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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Doha, Qatar, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 31 stories have been published about Doha, Qatar which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Doha, Qatar, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 31 stories have been published about Doha, Qatar which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Europe · DohaHarry Kane will wear an anti-discrimination armband as England captain during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Football Association (FA) has joined with nine other European football federations for a season-long OneLove campaign. Captains of the 10 nations will wear a OneLove armbands - which includes a "heart containing colours representative of all backgrounds"See the Story
Harry Kane's message as he joins other football captains to wear anti-discrimination armband in Qatar
53% Left coverage: 40 sources
Protestors · DohaQatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without pay. Some of those demonstrating hadn't received their salaries for as many as seven months. The move comes as Qatar faces intense international scrutiny over its labor practices. Qatar heavily relies on foreign labor and has taken steps to overhaul its employment practices.See the Story
Qatar Detains Workers Protesting Late Pay Before World Cup
52% Left coverage: 27 sources
Middle East · ChadChad's transitional authorities and rebel groups sign a peace agreement in Doha. Agreement includes parties agreeing to take part in a national, inclusive dialogue. 1,500 representatives will attend the national dialogue on August 20. The Front for Change and Concord in Chad, the main rebel group in the country, did not sign the pledge. Wealthy Gulf state Qatar, an ally of the United States, facilitated the negotiations.See the Story
Chad and rebels sign peace deal in Qatar ahead of national dialogue
45% Center coverage: 22 sources
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Middle East · CairoYoussef al-Qaradawi was seen as the spiritual leader of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood. His death on Monday was announced on his official website. He died in the Gulf Arab nation of Qatar, where he had been living in exile following the military’s overthrow of a Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Egypt.See the Story
Egyptian cleric revered by Muslim Brotherhood dies at 96
36% Center coverage: 17 sources
Migrant Workers · Doha73 percent support compensation as a 'measure of redress' to migrant workers in Qatar. More than two-thirds of respondents also said their national Football Associations should speak out publicly about the human rights issues surrounding the World Cup. FIFA said it was assessing Amnesty's proposition and already compensated a number of workers.See the Story
Majority of fans want FIFA to compensate Qatar's migrant workers
41% Left coverage: 17 sources
Soccer · DohaQatar will permit ticketed fans to buy alcoholic beer at World Cup soccer matches. Beer will be available three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle. This year's World Cup is the first to be held in a Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol. Budweiser will serve beer within the ticketed perimeter surrounding each stadium.See the Story
Qatar to allow beer sales at World Cup games 3 hours before kickoff
Coverage: 13 sources
US & Canada · DohaEgypt's president met on Tuesday with Qatar's ruling emir during his first visit to the energy-rich nation. Ties soured following the Egyptian military's overthrow of an Islamist president backed by Doha. Three Gulf Arab states and Egypt imposed a boycott on Doha over its sympathy to Islamists and other contentious issues.See the Story
Egypt's president in Qatar on 1st visit amid rapprochement
67% Left coverage: 15 sources
Military · DohaQatar has called up hundreds of civilians - and summoned back diplomats from overseas - for mandatory military service. The conscripts are training to manage stadium security queues, frisk fans and detect alcohol, drugs or weapons concealed in ponytails, jacket linings or even fake bellies. The current group of civilians are on four months paid leave from their jobs at key Qatari institutions like state-owned QatarEnergy.See the Story
Qatar conscripts civilians for World Cup security
42% Left coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · ChadChad's Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby met with the ruling emir of Qatar after months of talks over a possible peace deal. Talks between the rebel factions and the military began in March in Doha, the Qatari capital. Deby's visit comes as diplomats hope the military government and the rebel groups would sign an agreement.See the Story
Chad junta leader in Qatar after months of peace deal talks
55% Center coverage: 11 sources
Europe · DüsseldorfQatar Airways is suing Airbus for at least $1.4 billion after almost half its A350 fleet was grounded by Qatar's regulator over premature surface damage. It has refused to take delivery of more A350s until it receives a deeper explanation of damaged or missing patches of anti-lightning mesh.See the Story
Exclusive: Airbus axes remaining A350 jet deal with Qatar
Coverage: 7 sources
Soccer · DohaQatar has spent billions of dollars on building seven new stadiums and refurbishing an eighth for the first World Cup in an Arab country. The Aspire control and command centre will monitor all stadiums at once. Organisers say the control centre will set a benchmark for global sports events which must guard against terrorism, natural disasters and hooligans.See the Story
Qatar's ground control on alert for World Cup disasters
57% Right coverage: 7 sources
