President Joe Biden on Monday announced plans to designate Qatar as a "major non-NATO ally" during a meeting with leader Sheik Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani
David Beckham, 46, was the main attraction at the Formula One Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday as he was pictured hugging Qatari businessmen and meeting Sir Jackie Stewart and Lewis Hamilton.
Follow RT on Qatar’s Attorney General Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri ordered the arrest of the country’s Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi on Thursday over allegations of misuse of public money and abuse of power.
State media organization Qatar News Agency (QNA) confirmed that the finance official had been detained and laid out that he was facing charges of embezzlement, abuse of power and crimes linked to the public sector.
“The Attorney General ordered the arrest of the Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al-Emadi to investigate what was mentioned in the reports of crimes related to practicing public office,” the statement to QNA read.