{
  "id": 17606109,
  "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over 'Middle East situation'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-middle-east-situation-17606109",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T13:18:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yamaha-pulls-qatar-motogp-over-131813386.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Yamaha has announced it will not participate in the upcoming Qatar MotoGP race, due to concerns over the current situation in the Middle East. The Japanese manufacturer stated that they would not take the risk of traveling to Qatar, citing their existing company-wide travel restrictions. This decision leaves only three races remaining in the MotoGP season, starting in Qatar.",
  "summary": "Yamaha said on Sunday it will not participate in next weekend's Qatar MotoGP, citing \"the situation in the Middle East\".Yamaha issued a statement after Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP saying they would not be taking the risk of going to Qatar.",
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        "published": "2026-11-01T09:02:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over Middle East situation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-middle-east-situation",
        "published": "2026-11-01T11:50:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over ‘situation in the Middle East’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-situation-in-the-middle-east",
        "published": "2026-11-01T12:32:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over 'Middle East situation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-middle-east-situation-17597488",
        "published": "2026-11-01T12:38:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over ‘Middle East situation’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-middle-east-situation-17609972",
        "published": "2026-11-01T13:04:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Yamaha pulls out of Qatar MotoGP over 'Middle East situation'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/yamaha-pulls-out-of-qatar-motogp-over-middle-east-situation-17607006",
        "published": "2026-11-01T13:30:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Saudi deputy foreign minister meets UK minister for Middle East and North Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/saudi-deputy-foreign-minister-meets-uk-minister-for-middle-east-and",
        "published": "2026-11-01T14:11:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}