Officials have reportedly told the listed terror organisation it will have to leave the country if it isn’t ready to engage in serious negotiations.
Alan Joyce,Anthony Albanese and the opaque politics of schmooze.
Virgin Australia’s outgoing boss Jayne Hrdlicka says the airline would not be in a position to deliver long-haul services between Australia and Europe for at least the next six years without Qatar Airway’s support.
Virgin says a 25 per cent stake would allow it to launch services to Doha,more than a year after Qatar Airways was rejected from doubling its flights to Australia.
Accused drug importer Emmanuel Kappos was arrested at Melbourne Airport bound for North Cyprus after a federal police crackdown on the encrypted Ghost app.
As Israeli troops raid Lebanon,conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players,and what is the Axis of Resistance?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had accepted the invitation,although his critics accuse him of slowing talks to end the war in Gaza.
As anger simmers over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh,Israel,its allies and the wider region are bracing for possible Iranian retaliation.
Norway’s is famously huge. Qatar used its to buy Harrods. How do sovereign wealth funds work? And why isn’t ours as big as Norway’s?
Someone give this crew a gold medal – their service is exemplary.
This time Qatar has a lot more support for gaining extra flights to Australia. A conga line of competition economists and tourism operators will be watching closely.