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Qatar museum marks the unthinkable finale for MF Husain—a legacy beyond his life

This final chapter has come to MF Husain posthumously, far away from India. A promise kept by his friend, the HH of Qatar, who spearheaded and helped realise his dream.

Thank Qatar for Hamas’ response to Trump’s Gaza help. Doha got a new security umbrella

Hamas has thus kicked the ball into Tel Aviv’s court, focusing on immediate and sustainable ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian assistance, and full withdrawal by Israel.

US close to finalising defence deal with Qatar after Israel’s strike in Doha

The attack in Doha was especially sensitive as Qatar is a close US ally and home to the biggest American military base in the Middle East.

Qatar played all sides, peacemaker to Islamist safe haven. Now there’s no place to hide

As the world order threatens to buckle under new strains, peacemaking is becoming an ever more dangerous business.

Nothing will deter our mediation role — Qatari PM after Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Doha

Doha, along with Cairo and Washington, has been a key mediator between Israel and Hamas during the war in Gaza. PM al-Thani criticized Netanyahu for practicing "state terrorism".

‘Not thrilled,’ says Trump after Israel strikes Qatar

President Donald Trump said the US wants the hostages back but is unhappy 'about the way it went down today' and called Qatar a close ally.

Will defeat these ‘monsters’ and get our hostages back: Netanyahu on deal with Hamas

The Israeli prime minister, on the final day of a four-day US visit, said a potential agreement could lead to a 60-day ceasefire to negotiate an end to the conflict.

Israel to send delegation to Qatar to discuss Gaza ceasefire despite ‘unacceptable’ Hamas demands

Israeli PM Netanyahu's office said the changes Hamas wants in the Qatari proposal were not acceptable to them but talks for a possible deal to secure the return of hostages will continue.

‘Act of self-defence, nothing to do with Qatar’: Iran defends US military base strike

Following US strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran targeted US military installations in Qatar and Iraq, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest in the region.

Qatar, Kuwait & Bahrain shut airspace temporarily as Iran retaliates to US strikes

Iran attacked the Al Udeid US military base in Doha furthering the escalating regional crisis.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.