Doha: The 28th Asian Bowling Championships opened in Doha today, bringing together 168 male and female athletes from 18 Asian nations, including some of the sport's leading players. Hosted by the Qatar Bowling Federation at its bowling center, the tournament will run until November 23. Teams from Q»»»

Printing blanks, dies and rolls containing components intended for incorporation into identity documents were found at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint during an inspection of a minibus entering Bulgaria from Turkiye, the Customs Agency's press office in Svilengrad said. The passports are fro»»»

High airfares could become the new norm as airlines contend with soaring jet fuel prices and mounting operating costs, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' chief said Friday. Wong Hong, director-general of the association grouping 18 airlines in the region, said carriers were trying to contain»»»

DOHA: The Global Carbon Council (GCC), the first independent carbon crediting standard established in the Global South, headquartered in Qatar and internationally recognised under UN ICAO’s CORSIA scheme and ICVCM, has joined a global coalition of leading financial institutions, exchanges and carbo»»»

From Indian shares to Chinese healthcare and LatAm banks, fund managers seek alternatives Dubai: For UAE investors holding global stocks, the latest selloff in artificial intelligence-linked companies raises a question: where can they find opportunities without depending heavily on a handful of tec»»»

Seoul: Son Heung-min and four other South Korean players said Thursday they had put their differences aside after reports of bitter internal divisions at the heart of the national team. South Korean football has been mired in controversy since their hugely disappointing exit in the group stage of t»»»

Dubai: OpenAI increases its ChatGPT Ads presence into 44 countries through an exclusive reseller partnership with Aleph. Starting today, brands and agencies across 14 markets in Latin America, 16 in Europe and Central Asia, 10 in the Middle East and Africa, and 4 in Asia-Pacific can contract, pay a»»»

Doha, Qatar: Eight teams will compete for the men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars title in Doha from November 19 to 29. The Qatar Cricket Association will organise the tournament under the supervision of the Asian Cricket Council, with matches to be played at West End International Cricket Stadium and the »»»

TAIPEI: The woman accused of spying for Beijing during an affair with Nvidia founder Jensen Huang visited Taiwan a total of eight times in 2024 and 2025, a Taiwanese government minister said Thursday. Taiwan, a dominant player in the global semiconductor industry, sits at the center of strategic co»»»

Early signs suggest China 's biggest online shopping event is struggling to persuade anxious consumers to spend more, despite discounts. The Singles' Day festival, a major discount campaign comparable to Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S., centers on Nov. 11. But it begins weeks earlier and »»»

US stocks retreat amid inflation concerns and Nvidia scandal fallout Wall Street stocks retreated Tuesday, with scandal-hit Nvidia notably tumbling again, while the dollar gained after a hot US inflation report boosted expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. After an up day on several »»»

Doha: The Qatar Bowling Federation will host the 28th Asian Bowling Championships from Wednesday through November 23, featuring 168 players, including 108 men and 60 women, from 18 Asian countries. Qatar will field six players: Jassim Mohammed Al Muraikhi, Mohammed Hamad Al Muraikhi, Bader Khalid A»»»

Passengers get more Premium Economy options, extra flights to popular winter destinations Dubai: Emirates is expanding its Premium Economy offering across Europe and adding 31 weekly flights to destinations including Cape Town, Phuket, Hanoi and Manila this winter, as the Dubai-based airline looks »»»

Singapore: Singapore on Tuesday launched a gold storage service for foreign central banks and other financial institutions, as it seeks to bolster its position as a key precious metals trading hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore said the facility, housed in the city-state's national currency v»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China's leading trading partners among individual countries in 2026 were the United States, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan and Russia, according to data on China's trade with 35 countries, regions and associations released on Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs. Trade »»»

RIYADH: Record exports helped push the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade up 10.1 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2026, reaching 2.94 trillion Emirati dirhams ($801.9 billion). Non-oil exports increased 21.6 percent to 706 billion dirhams, while imports climbed 11.5 percent to 1.66 trilli»»»

Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) runs from Nov 4 to 15 at Expo Centre Sharjah The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Sharjah Media Council and Publishing 3.0+ as it takes part in the 45th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), the as»»»

HONG KONG: China is willing to pursue stronger ties with Iran, China's ​special envoy to the Middle East Zhai Jun said in talks with Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. Zhai met Kani in Iran, according to ‌a readout ‌from China's foreign ministry ​on ‌Mon»»»

HONG KONG: China’s special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, met with Ali Bagheri Kani, Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and affirmed China’s desire to strengthen bilateral relations and that the escalating conflict in the Middle East cannot be resolved by force. This»»»

Deadly apartment fire in China claims 14 lives, investigation underway A fire that broke out in an apartment building in northern China killed at least 14 people, state media said Monday, raising the death toll from the previous night. Deadly fires are relatively common in China due to lax building»»»

Asian tech stocks fell sharply on Friday, driven by fears of tighter AI regulation following Democrats’ US midterm election victory. US voters widely oppose Data centres, and many winning candidates pledged to curb their development.  Asian tech firms suffered a bloodbath Friday as investors t»»»

The US midterm elections have resulted in the Democratic Party taking control of both chambers of the US Congress, leaving Donald Trump as a lame duck president for the remainder of his term. Professor Steve Tsang of the SOAS China Institute tells FRANCE 24 that, while a weakened Trump could streng»»»

Tech stocks rebound amid AI regulation fears and Nvidia espionage probe Uncertainty was injected into markets with news that Nvidia's board was launching an investigation into whether Huang had been targeted in a foreign espionage plot following his admission that he was unfaithful to his wife. The»»»

Dubai secures second place in global family tourism rankings for 2026 Dubai has been ranked the world’s second-most family-friendly city and destination for travelling with children, while Abu Dhabi secured fifth place globally, according to the World’s Most Child-Friendly Cities 2026 ranking publi»»»

China has completed the world’s first bidirectional real-time transmission verification over a 1,000-kilometer hollow-core fiber link. Key facts:The 1,007.48-km link carried 64 Tbps in each direction simultaneously — equivalent to uploading and downloading 160 4K movies per second at 50 GB eachOne-»»»

Hong Kong: Philippines trailblazer Alex Eala fell agonisingly short of winning a second WTA Tour title as she lost the Hong Kong Open final to unseeded Claire Liu on Sunday. The American ranked 102 powered past the second seed 6-3, 6-0 for the first title of her career and did not drop a set all we»»»

LONDON: For Joe Reeve, the midterm afterglow faded fast. The London startup founder was among the wave around the Trump-weary world awakening to the stunning news that Americans had sharply rejected President Donald Trump’s fist-in-the-eye stewardship of the United States that had started a war wit»»»

Democrats' gains have raised hopes, but global confidence will depend on what happens next London: For Joe Reeve, the midterm afterglow faded fast. The London startup founder was among the wave around the Trump-weary world awakening to the stunning news that Americans had sharplyrejected President »»»

BEIJING: A court in the Chinese territory of Macau sentenced ex-lawmaker and democracy campaigner Au Kam San to 12 years and six months in prison on Friday for subversion and other offenses. Au, 69, is the first person convicted under national security laws widened in 2023 in Macau, the former Port»»»

Nasdaq slides into correction, Nikkei and Kospi tumble, and Bank of England lifts rates Dubai: Wall Street suffered its worst session since April 2025 on November 5. An AI and chip sell-off wiped out the post-election rally and pushed the Nasdaq into a correction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average f»»»

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The United States has imposed sanctions on dozens of companies and individuals linked to an alleged Cambodia-based cyberscam group and a network in Madagascar that targeted Americans. The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on Thursday on four people and 41 companies ti»»»

Simplified travel norms announced for India, Nepal, and Bhutan citizens India has relaxed passport and visa requirements for several categories of foreign nationals living in the country, including certain Pakistani citizens, religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Sri Lanka»»»

HONG KONG: China’s ‌marriage rate for the first nine months of this year plummeted to its lowest level in ​18 years, fueling concerns about declining births and demographic strain in a country where childbearing remains closely tied to wedlock. A total of 4.65 million couples got married from Janua»»»

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in prison on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers, a court summary said. Wong, 30, pleaded guilty in September to seeking foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China under Beijing’s national security law, having spent n»»»

World shares were mostly higher Thursday, though heavy selling of artificial intelligence-related stocks offset gains for some markets following the U.S. midterm elections. South Korea's Kospi sank more than 5% and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost nearly 2%. Oil prices were mixed after the Dow industri»»»

Abu Dhabi watch designer creates timepieces inspired by the UAE's culture and landscapes. For Hamdan Ahmed Al-Mehyas, watches have never been just about telling time. They have marked milestones, carried memories and, eventually, become a canvas for creativity. The 24-year-old Abu Dhabi Entrepreneu»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Film Festival (DFF), presented by Doha Film Institute (DFI), is expanding the magical power of movies with a diverse programme of community screenings designed to bring people together, celebrate film heritage and make the cinema experience more accessible for audienc»»»

HONG KONG — Stock markets mostly rose Wednesday as investors assessed the impact of a Democratic sweep of Congress that dealt a blow to Donald Trump's economic agenda as he heads into his final two years as president.Equities and the dollar sank initially amid warnings that the result — which saw R»»»

Doha, Qatar: Doha Film Festival (DFF), presented by the Doha Film Institute (DFI), has announced a diverse program of community screenings aimed at celebrating cinematic heritage and making the movie-going experience accessible to audiences of all ages and abilities. Running from November 19 to 27,»»»

Sputnik asked experts across various fields what US midterm election results could mean for America's political landscape and its role abroad. “There’ll be some resistance coming from both Houses — not like now, where Republicans just go along with Trump’s agenda,” said Azmi Hassan, a geostrategic »»»

LONDON — Stock markets wavered Tuesday amid growing nervousness about the debt-fuelled spending by AI heavyweights, though the focus was squarely on US midterm elections that could reshape President Donald Trump's final two years in office.Oil prices resumed their declines meanwhile on fresh hopes »»»

BELGRADE - Serbia registered 445,000 tourist visits in September 2026, which is a 14.1 pct increase y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS. The visitors generated 1.2 mln overnight stays, or 15.3 pct more relative to the same month of last year. Serbian tourists»»»

Airlines have scheduled 4.47 million departing international seats at Dubai this November Dubai: Dubai International Airport has retained its position as the world's busiest airport for scheduled international seat capacity in November, with airlines offering 4.47 million departing seats, equivalen»»»

Exchange says withdrawals are stabilising as it replaces 95% of affected assets Dubai: Binance customers have withdrawn a net $4.72 billion (Dh17.3 billion) from the cryptocurrency exchange following last week’s record $6.3 billion cyberattack, although the company says withdrawals are stabilising »»»

Shares in Asia were mixed Tuesday as markets like South Korea and Taiwan that are heavily weighted toward technology shares fell to their lowest levels in three months following a sell-off on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices moved higher. South Korea's benchmark Kospi fell 4% to»»»

Hong Kong: Hong Kong experienced its hottest October since records began, according to weekend data from the city's weather service. The Hong Kong Observatory reported a monthly mean temperature of 27.6C on Sunday -- a 0.2C increase from last year's already record-breaking figure for the same perio»»»

Doha, Qatar: Doha will host the 2026 Asian Men's Emerging Teams Cricket Cup from November 19 to 29, featuring eight teams competing for the continental title. Organized by the Qatar Cricket Association under Asian Cricket Council (ACC) supervision, the tournament will be held at West End Internatio»»»

Hong Kong: Venus Williams suffered her 17th loss in a row in singles tennis with a straight-sets defeat to a player half her age at the Hong Kong Open on Monday. The 46-year-old former world number one went down 6-2, 6-3 to fellow American Mary Stoiana in the opening round. Williams, now ranked 597»»»

Global shares were mixed and oil prices retreated Monday, falling sharply on renewed hopes for progress in diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Iran. U.S. futures advanced after U.S. stocks fell Friday to their worst day since June as investors dumped artificial intelligence-related and other te»»»

Hong Kong: Philippines tennis trailblazer Alex Eala remembers the moment it struck her just how wildly popular she had become, telling AFP: "It was shocking." It was a hot and sunny January day in Melbourne this year and the Filipina was playing in the main draw at the Australian Open for the first»»»