PSG, owned by sanctions-hit Qatar, are poised to sign Neymar as the tiny emirate hits back at its Gulf rivals with a high-profile soft power play
3 min read3 Aug 2017Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain broke diplomatic relations with Qatar in early June over allegations that it supports extremist groups
1 min read19 Jul 2017US secretary of state Rex Tillerson flew to the Gulf on Monday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis over the cutoff of diplomatic links with Qatar and its neighbours
2 min read10 Jul 2017Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says Qatar's 5 July deadline to comply with a Saudi-led bloc's conditions for ending the month-long Gulf crisis won't be extended
1 min read4 Jul 2017Saudi Arabia and its allies want to resolve their rift with Qatar through diplomacy and don't seek a regime change, said UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs
1 min read24 Jun 2017Emiratis, not Qataris, were among the hijackers who flew planes into the Twin Towers, wrote Qatar's ambassador to the US in an opinion piece
2 min read19 Jun 2017The air embargo imposed on Qatar only applies to airlines from Qatar or registered there, says United Arab Emirates Civil Aviation Authority
1 min read13 Jun 2017Qatar begins shipping cargo through Oman to bypass Gulf countries that have cut off sea routes, in a move to show it can survive the diplomatic rift with its neighbours
1 min read12 Jun 2017Saudi Arabia and its allies welcomed Donald Trump's accusation that Qatar was funding terror but ignored a separate call for them to ease their economic blockade
1 min read10 Jun 2017Brent crude was trading at $49.27 per barrel at 9.54am, down 20 cents, or 0.4 % from its last close
2 min read6 Jun 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared