Qatar

It’s the biggest corruption scandal to shake the Brussels establishment for years. 

In the United States, President Trump has taken credit for the dramatic diplomatic isolation of Qatar by Gulf nations, saying “perhaps this will be the beginning of the end of terrorism”. His trip to the Middle East last month, he says, seems to be “paying off”.

A court is set to decide if one of the world’s richest men can claim diplomatic immunity as he faces accusations of falsely imprisoning a British national for more than a year.

Pressure is growing on countries outside Europe – particularly the Gulf states – to take in more refugees from the Syrian civil war. What are the facts?

A Fifa task force recommends playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November and December, with the prospect of a 23 December final.

The controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar receives a makeover from a task force at football’s world governing body Fifa, which recommends playing the tournament in November and December.

Mike Greste, whose brother Peter – an Al Jazeera journalist – was jailed in Egypt a year ago, says his imprisonment has been tough “but he’s a tough bugger”, as expectations grow of his release.

Fifa is in the spotlight after former FA chairman David Bernstein said European teams should snub the 2018 World Cup. But this is just the latest boycott call against world football’s governing body.

Fresh doubt is thrown on the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 world cups as the lawyer who led the inquiry into the bidding processes says Fifa is misrepresenting his findings.

David Cameron met the Emir of Qatar on Wednesday – a country that’s invested tens of billions of pounds in London – but a country that’s also accused of funding extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.

In the early hours of the morning, US air strikes targeted Islamic State and other Islamist groups in Syria for the first time. Channel 4 News asks whether it is legal, and where it might end.