Qatar Given Another 48 Hours to Meet Arab Demands

Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have given Qatar another 48 hours to respond to a list of demands or face further sanctions, as the diplomatic spat between the two sides showed no sign of ending.

A statement by the state-run Saudi Press Agency said the deadline extension was made in response to a request from the emir of Kuwait, who is mediating the crisis, after the original deadline for Qatar to meet a list of demands expired Sunday.  Al Jazeera, the Qatar-owned Arabic-language TV station, that Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was meeting Monday with Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to discuss the demands, which include the closure of Al Jazeera and for Qatar to sever its links to the Muslim Brotherhood.