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Ukrainians absent as Russians return to competition at World Judo Championships

Doha (AFP) - The World Judo Championships, which open in Doha on Sunday, will be the first major international competition to welcome back Russian and Belarusian athletes, who have been excluded from most sporting events since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

AFP

Diamond League Doha schedule, start times and results

Dina Asher-Smith features in a star-studded women’s 100m

The Independent UK

Doha Diamond League: When, what and who to watch out for

Reigning Olympic and world champions aim for a winning start to the season at the World Athletics event in Qatar.

Al Jazeera

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Kerley challenges Jacobs to head-to-head 100m clash

Doha (AFP) - World 100 metre champion Fred Kerley threw down the gauntlet again to Olympic title-holder Marcell Jacobs to stage a one-on-one race but expressed doubt Thursday whether his arch-rival would turn up.

AFP

UN chief says ‘not the right time’ to engage with Taliban

The UN head says he would hold similar meetings in the future after Doha meeting ended without acknowledging Taliban.

Al Jazeera

UN leader slams Taliban over women's rights amid stability fears

Doha (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres made a new attack on the Taliban government's "unprecedented" curbs on Afghan women's rights Tuesday as he highlighted international fears over stability in the crisis-stricken state.

AFP

UN meeting seeks ways to press Taliban on women's rights

Doha (AFP) - Representatives of nearly two dozen countries and international institutions met Monday in Qatar for talks on Afghanistan focusing on women's rights under the Taliban administration, the United Nations said.

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UN holds crucial Afghanistan talks in Qatar, without Taliban

Talks will include diplomatic envoys and aid donors as the UN plans to press the Taliban to ease restrictions on women.

Al Jazeera

UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban

Doha (AFP) - The Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks on Afghanistan that open Monday in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights in the crisis-stricken country.

AFP

UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks in Qatar, without Taliban

Doha (AFP) - The Taliban will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday in Qatar on how to handle Afghanistan's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.

AFP

Eldhose Paul has 17m on his mind as he heads for the Doha Diamond League

The 26-year-old Commonwealth Games triple jump champion will be making his Diamond League debut in Doha

The Hindu

UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis

Doha (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

AFP

Qatar spends big to beat post-World Cup blues

Doha (AFP) - Months after hundreds of thousands of football fans packed into its hotels and stadiums, Qatar is seeking to remedy a bout of the post-World Cup blues by hosting more international events.

AFP

Afghan women urge no recognition of Taliban

KABUL: A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government ahead of a United Nations summit next week.

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Reuters

Taliban not invited to UN Doha meeting on Afghanistan, says UN

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not invited the Taliban administration to a meeting that he is convening with special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries in Doha next week, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday.

The Hindu

Qatar to host 2027 World Cup in men's basketball

The International Basketball Federation picked Qatar to host the 2027 edition of its marquee men’s World Cup. It did not say whether there were any other bidders.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qatar to Host 2027 World Cup in Men’s Basketball

Qatar is going to host another World Cup. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Friday picked Qatar to host the 2027 edition of its marquee men’s World Cup. It did not say whether there were any other bidders. Doha will stage all games in the 32-team event, FIBA said, citing…

AFP

UN chief to host May meeting on Afghanistan in Doha

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN secretary-general is convening an international meeting on Afghanistan May 1-2 in Doha, where envoys will seek a "durable way forward" for the war-ravaged nation, his spokesman said Wednesday.

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UN chief to convene meeting to work on way forward on Afghanistan

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene envoys on Afghanistan from various countries next month to work on a unified approach to dealing with the Taliban authorities, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

‘Work underway’ to restore Qatar-UAE ties: Doha

Embassies are expected to reopen soon, two years after the UAE lifted a blockade on Qatar.

AFP

Qatar, UAE to reopen embassies 'in coming weeks': Doha

Doha (AFP) - Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are working to reopen their long-closed embassies "in the coming weeks", an official said Tuesday, as a wave of rapprochement sweeps the turbulent Middle East region.

Reuters

Qatar and UAE in process of restoring diplomatic ties, official says

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in the process of restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, two officials said, more than two years after Arab states ended a boycott of Doha that had shattered the Western-allied Gulf Arab bloc.

Daily Mirror

Anti-gay rights Tory and fellow minister enjoyed free stay and tickets at Qatar World Cup

Welsh Secretary David Davis - who has been accused of holding 'abhorrent' anti-gay views - stayed for free at a swanky hotel in Doha, along with Sports Minister Stuart Andrew, during last year's controversial World Cup

Reuters

Reasons for Syria's Arab League suspension still stand, says Qatar

Qatar's prime minister said on Thursday that the original basis for the 2011 suspension of Syria's membership in the Arab League still stands and he reiterated Doha's stance against normalisation with Syria unless there is a political solution.

The Guardian - UK

Al Jazeera English announces plans to move from London’s Shard to Qatar

Move of London’s live broadcast centre to Doha could involve dozens of job losses

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