber in its quarterly report. On a quarterly basis, it also surged 15.4 percent compared to QR...