A viral video appears to show Qatar's Prime Minister snubbing the United States vice president. But according to Al Jazeera, the PM is pushing back. In an interview with the news outlet, he denied the incident ever happened, calling reports of the interaction unfounded. It's a reminder that in the age of viral videos, a single moment of questionable body language can spark a minor international incident — even if both sides say nothing actually happened.

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