Afghanistan’s Taliban Monday strongly defended their government against fresh criticism by the United States that the male-only leadership in Kabul is “dominated by one ethnicity” and lacks inclusivity. “This is invalid and we reject it,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told VOA when asked for his reaction to the critical remarks

The Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) will announce Monday, the signing of an agreement to restructure the company’s ‘Blue Bird’ fleet of Airbus aircraft. The agreement to be signed between the KAC and the Airbus factory is the largest concluded by the national carrier with an aircraft factory, reports Al-Anba daily.

Iran’s president has arrived in Qatar for a summit of gas exporting countries, the state-run news outlet reported Monday.   IRNA said President Ebrahim Raisi is leading a delegation to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha, designed to develop economic, energy and political cooperation between Iran and Qatar. It

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he hopes a trip to Qatar to attend a regional gas conference will boost political and trade relations with Gulf Arab countries.   Raisi arrived in Doha on the first visit by an Iranian president to Qatar in 11 years and as Gulf

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani signed a number of bilateral agreements in Doha on Monday, Iranian state television and Qatar’s Al-Jazeera network showed.   The agreements included two energy deals but further details were not immediately available.   Raisi is the first Iranian

The State of Qatar participated in the consultative meeting of the GCC foreign ministers in Brussels in preparation for the 26th session of the Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting of the European Union (EU) and of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). The State of

HE Director-General of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Jan Beagle met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Italian Republic Khalid bin Yousef Al Sada at the Organization’s permanent headquarters in the capital, Rome. During the meeting, HE Khalid bin Youssef Al Sada presented his credentials

The Government of the State of Qatar, the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community signed in Brussels Monday an agreement regarding the establishment of the European Union Mission in the State of Qatar, its privileges and immunities. The agreement was signed for the Qatari side by HE Minister