Qatar recorded a budget deficit of 0.5 billion riyals ($133.31 million) in the first quarter of 2025, which was covered through debt instruments, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

It’s international soccer time, and OneFootball will be broadcasting two matches this week from the Asian Football Confederation LIVE and FREE-TO-ACCESS on Yahoo Sports.The road to the 2026 World

They say you aren’t supposed to look a gift horse in the mouth, but Donald Trump appears to have some notes for the Qatari government the next time it wants to offer him some freebies. During a media session on Wednesday, the president told reporters, “Frankly it’s too big, much too big.”

Qatar has pledged to help war-torn Syria rebuild, but its $7 billion plans for new power plants will mean little unless Damascus can stop armed gangs from looting power cables faster than the cash-strapped government can fix them.

Led by the country’s top diplomat, Syria’s ministers of energy, finance and tourism held a series of meetings in Qatar on Tuesday.

France and Qatar have been allies since the latter declared its independence in 1971 with the termination of British rule. The two nations signed a defence pact in 1994. Under Sarkozy’s presidency, between 2007 and 2012, there was a huge surge in Qatari investment in French industry, Parisian real estate and much else.

(Reuters) -Qatar are within "touching distance" of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and will go all out against Iran and Uzbekistan over the next week to keep their dream alive, says new coach Julen Lopetegui.

The Turkish owner of the Rixos Hotels is expanding beyond Europe and Central Asia to bet big on the Gulf with a $3 billion investment in Qatar’s capital.