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New 2,000-pound banknotes featuring Bashar al-Assad's face go into circulation in Damascus and a number of provinces.
The currency previously only carried images of historic icons or pictures of Assad's late father
President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian...
Foreign ministers of nations boycotting Qatar will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss their next steps.
Kuwait's emir has been mediating between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours to end the blockade
Saudi Arabia and three allies boycotting Qatar have agreed to a...
Gerhard Mueller relieved of duties just days after pope aide Pell was charged with child sex abuse.
During Mueller's term, his office amassed a 2,000-case backlog
Pope Francis has dismissed the church's chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller - one...
Lalive will pursue the cases of some 2,450 citizens and foreign residents hit by the anti-Qatar measures.
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Qatari officials meet with lawyers from the international law firm Lalive in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland - The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in...
Saudi foreign minister reiterates that list of 13-point demands to Qatar 'to stop funding terrorism' is non-negotiable.
Jubeir made a similar statement last week in Washington DC
Saudi Arabia has reiterated that its demands to Qatar to end the stand-off...
offering instead "a proper condition for a dialogue" to resolve the Gulf crisis.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaking at the news conference in the Italian capital Rome on Saturday, said the list "was meant to be rejected", pointing...
About 440,000 people displaced within the country returned to their homes since January, UN refugee agency says.
An estimated 260,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighbouring countries since 2015, according to the UN
Nearly half a million displaced Syrians...
Foreign minister asks non-permanent members of UN Security Council to call for an end of the blockade on Qatar.
Qatar's foreign minister met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday to discuss the crisis
Qatar's foreign minister has...
US president calls for additional sanctions to thwart the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
'The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed,' said Trump
President Donald Trump has warned the US patience with North Korea's...
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