By James M Dorsey Protest on the soccer pitch has proven to be a mixed blessing for World Cup host Qatar, exposing double standards in the Gulf state’s position as well as that of its critics. Qatar embraced protest when it supported Qatari policies, such as the Gulf state’s increasingly assertive denunciation of double standards […]
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By Saifur Rahman Saudi Arabia plans to build the world’s largest airport at a 57 square kilometre patch of land in the country’s capital city Riyadh that, once complete, will handle up to 185 million passenger annually. This will create the largest gateway to the Kingdom as it plans to attract greater number of international tourists to the new tourism and entertainment destinations currently being built in […]
By James M Dorsey Barely out of the starting blocks, the Qatar World Cup has already produced a fair share of upsets as well as politically and personally sensitive situations and incidents. Qatar’s 2:0 loss to Ecuador in the tournament’s opening match will have reinforced critics’ conviction that the Gulf state should never have been […]
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By P. Sreekumaran India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are all set to deepen their already warm relationship. The development is bound to have a beneficial bearing on India’s relations with the other countries of West Asia. Topping the list is a food security cooperation under the I2U2, a new West Asian quadrilateral initiative, […]
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