HE Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Thani wrote: "The Gulf crisis has been fabricated after the hacking of Qatar News Agency, and then they [the blockading countries] have taken terrorism as their plea to justify everything they do".

Greyhound racing will be outlawed in the Australian state of New South Wales from next year after a damning investigation into the sport uncovered reports of systemic animal cruelty, including mass killings and live baiting.