• Qatar Reshuffles Cabinet, Appointing New Foreign and Defense Ministers

    Emir’s motive not immediately clear, but move appears to include consolidation of several ministries

    Qatar’s monarchy on Wednesday overhauled the country’s cabinet, in a sign that the young emir is attempting to better cope with falling energy prices and intensifying regional conflicts.

    The cabinet reshuffle, which includes a new minister of foreign affairs and a minister of state for defense, comes at a time when the energy-rich country and its Persian Gulf neighbors have been hit by collapsing oil prices. Income from oil and gas...

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