By Zakiya Afzani Al Jazeera ordered to shut down Qatar is past it’s deadlines and into their emergency 48 hour extension period to respond to international demands over the 2017 Qatar Crisis. Demands include the total shut down of Qatari news channel and website Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera and…
By Zakiya Afzani Gulf News |Qatar Crisis spreads On May 23, Qatar woke up to news of a hack attributing false statements to the emir of Qatar. The fake news was aired on several UAE and Saudi-owned networks in the Gulf. This sparked a series of diplomatic breakdowns between the GCC countries….
By Zakiya Afzani 8 UAE princesses found guilty of people trafficking in Europe A Brussels court has handed a 15 month suspended prison sentence to eight Arab princesses. The widow of an Abu Dhabi sheikh and her seven daughters were found guilty of human trafficking and degrading their servants. …
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis deepens as Gulf nations stand their ground Three weeks in to the worst Gulf crisis in decades, questions are still being asked about diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed on the state of Qatar by its neighbours. Now Washington, which via Trump originally claimed, proudly,…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | Emergency hotline set up to help mixed families avoid humanitarian crisis President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Sunday instructed the authorities concerned to take into consideration the humanitarian circumstances of Emirati-Qatari joint families an official source announced. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also…
By Aisha Butt Germany has entered the Qatar-Crisis talks with warnings against escalating towards war German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned that the ever intensifying crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors of the Gulf region could end in war. Gabriel said in comments published yesterday that there was…
By Zakiya Afzani The diplomatic chaos in Qatar and ban if Al Jazeera intensifies further Four Arab nations; Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. The ban on Qatari media agency Al Jazeera has been…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar bring in FBI to help ease Gulf tension over alleged QNA hack The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is believed to be helping Qatar investigate the source of an alleged cyberattack that has led to diplomatic tension among some Gulf nations. An FBI team has…
By Muhammad Karin Al-Sa’id Technology | Apple launches new website for iPhone photographers US President Donald Trump primarily discussed security and military deals with Gulf leaders on his second day in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will later speak to Arab and Islamic leaders about Islam and combating terrorism. Trump…
By Zakiya Afzani UAE | Princess to stand trial on Human Trafficking and Slavery charges in Belgium Eight Emirati princesses are standing trial in Brussels after being accused of trafficking servants into Belgium and holding them in near “slavery” conditions, Newspaper ‘ The Independent’ has reported. It has been…
