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- Beach volleyball stars allowed to wear bikinis as ‘standard uniform’ in Qatar after tournament boycott threats over ‘work clothes’
Organizers of a major volleyball tournament in Qatar have backed down over the wearing of bikinis, potentially ending a row that saw two German players vow to boycott the event over an apparent ban on skimpy teamwear. - Qatar 1, Gulf rivals 0? After lavishing more than €1 BILLION on players, PSG's owners are in sight of petrostate bragging rightsMore than just a game of football, Sunday's Champions League final could provide Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari benefactors with bragging rights over their regional petrostate rivals.
- 'Guardian journalists are Kremlin and Qatari agents': Russian tycoon trolls newspaper after ‘KGB agent' smear jobAfter a sensational headline in The Guardian dished the dirt on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s meeting with an “ex-KGB agent” in Italy, the Russian businessman involved has hit back, with some trolling accusations of his own.
- Twitter purges hundreds of accounts from Egypt & UAE for ‘pro-Saudi messaging’ that targeted IRAN & QATARTwitter has permanently banned nearly three hundred accounts based in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, citing “platform manipulation” which boosted support for the Saudi government and “targeted” countries like Iran and Qatar.
- Al Jazeera’s coverage of gay rights ‘raises eyebrows’ as Qatar cracks down on LGBT groupsQatar-backed Al Jazeera pays heed to LGBT rights worldwide while ignoring the Gulf states’ repressive stance on homosexuality, but this could just be a business decision, an expert has told RT.
- American B-52s fly first mission over Persian Gulf to ‘send message’ to Iran (PHOTO, VIDEO)B-52 bombers have commenced air operations from the US base in Qatar, as Washington continues to amass its forces in the Persian Gulf. The White House says it is to deter an alleged Iranian “attack on US interests.”
- US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar amid Iran threat hiatusThe US Air Force released images of B-52 Stratofortress bombers landing in Qatar. The deployment is part of a larger US military build-up in the region touted as a countermeasure to an unspecified threat from Iran.
- Saudi Arabia, Qatar & UAE owe their existence to Iran – RouhaniSaudi Arabia alongside the UAE and Qatar would not exist today had Iran supported Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s plans to occupy these states, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has claimed.
- US spies helped UAE hack phones of Al Jazeera chairman, BBC host & other journalists - reportFormer US intelligence hackers helped the United Arab Emirates spy on Al Jazeera’s chairman, a BBC host, and other media figures as part of a secret Emirati intelligence program called Project Raven during the blockade on Qatar.
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