Diplomatic Crisis

FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar preparations continue 'as normal' despite diplomatic crisis

Despite the country being at the centre of a diplomatic crisis which has seen Qatar cut off politically — and economically — from neighbouring Gulf countries, organisers were unworried, said the source.

Qatar diplomatic crisis: Foreign minister Sheikh Al-Thani denounces Gulf sanctions as 'unfair', 'illegal'

Qatar's foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani denounced the sanctions imposed against Doha by Saudi Arabia and its allies as "unfair" and "illegal".

Qatar diplomatic crisis: Gulf nation launches direct shipping services with Oman ports amid row

Qatar announced it had launched direct shipping services to ports in Oman, a move that bypasses a Gulf "blockade" on a country largely dependent on food imports.

Qatar crisis: RS MP Shantaram Naik asks Sushma Swaraj to protect interests of Indians in Arab country

Rajya Sabha member of parliament Shantaram Naik has asked Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to protect the interests of Indians in Qatar

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Qatar slams Saudi Arabia's move to bar its citizens, says it's a breach of human rights

A Qatari official has said an ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia and its allies for the emirate's citizens to leave is a violation of human rights that requires UN intervention.

25% of world's population will lack access to clean water by 2050, says United Nations

Antonio Guterres has warned that by 2050 global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by 40 per cent and at least a quarter of the world's population will live in countries with a "chronic or recurrent" lack of clean water.