Qatar has released eight Indian ex-naval officers after dropping their death sentences, India's foreign ministry said on Monday, crediting the Qatari Emir for the decision more than 18 months after their arrest.
Their death sentence, handed down in October, was dropped in December.
India said seven of these officers have returned to the country.
New Delhi engaged in talks for months with Qatar after the men were arrested in August 2022 and the case challenged ties with Doha.
"We appreciate the decision by the Emir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals," the ministry said. The men were working on a submarine project with a private company for the Qatari authorities at the time of their arrest.
The announcement came days after Qatari and Indian firms signed their biggest single deal for supplies of liquefied natural gas.
It was last December that Modi met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
More than 800,000 Indian citizens live and work in Qatar.
French President Emmanuel Macron met allies and parliament leaders on Thursday as he sought to swiftly appoint a new prime minister to replace Michel Barnier, who officially resigned a day after opposition lawmakers voted to topple his government.
Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had started pushing into Hama, a major city where pro-government forces backed by intense Russian air strikes are trying to stave off a new rebel victory and halt the lightning advance.
A Pakistani court indicted jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday on charges of inciting his supporters to attack the country's military and its installations in 2023, Geo TV reported.
South Korean prosecutors have opened an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol, his interior minister, and the now-former defence minister over their roles in an attempt to impose martial law, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
Ukraine on Wednesday rejected as "groundless" Russian suggestions it was involved in the Syria conflict, after Moscow's UN envoy accused Kyiv of aiding rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
Hamas said it had information that Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza's Nuseirat camp in June, and threatened to "neutralise" the captives if any such action took place, according to an internal statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and nominated the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Choi Byung-hyuk, as new defence minister, the presidential office said on Thursday.
French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, ousting the Prime Minister and throwing the European Union's second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and tame a massive budget deficit.
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