After more than two years in captivity, U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs is safe and on his way home from Afghanistan. I am grateful to our State Department team and to our broader national security professionals as well as to our partners in Qatar. Mark’s return to his loved ones

Kuwait’-based Jazeera Airways has announced its first route to China with the launch of direct flights to Xian, starting from September 19, initially with a flight every fortnight, moving to a weekly service in the near future. Flights will include a technical stop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for refuelling, using an

Qatar Charity (QC), in partnership with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), continues, for the third year in a row, to implement a school rehabilitation project in northern Syria.   The project aims to enhance the access of internally displaced students to quality education and create an attractive educational environment.  This

The Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) reported their operating statistics for August. It showed that following spectacular growth in month-on-month passenger traffic for a few consecutive months, the increase has somewhat tapered. SIA, which consists of full-service carrier Singapore Airlines and low-cost airline Scoot, carried a total of 2.083 million passengers

Heathrow said that operations to and from the airport will be subject to appropriate changes in order to avoid noise disturbance at certain locations at specific times today due to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Heathrow and airlines are working closely with NATS to minimise the impact of

China will impose sanctions on the chief executives of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. The sanctions on Boeing Defense, Space, and Security CEO Ted Colbert and Raytheon Technologies Corp boss Gregory Hayes are in response to

FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Looking into Global and Local Perspectives   The Gulf Studies Center, as a part of the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University (QU) kicked off the two-day international conference to discuss Qatar’s experience in the organization of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.