Doha, Qatar: CEO of Qatar’s bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari has expressed confidence in Doha’s ability to present a strong bid and deliver an exceptional Games experience. Speaking during a dialogue session with Qatari media representatives at Bayt Qatar, o»»»

Doha, Qatar: The FIFA Referees Committee has announced the match officials who will take charge of fixtures at this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2026, which will be contested from November 19 to December 13. A total of 81 match officials, comprising 27 referees and 54 assistant referees from 36»»»

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In tonight's edition, the United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance. Also, Ghana’s beefing up its drugs authority in the wake of  major drug busts in France, Belgium and South Africa. And it’s back-to-school season»»»

From our southern Africa correspondent – Migrants previously convicted by US courts have been imprisoned in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini, over the past several months. Since being deported from the US, they have found themselves in a country about which they know no»»»

Marcos extends condolences to Sheikh Mohammed and Al Maktoum family Dubai: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has joined Dubai in mourning the passing of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, extending his condolences to his brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Pre»»»

Europe and the European Union have been largely absent from discussions on Ukraine and the Middle East at the UN General Assembly, President Iliana Yotova said in New York, where the 81st session of the UN General Assembly opened and Bulgaria is represented by her. Yotova is expected to deliver Bul»»»

New York, USA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani participated today in a closed-door meeting convened by the President of the French Republic HE Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom HE Andy Burnham and the Prime Mi»»»

Nagoya, Japan: Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah completed a unique double on Wednesday when he captured shooting gold at the Asian Games in the same year that he won the Dakar Rally. The 55-year-old was part of the Qatar men's skeet team that took gold ahead of Kuwait and India in Nagoya. It was his third»»»

Tripoli, Libya: President of the High Council of the State of Libya HE Dr. Mohamed Muftah Takala met with the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Libya HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Zabin Al Dosari. The meeting reviewed bilateral cooperation relations between the two countrie»»»

RT-Engineering, a Rostec holding, is wrapping up commissioning work at the Chernogorsky Mining and Processing Plant's processing facility in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Region. Operations are scheduled to start by the end of 2026. The final phase is now focused on:synchronizing the various processing stag»»»

EXPLAINERImpeachment court debates if absent senators should still be in the two-thirds count Manila: A key legal and procedural question in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has shifted the Philippine Senate’s attention from the evidence to a basic question: How many senators must vo»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hosts Saudi Arabia will take on Kuwait in the opening match of the 27th Gulf Cup at Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah today. The tournament features eight of the region’s leading teams, with Saudi Arabia aiming for a fourth title. Defending champions Bahrain, record 10-time w»»»

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In recent years, the volume of road construction work in Kyrgyzstan has increased nearly ninefold. Kubanych Beksultanov, head of the Construction and Reconstruction Division of the Road Management Department under the Ministry of Transport, reported on Birinchi Radio. According to him, the pace of »»»

Doha, Qatar: Abdullah Rashad Mohi El Din Babiker won Qatar’s second medal at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, clinching bronze in the under-84kg kumite at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture yesterday. Abdullah defeated Palestine’s Abdullah Al Khatib 8-0 in the bronze medal bout after a domin»»»

Doha, Qatar: Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC Group), one of the region’s leading logistics groups providing cross-border and integrated logistics solutions, has expanded its UAE operations with two new subsidiaries, a strategic partnership with Meydan Free Zone and a growing Quick-Commerce network. T»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of his country's National Day.»»»

The first Business Aviation Summit 2026 in Kyrgyzstan was held at Karakol International Airport, Airports of Kyrgyzstan OJSC reported. Representatives of Asman Airlines, Airbus, Bombardier, ACS Central Asia, COMAC, Kaz Air Jet, Aelia Insurance, Jet24, Volare Aviation, PamAir, Comlux, Flight Consult»»»

Doha, Qatar: As the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly takes place, Qatar Foundation (QF) has brought together global leaders at Goals House in New York to explore how inherited knowledge, cultural identity and local wisdom can help address pressing global challenges. Titled ‘Tradi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation, and Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) have announced the opening of registration for the “Certified Career Advisor Preparation Programme,” a specialised professional development programme designed to strengthe»»»

Doha, Qatar: The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) hosted a full-day Sustainable Development Workshop as part of the Sustainability Nexus Initiative, a collaborative platform designed to advance environmental awareness, education, and action through meaningful engagement between »»»

Oha, Qatar: Chairman of Qatar Chamber (QC) Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani received Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Qatar H E Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Shuraim. The two sides discussed economic and trade cooperation between Qatar and Kuwait and ways to strengthen it, as well as oppo»»»

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank attended Qatar Economic Forum, Powered by Bloomberg: UNGA Special Edition 2026, held in New York. The Bank was represented by Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Omar Hussain Alfardan; Group Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Moss; Executive General Manager, Treasury and»»»

Doha, Qatar: Google Cloud is expanding its investment in Qatar’s AI ecosystem with a national skilling initiative that will create more than 50,000 learning opportunities, as Axxes Partnership projects the organisation’s partnership with the government could generate at least $1.5bn in annual econo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The senior management of AlRayan Investment and AlRayan Bank joined Islamic finance and investment leaders at the IFN Qatar Dialogues 2026, on September 17 2026. Discussions underscored the continued growth of Islamic finance and Qatar’s increasing prominence as a regional financial hu»»»

Women’s volleyball team of Kyrgyzstan secured a victory in their final match at the Asian Games in Japan. Earlier, the Kyrgyz team played in Group C against Thailand, Mongolia and Chinese Taipei, losing all three matches 0-3. They finished last in the group but gained the right to compete for 9th-1»»»

Passengers face cancellations and hours-long delays on routes to India, Iran and Oman Dubai: Passengers travelling through Dubai and Abu Dhabi faced cancellations and lengthy delays on Wednesday, September 23, with some flights to India running more than eight hours behind schedule and services inv»»»

Invisible Animals launched its Weeks in a Cage protest outside Parliament on Wednesday to press MPs to honour their pledges to ban keeping calves in individual isolation cages. The protest will last at least two weeks, with around 200 volunteers taking 12-hour shifts to maintain a round-the-clock p»»»

The West actively plays up the mythical 'Russian threat,' to justify including Ukraine into a new European collective security architecture, Vladislav Maslennikov, the chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of European Issues, told Sputnik. Calls to include Ukraine in such a new Europea»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s modern pentathlon team finished its participation in the Asian Games in Japan without winning any medals. The country’s athletes failed to reach the podium. A total of four sets of medals were awarded in modern pentathlon at the 2026 Asian Games. Maria Shtukina finished 27th, Rayana Os»»»

Enabling businesses to interact with financial data through natural-language conversations mazeed, a financial management platform, is announcing Matha the AI Financial Agent, at Seamless Middle East 2026. Already available on iOS and Android, Matha enables businesses to interact with their financi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani’s address at the opening session of the 81st United Nations General Assembly yesterday has drawn praise from diplomats in Doha, who highlighted Qatar’s continued emphasis on dialogue, mediation and multilateral cooperation in addressing regional»»»

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Arab Finance: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly proposed exploring an Austrian logistics zone within the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) to serve as a gateway for Austrian exports to Arab and African markets, as per a statement. He raised the proposal during a meeting with Austrian Chancel»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov met with European Council President António Costa on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. António Costa congratulated Sadyr Japarov on Kyrgyzstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and on the suc»»»

Some areas of Bishkek will be left without cold water on September 24, the City Hall reported. The water supply will be suspended from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The affected areas will include Kurenkeev, Abdrakhmanov, Belskaya and Aidarbekov streets, Zhibek Zholu Avenue, Big Chui Canal, the area along Ala-A»»»

Fog risk rises, winds shift as the UAE slowly eases from summer into cooler days Dubai: If it doesn't quite feel like autumn outside your window this morning, you're not imagining things. The UAE technically crossed into the new season in the early hours of Wednesday, as the September equinox arriv»»»

Doha, Qatar: A Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) medical student and an alumna have presented research exploring the potential of artificial intelligence and wearable technology to support early detection of cardiac abnormalities outside the hospital setting. Dounia Baroudi and Dr. Amal Alnaemi »»»

Trump defends opposition to AI regulation, says 'artificial' undersells the technology United Nations, United States: President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the US government would rename artificial intelligence "super intelligence" in official communications, as world leaders jostled ove»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov met with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The sides discussed prospects for developing bilateral relations, as well as cooperation within international orga»»»

Participants in the presidential election must submit details of their donors and campaign funding, the Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO) said on Wednesday. Parties and nomination committees must submit the information to BNAO in both paper and electronic form by September 30. It will be publi»»»

New York: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi participated yesterday in an event on straits used for international navigation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), on the sidelines of the 81st sessio»»»

Doha, Qatar: The second day of the sixth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Arab Anti-Corruption Convention featured discussions on strengthening preventive measures against corruption in the public sector, with a focus on integrity, artificial intelligence and cooperation among»»»

New York: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari, participated in a dialogue session titled “Qatar’s Strategic Role in a Changing Middle East” as part of the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit, held in New York on the »»»

Russian forces carried out coordinated strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial and fuel-energy complex, logistics centers, and sea vessels operating in the interests of the Ukrainian military, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Targets Struc»»»

Experts warn rogue-like AI bots could target critical global infrastructure In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence's (AI) rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov met with the President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The sides discussed the current state of Kyrgyzstan — Austria relations and prospects for further cooperation in trade, econo»»»