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Middle East latest: Blinken in Doha to discuss Gaza cease-fire with Qatari officials

Oct. 24, 2024 18:09 PM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Doha on Thursday to meet with Qatari officials who have been key mediators for Hamas, as the U.S. struggles to break the logjam of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the militant group. Blinken is on his 11th trip to the Middle...

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

Oct. 15, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, an activist group says. The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial...