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A Qatar Airways jetliner approaches for landing in Lisbon, with a supermoon in the background, at sunrise Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Qatar Airways acquires a 25% stake in the private African carrier Airlink

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Qatar Airways staff in uniform, in background, assist in the medal ceremony, as French President Emmanuel Macron hugs France's Kylian Mbappe who was awarded the Golden Boot after the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Dec. 18, 2022. Qatar Airways will be FIFA’s airline sponsor at the men’s 2026 World Cup being played across North America. Soccer’s governing body renewed with the company through 2030 on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

FIFA renews with Qatar Airways as a sponsor for the men’s World Cup in 2026 and 2030

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In this photo released on Aug. 11, 2022, by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani speaks in Tehran, Iran. Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is in Qatar, a key element for a planned prisoner swap between Tehran and the United States, an Iranian official said Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP, File)

Official says 5 prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Australian Infrastructure Minister Catherine King speaks during question time in Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. King has said invasive gynecological examinations conducted on 13 passengers at Doha's international airport in 2020 was part of the reason she refused to allow Qatar Airways to double its services to Australia. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australian minister says invasive examinations were part of reason Qatar Airways was refused flights

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Taliban personnel stand beside a plane at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, flew out of Afghanistan on an international commercial flight from Kabul airport on Thursday, the first such large-scale departure since U.S and foreign forces concluded their frantic withdrawal at the end of last month. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Americans, others evacuated from Afghanistan in first airlift since withdrawal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020 file photo, a Qatar Airways plane prepares to take off at San Francisco International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. Egypt on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, opened its airspace to Qatari flights with a Qatar Airways jetliner is expected to land in Cairo later this week, airport officials said. The flight on Friday would be the first commercial one between the two countries since Egypt joined three other Gulf countries in boycotting Qatar in 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Airport officials: Egypt reopens airspace to Qatar flights

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Qatar Airways to launch flights between Seattle and Doha

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This image made from the Oct. 2, 2020, surveillance camera footage obtained by the website Doha News shows officials care for an abandoned baby at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. Qatar apologized Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Sydney to try to identify who might have given birth to the abandoned newborn baby, even as Australia said it was only one of 10 flights subjected to the searches. (Doha News via AP)

Qatar: Police face 3-year sentences over invasive searches

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani stands for a group photograph at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Kuwait. Qatar's emir announced on Tuesday that the country will hold long-promised elections for its top advisory panel next year. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Qatar’s emir promises Shura Council elections next year

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

This image made from the Oct. 2, 2020, surveillance camera footage obtained by the website Doha News shows officials care for an abandoned baby at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. Qatar apologized Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Sydney to try to identify who might have given birth to the abandoned newborn baby, even as Australia said it was only one of 10 flights subjected to the searches. (Doha News via AP)

Qatar: Officials behind women exams referred to prosecutors

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Australian Foreign Minister Marine Payne speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Australia on Monday condemned Qatar authorities’ treatment of women passengers, including 13 Australians, on a flight to Sydney who were subjected to internal examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned at a Doha airport. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia protests Qatar airport’s exams of women passengers

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 file photo, British Airways planes parked at Terminal 5 Heathrow airport in London. British Airways’ parent company said Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 it is to cut flights due to coronavirus travel restrictions and quarantine requirements and confirmed that it is raising 2.7 billion euros ($3.2 billion) through the sale of new shares. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

British Airways’ parent to cut flights following quarantines

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

In this image from video, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks from Jerusalem during the second night of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP)

Pompeo has closed-door meetings with Bahrain’s royal family

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Qatar Airways sues, seeks $5B from boycotting countries

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

A Qatar Airways aircraft is parked at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci international airport, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Rome airport authorities have refused to let 112 Bangladeshi passengers off a plane that landed from Qatar as Italy tightens restrictions on people arriving from coronavirus hotspots. The 112 Bangladeshis were among 205 passengers who arrived Wednesday aboard a Qatar Airways flight that originated in Pakistan and stopped in Doha, Qatar. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Italy cracks down on Bangladesh amid virus concerns

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft line up on the tarmac at the Hong Kong International Airport. Financially battered Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways says it is proposing the government help fund a $5 billion recapitalization plan to help it recover from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong OKs $5 billion bailout for Cathay Pacific Airways

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2016, file photo, an agent of LATAM airlines stands by the counters at the airport in Santiago, Chile. The South American carrier said Tuesday, May 26, 2020, that it is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it grapples with the sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Latam Airlines seeks bankruptcy protection as travel slumps

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, a Qatar Airways jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. Long-haul carrier Qatar Airways said Wednesday, May 6, 2020, it will fire staff as the coronavirus pandemic largely has grounded the global aviation industry. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Stung by virus, long-haul carrier Qatar Airways cuts jobs

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

An American citizen arrives to board a Qatar Airways flight at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Several American citizens are stranded in Nepal due to the nationwide lockdown enforced in an attempt to stop the coronavirus spread. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Hundreds of stranded Americans leave Nepal amid lockdown

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Stranded German tourists wait for a bus to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 27, 2020. A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, officials said. Up to 10,000 tourists are believed to be stranded in Nepal since the government ordered a complete lockdown that halted all flights and road travel to prevent the spread of the virus. Businesses and government offices were also shut. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Germany sends plane to rescue stranded tourists from Nepal

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