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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his son, has died, state media reported. He...
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20 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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Middle East Eye · Center-left · News report
WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) · Center · News report
Daily Sabah (Turkey) · Right · News report
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment,...
After Sheikh Hamad's death, global leaders offer condolences, praise his legacy and Qatar’s growth.
Former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad dies at 74 Submitted by MEE and agencies on
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed condolences on Sunday over the death of Qatar's former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, praising his longtime ally for streng...
State news agency gives no cause for passing of sports-loving leader who made tiny Persian Gulf nation a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, then handed over power to son
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74
Also on Sunday, the IRGC said it struck and disabled a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted the U.S. strategic air base at Al Udeid in Qatar with ballistic missiles.
DOHA, July 12 - Qatar's former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, a sweeping moderniser who seized power in 1995 and broke with tradition to hand it over to his son 18 years later, ha...
Sheikh Hamad, who stepped down in June 2013 after 18 years as emir, was the architect of energy-rich Qatar's stunning ambitions that turned it from a backwater into an international crossro...
Prime Minister Modi mourned the passing of former Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. He remembered Sheikh Hamad as a visionary leader who transformed the Gulf nation. Sheikh Ham...
Sheikh Hamad ruled the Gulf country from 1995 to 2013, before voluntarily abdicating to his son, Sheikh Tamim.
Qatar’s government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. “With hearts steadfast in faith in God’s decree a...
It was also during his tenure, in 1996, that Al Jazeera, a Qatar-funded global news organisation, was established.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian drones have struck some sites in Oman, the sultanate’s state news agency reports.
Sheikh Hamad was known for having helped bring about huge economic, social, and cultural change in Qatar during his reign and helping establish the nation as a global player in diplomacy an...
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani mastermind the Persian Gulf state’s transformation from a quiet backwater into an influential international crossroads in less than a generation
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his...
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntaril...
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74.
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