A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Qatari officials in Mogadishu on May 5, killing 8 Somalis, officials said, Reuters reported.

Diplomats from 11 countries met in Istanbul on April 20 to discuss the Syrian crisis, Xinhua reported.

Jordan has asked the United States to deploy Patriot anti-missile batteries to its border with Syria, unnamed Jordanian sources said, Asharq al-Awsat reported April 19.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit Iran near the port city of Bushehr, the Iran Seismological Centre said April 9, Al Arabiya reported.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss peace negotiations with Taliban officials in Qatar within the coming week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said March 24, Reuters reported.

Qatar has discovered as much as 80 billion cubic meters (about 2.8 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas in an offshore field, the Qatari energy minister said March 10, AP reported.

Qatari authorities have given the Syrian Embassy building to the opposition Syrian National Coalition, a statement by the Coalition said Feb. 13, AFP reported.

Gazprom board chairman Viktor Zubkov traveled to Qatar on Feb. 12 to mark the opening of Gazprom's office in the country, UPI reported.

Qatar will stand by Egypt and its people in its time of financial need, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani said Jan. 15, Reuters reported.