Test for ties as Qatar emir meets Obama

It may be a meeting of allies, but when Qatar's emir holds talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday, there are several issues which could test that friendship. The meeting will be the first official visit to the White House by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who has been Qatar's ruler since June 2013. The meeting was announced cordially, with the White House saying in a statement last week that Obama was looking forward to discussing "political, economic, and