DOHA: Doha Design District, under Msheireb Properties, highlighted the cultural and architectural dimensions of Gulf ornamentation at a "Pattern Talk" session held as part of its monthly "Design Talks" program. The session, presented by architect and heritage specialist, Mohammed Ali Abel, examined»»»

Los Angeles, United States: Taylor Swift is having another good year -- just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old Swift had been even with Beyonce for the most Moo»»»

The victory of Kazakh track and field athlete Yasmina Toksanbayeva in the 42,195-kilometer race walk marathon at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan was annulled following a protest from her competitors, Tengrinews.kz reported. According to the report, Toksanbayeva finished first with a time of 3 hours 2»»»

Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Miles Pattenden, historian of the Catholic Church at the University of Oxford. For Pattenden, Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France is part of a broader recalibration of the papacy. While Pope Francis placed particular emphasis on the Catholic Church’s peripheries and t»»»

Developed between 2001 and 2004, the office property was among the first modern glass-and-steel buildings in central Bucharest and has a gross built area of approximately 10,000 square metres. Through this acquisition, Global Vision expands its office portfolio in Bucharest. Reff & Associates | Del»»»

New UAE rules replace certification with faster registration for domestic heliports Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s civil aviation authority has cut the processing time for registering domestic heliports to two working days from up to 135 days, replacing a certification requirement with a simplified registrat»»»

CTP, Europe’s largest listed developer, owner and operator of logistics and industrial real estate by gross lettable area (GLA), has leased 24,400 sqm at CTPark Bucharest South in Romania to Romstal, one of the country’s leading distributors of construction installation equipment. Romstal has lease»»»

Only 26% of Romanian consumers say they are in a comfortable financial position, meaning they can pay all their monthly bills and still have money left over for savings, holidays, leisure activities, and health and wellbeing expenses, according to PwC’s global Voice of the Consumer 2026 survey. By »»»

The Presidential Affairs Department of Kyrgyzstan has allocated 100 VIP tickets to orphans and graduates of children’s homes for the official opening of the new Bishkek Arena stadium. The information was announced by Igor Belyaev, head of the public foundation Protection of the Rights of Orphans. A»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Chairman of the Lawyers’ Admission Committee, HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi, has issued a series of regulatory decisions governing lawyers’ registration examinations, licensing of non-Qatari lawyers to appear on behal»»»

Mortgage affordability has remained stable throughout this year, with the instalment-to-wage ratio at a level similar to that recorded at the start of 2026, according to the Ipotecare.ro Index. The same level is forecast for the beginning of next year. In July, the latest month for which public sta»»»

Republika Srpska Minister of Education and Culture Borivoje Golubović said that director Lordan Zafranović’s film Golden Cut 42 – Children of Kozara represents an important artistic testimony to the suffering of the Serb people and makes a significant contribution to the culture of remembrance, par»»»

Housing prices remain on the rise, but the number of completed transactions is falling, pointing to signs of a gradual cooling in the property market. Stara Zagora is among the Bulgarian cities where housing prices have increased most sharply. According to Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute »»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told journalists that the Interior Ministry is currently engaged in organizing the elections. "We have considerable experience in this area," Demerdzhiev said. He was speaking before opening the 12th European Police Men’s Volleyball Championship on Monday. Bulgari»»»

Vice President thanks those who devoted their lives to serving people and advancing nation Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has outlined three principles he says will define successful leadership in a rapidly»»»

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the government had notified the Dutch embassy in Israel that its diplomats in Ramallah had to leave within one week. Saar said the decision was in response to a Dutch ban that went into effect on Sept. 22 on the “import, purchase and sale of goods” originat»»»

24k gold at Dh505.50, with 14k gold dropping below Dh300 for first time in months Dubai: The yellow metal has seen a sharp drop in prices over the weekend as the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz kept energy prices high and added to pressure on the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates again in i»»»

Nagoya, Japan: Kazakhstan's Yasmina Toxanbayeva suffered Asian Games heartbreak on Monday after her victory in the women's marathon race walk was scrubbed out on a footwear technicality. Danzeng Quzong was elevated to the gold-medal spot in a China one-two in Nagoya, with compatriot Ma Li second an»»»

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has captured a US autonomous underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz, the second such incident reported this month. According to an IRGC Navy statement carried by Iranian media, the military UROV was conducting espionage in the strategic wa»»»

Pressure piles up on Iran's aviation, financial sectors as rial faces severe depreciation US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed that Turkey and Oman had stopped Mahan Air flights, while the UAE had halted flights by Iranian airlines. Besides Turkey and Oman, Azerbaijan and Georgia have al»»»

San Francisco, United States: The White House released Sunday lists of products that could benefit from lower tariffs under an arrangement with China affecting $30 billion in goods in each direction, without specifying the rates or timetable. US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi»»»

Hezbollah supporters gathered near the tomb of their late former chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of his killing by Israel, defiant even as two wars have left the Iran-backed group weakened. AFP correspondents saw thousands of people, many carrying Hezbollah fl»»»

Raising children in Hungary can represent a substantial financial commitment for an average-income family, even after taking state benefits and tax allowances into account. A new model calculation estimates what extra financial burden — however inappropriately it sounds — having a first child creat»»»

Award recognises leadership uniting business and philanthropy for lasting impact Leaders from government, philanthropy, business, science and culture were honoured at the 2026 Changemakers Awards ceremony, held during the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly. The event was presented by the Globa»»»

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its allies won enough seats in France's Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party's history Sunday, securing 14 seats out of 348. Half the upper house is elected through indirect voting every three years, wit»»»

After three days marked by popular enthusiasm and crowds of worshippers in Paris and Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV will end his four-day visit to France on Monday in the northeastern city of Metz with a Mass and a speech about the future of European integration.  Pope Leo XIV was to spe»»»

State media in Iran on Monday reported that no new talks were planned with the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump told media he expected more negotiations. "Iran's delegation in New York (for the U.N. General Assembly) has no plans for negotiations with the United States," said the of»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Thousands of Ukrainian phone scammers are targeting Europeans, robbing vulnerable groups and involving youths into criminal behavior, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik. "The army of thousands of Ukrainian phone scammers is already targeting ordinar»»»

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Nagoya, Japan: India and Pakistan stayed on course to meet in the Asian Games cricket final after both men's quarter-finals were abandoned Monday because of rain and a sodden outfield in Nagoya. Pakistan went through first against Hong Kong without a ball being bowled under competition rules that s»»»

Iran’s diplomatic missions turn to Tollywood, following Balakrishna’s post with Baahubali DUBAI: Iran’s diplomatic missions appear to have discovered an unexpected way to communicate online — through Indian cinema. Days after an Iranian embassy used a fiery scene featuring Telugu star Nandamuri Bal»»»

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The value of transactions made at the company's terminals in Romania using cards issued abroad rose by 63% in July-August 2026 compared with the summer of last year, reaching a quarter of a billion lei, according to a specialized analysis published last wek.According to data compiled by global paym»»»

Forvis Mazars Group, the international audit, tax and advisory services partnership, has released the latest edition of its Financial reporting of European banks ...»»»

CashClub, the cashback and smart shopping platform, is launching a new version of its website and mobile app after three months of development and an investment of 20,000 euros, funded entirely from its own resources by reinvesting the cash flow generated in previous months. The new version comes a»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) organized an event in Bucharest bringing together business leaders, investors, and capital market experts from Romania to discuss ways companies can strengthen their operations and finance future growth in the food and agro-industrial sect»»»

The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) welcomes the adoption of legislation on savings and investment accounts by the Chamber of Deputies?a mechanism that can support the development of Romania's capital market and encourage public participation in long-term financial investments."The adoption o»»»

Banca Transilvania has raised EUR500 million from international markets through a bond issuance that generated an order book of nearly EUR2 billion, at a spread of 0.45 percentage points above the yield of Eurobonds with similar maturity issued by the Romanian state.According to a release from the »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - London's attempts to use puppet organizations to harm Russia's security are doomed to fail, an operational officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday. London is seeking to create the illusion for the outside world that an alternative center of power is b»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia does not believe Japan's promises to remove Typhon missile systems following exercises with the US and Australia and warns that such actions will not go without consequences, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said. "The Japanese promise us that they [the Typho»»»

Beijing investment bank sets up DIFC office to serve Middle East clients and investors Dubai: China Securities has established a regional office in Dubai International Financial Centre, giving the Beijing-headquartered investment bank a base to serve clients and investors across the Middle East. Si»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Blind (QSCCB) organised a meeting, in cooperation with the unit for following up on programmes for persons with disabilities at the Da’wah and Religious Guidance Department of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, on media and its impac»»»

IndiGo Flight 6E 6542 had to execute a go-around during its initial approach New Delhi: An IndiGo Guwahati-Bengaluru flight suffered a “tail strike” while landing at Kempegowda International Airport, to which the airline said on Sunday it was an ‘Abnormal Runway Contact’ while landing during gusty »»»

Doha, Qatar: Senior Consultant Family Medicine at Leabaib Health Center, affiliated with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Dr. Mohammed Al Otaibi has urged the public to prioritise heart health through prevention, regular check-ups and a healthy lifestyle, warning against ignoring symptom»»»

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The 17th edition of Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, one of the highlights of the autumn film season, will take place in Bucharest from 23 October to 1 November.According to a press release the organisers sent on Thursday, screenings will be held at Cinema Elvire Popesco, Cinema Muzeul Taranului Rom»»»

Market services provided mainly to enterprises recorded a decline in turnover in the first seven months of this year compared with 2025, both as gross series (-1.9%) and as series adjusted according to the number of working days and seasonality (-2.6%), according to the National Institute of Statis»»»

Turnover in wholesale trade (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell in the first seven months of this year, both in unadjusted terms (-0.4%) and on a seasonally and business-day adjusted basis (-0.2%), compared with the same period in 2025, according to data published on Friday by»»»

The unemployment rate recorded at national level increased by 0.01 percentage points in August compared with the previous month, to 3.26%, while the total number of unemployed reached 260,919, the National Employment Agency (ANOFM) announced on Friday.Of the total number of registered unemployed, 6»»»