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Qatar is aiming to start supplying Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2024, according to comments by foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.

The Gulf region’s politicians and business leaders returned in force to the World Economic Forum (WEF) held as ever in Davos, Switzerland, but at a different time of year. The most senior regional leader to turn up was Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who gave a speech at the opening session.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani and Sheikha Jawaher married in early 2005 following an engagement. They have four children: Sheikhas Mayassa and Aisha, and Sheikhs Hamad and Jassim.

Sheikha Jawaher Bint Hamad Bin Suhaim Al-Thani’s presence in Spain alongside her husband, Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, points to a slowly rising public profile for the first of the Qatari Ruler’s four wives.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani has embarked on an extensive tour of foreign capitals over the past week, in a trip that seems designed to shore up hopes of a revived Iran nuclear deal and to bolster Qatari gas exports.

Four men have been sentenced to prison terms for protesting against a law that blocked some members of their tribe from taking part in the Qatar's first parliamentary elections in October 2021.

Regional and international leaders have descended on Abu Dhabi in the days since the death of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was announced on 13 May, both to offer condolences and to congratulate Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) who has moved from being the country’s de facto leader to formally becoming its president.

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) marketing and communications director Sheikha Asma Bint Thani has become the first Arab to reach the summit of Mount Kangchenjunga.

Risk Management Report: International politics and economics. Breakeven prices: Oil prices have remained high in the shadow of the Ukraine war, with the cost of a barrel well above $100 through much of March and April. This means that most Gulf states are in a position to post budget surpluses this year.

QatarEnergy awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the North Field East (NFE) expansion project on 28 April to a joint venture of Spain’s Técnicas Reunidas and China’s Wison Engineering. The partners also won a lump-sum contract to expand sulfur handling, storage and loading facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City, which will support the four new liquified natural gas (LNG) trains due to start operating by end-2025.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to roil global oil and gas markets – particularly in Europe where countries are chasing alternative supplies to reduce their heavy energy dependency on Russia.

Qatar has told the World Trade Organisation’s Dispute Settlement Body that it has agreed to terminate the ‘DS567’ dispute over football rights piracy, involving Saudi-based pirate operation beoutQ and Qatari English Premier League rights-holder beIN. The dispute gave a global public face to the tensions between Qatar and its ‘GCC-3’ rivals marked by the 2017-21 boycott.

Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al-Thani has lost a case in the Court of Appeal in London, where he was seeking redress over a sculpture of Alexander the Great, bought by Qatar Investment and Project Development Holding Company (Qipco) for $3m in January 2014. Hamad is chief executive of Qipco.

The first two NH90 NFH helicopters designed for naval operations have been delivered to the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Qatar has 12 of the aircraft on order, as part of a wider €3bn ($3.7bn) contract to buy 28 helicopters which was announced in March 2018 at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition (Dimdex).

Manama has sent three invitations to Qatar for the governments to meet since the January 2021 Al-Ula summit formally ended the GCC split. But its overtures have remained unanswered, senior official Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa told GSN, in the latest chapter in a long series of strained bilateral relations.