Doha, Qatar: Qatar won three gold medals on the final day of the 10th FISU World University Weightlifting Championship - Doha 2026, hosted by Qatar Foundation. The championships brought together 116 male and female athletes from 21 countries in a global university sporting event that underscored Qa»»»

Anthropic said Thursday it had disrupted several state-sponsored surveillance operations using its artificial intelligence models, warning of the growing AI use to target dissidents and minorities. The campaigns, detected between January and July, originated in China, Iran and West Africa and targe»»»

Record inflows push reserves to $785.7 billion, overtaking Russia to claim No. 4 spot Mumbai: India has become the fourth largest holder of foreign exchange reserves in the world after the record surge in dollar inflows triggered by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) foreign currency non-resident »»»

So much has happened since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, that the events now seem both very distant and perhaps less consequential than they appeared at the time. However, both impressions are misleading. Twenty-five years is a considerable period in a huma»»»

The Japanese festival Bon Matsuri & Japan Fest 2026 will be held in Bishkek on September 19, the Kyrgyz Republic-Japan Center (KRJC) reports. The festival will feature traditional bon dances, with three major dance segments planned. They will range from the energetic Yosakoi to the traditional Toky»»»

Doha: The Qatar Football Association announced today that the national team will play a friendly match against Australia on November 13 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. This friendly match is part of the Al-Annabi team's preparations for the 2027 Asian Cup finals, which will be hosted by Saudi Arab»»»

Tunis, Sept. 11 (TAP)- The National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company (SONEDE) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA Tunisia) launched a new technical cooperation project to upscale water services in the governorate of ...»»»

Leaders of the BRICS nations will meet in New Delhi this weekend as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and U.S.-China tensions test the group's ability to act together. Host India will seek to balance its ties with China and Russia against its growing partnerships with the United States and other »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar will be hoping to add to its Asian Games medal tally through volleyball at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, with its strongest medal hopes resting on beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan. Qatar will field men’s and women’s teams in the indoor competition, in »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Classic 2026 opens tomorrow at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, and the draw brings together a number of heavyweight round-one clashes. A number of champions, former champions and home hero Abdulla Al-Tamimi will enter the fray today at the prestigious ind»»»

Pulling all nighters to serving karak in Japan, Kalypso & Vin spill their cosplay secrets Dubai: There are a few things you might expect to find in a cosplayer’s workspace: fabric, wigs, sewing machines and perhaps an alarming amount of glitter. What you may not expect is the toxic fumes, industria»»»

An opening ceremony for an automated air quality monitoring station was held at Osh State University as part of an international project to study and assess atmospheric air pollution. The City Hall of the southern capital announced. Attendees included Deputy Mayor Masuda Aidarbekova, Osh State Univ»»»

Youth unemployment still more than double overall OECD rate despite decline PARIS: The OECD unemployment rate reached 4.9% in July 2026, down from 5.0% in June and close to its historic low of 4.8% recorded in June 2023. The number of unemployed individuals in the OECD fell to 34.7 million, the low»»»

TNN/Agencies Tokyo Qatar’s men’s basketball team made a winning start as the 20th Asian Games ‘Aichi-Nagoya 2026’ began on Thursday. The continental sporting extravaganza in Japan has more participants than the Olympics with over 17,000 athletes and officials are expected to take part in 43 sports »»»

A massive attack by Yemeni’s Houthis on Saudi Arabia has become the first serious test for the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement – a defense pact between Riyadh, Ankara, and Islamabad established just a month ago. We’re no longer talking about a future security architecture in abstract terms. Rather, a»»»

Damascus, Sept. 10 (SANA) Fallout from the U.S.-Israeli-Iranian war is disrupting global aluminum supplies, cutting production in the Gulf and pushing prices higher as concerns grow over tightening supplies of the metal widely used in transport, construction, packaging and power infrastructure. Emi»»»

Tokyo: Japan said on Thursday it had asked for the revision of a new world map adopted by the United Nations because it made the disputed Kuril islands appear to belong to Russia. The UN General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt the new map, which makes the African continent larger while also shrin»»»

Five Egyptian companies are participating in the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), seeking to expand exports, attract investment and strengthen economic partnerships between Egypt and Greece. The Egyptian Commercial Service, through its office in Athens, is supporting Egypt’s participatio»»»

Expectations are growing that central banks globally will move to raise interest rates to hedge against an inflationary wave triggered by rising energy prices. Expert forecasts for the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) upcoming Monetary Policy Committee meeting on September 24 lean heavily toward keepi»»»

Tokyo: A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday marred by downpours and dense mist. Three vehicles belonging to people working on the mountain were partially buried Wednesday, as powerful gusts and torrential rain ba»»»

Tokyo: The Asian Games began in Japan on Thursday with Qatar beating Iran in men's basketball, the first action in the continental multi-sport showpiece that has more participants than the Olympics. Over 17,000 athletes and officials are expected to take part in 43 sports at the Nagoya-Aichi Games »»»

Doha, Qatar: The 20th Asian Games 2026 gets underway on 10 September in the Japanese city of Nagoya and the wider Aichi region – and beIN Sports (“beIN”), the leading sports broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), will deliver more than 1,700 hours of live, exclusive coverage across»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s fencing team is heading to the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with a clear goal: win the country’s first-ever medal in the sport at the Games. The event runs from September 19 to October 4. Nine fencers will represent Qatar: Ali Turki Awida, Khalid Arif Hussein, Abdul»»»

Khalid Tawalbeh Doha A multidisciplinary medical team from Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, is leading the medical contingent supporting the Qatari delegation at the 20th Asian Games “Aichi-Nagoya 2026”, which runs in Japan from September 19 to October 4. The 28-strong Qatari medi»»»

🇫🇷 🎞️ Usually associated with high fashion and culinary excellence, the French touch is prominent in another field not many know about: animation. The French animation industry is the third-largest exporter of animated content in the world, behind only the US and Japan. But why is France so go»»»

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce held a meeting with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to discuss expanding financing for small and medium-sized businesses, improving companies’ access to long-term investment resources and enhancing their competitiveness, the »»»

Europeans double down on Philippines: 6 reforms turning it into Asia’s next factory hub MANILA — European companies are taking a closer look at the Philippines. The country combines a large consumer market and a huge land area, equivalent to 7 times the size of the Netherlands. A new investment dri»»»

Tokyo, Japan: Hundreds of Asian Games athletes in Japan were briefly evacuated from their accommodation as record rainfall lashed host city Nagoya, with competition beginning on Thursday. Rainwater also leaked into some competition venues, with more wet weather forecast for the coming days. About 1»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar head to the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with high hopes in squash and padel, looking to strengthen its presence on the Asian sporting stage. The Games run in Japan from September 19 to October 4, and Qatar’s squash and padel teams are targeting strong finishes and a place »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s golfers will look to turn a period of intensive preparation and growing international exposure into a strong show when they compete at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan. Saleh Al Kaabi, Ali Al Shahrani and Daniil Sokolov will represent Qatar in the men’s individual and»»»

The US banned several Canadian imports, cut Canadian goods from federal procurement Washington, DC: The United States has announced a fresh round of trade measures against Canada, banning several categories of imports and reshuffling existing tariffs after Ottawa imposed its own retaliatory tariffs»»»

LONDON — European gas prices have more than doubled owing to the US-Iran war, just as Europe needs to replenish its reserves ahead of winter.AFP examines the severity of the current spike, comparing it with energy price shocks in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Why are reserves a key conce»»»

Japanese trading group Toyota Tsusho discussed expanding its investments in renewable energy and automotive manufacturing and assembly in Egypt, as Cairo seeks to attract more Japanese companies and establish a Japanese industrial zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE). Foreign Minister Badr»»»

Parliamentary diplomacy in focus as Abu Dhabi hosts talks on Gaza relief Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council (FNC), discussed developments in the Gaza Strip and regional and international efforts to support the hu»»»

Malayali group steps in to arrange funeral and return ashes to family A Malayali community group in Japan has stepped in to arrange the funeral of a 22-year-old Kerala woman who died after being struck by a train in Gifu, with her grieving family unable to travel to Japan for the last rites. V. Dev»»»

Japan has protested against Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips, saying Tuesday that Tokyo is studying the potential impact on Japanese companies. China imposed the curb on imports of dichlorosilane from Japan, saying its exports of the materia»»»

John Cena, Mackenyu and Charithra Chandran headline this year's Meet the Stars line-up Dubai: Middle East Film & Comic Con returns to ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from 11 to 13 September, marking its 14th edition. Last year's event drew more than 46,000 fans, and this year's line-up spans Hollywood names»»»

Arab Finance: Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corporation plans to assemble a new series of Toyota vehicles in Egypt in the coming period, President and CEO Toshimitsu Imai said during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, as per a statement. Madbouly met with Imai at the governmen»»»

Doha, Qatar: Former Olympic champion Fares Ibrahim and rising talent Ouisal Ikhlef will spearhead Qatar’s medal bid in weightlifting at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, as the duo targets medals in Japan from September 19 to October 4. Fares, who won silver at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Gam»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is once again preparing to welcome the world’s leading squash stars as the Qatar Classic 2026 brings another week of world-class action to Doha from September 12 to 18. The prestigious PSA World Tour Platinum event will return to the iconic Khalifa International Tennis and Squash»»»

Tokyo: Japan’s education ministry confirmed that a total of 3,661 schools across 11 prefectures were forced to close on Monday due to rainfall lashing eastern Japan and surrounding regions. As heavy rain lashed eastern Japan and elsewhere from the early hours of Monday, schools, including elementar»»»

Union Minister of State Prasada leads Indian team at G20 Innovation Ministers' meeting Washington, DC: India has joined the United States and 24 other nations in a global initiative to guide the development and deployment of next-generation 6G telecommunications networks, the US Department of Comme»»»

She urges other Japanese women to consider growing their broods Birth rates in Japan may be slowly crawling higher - 2026’s figure was only 0.8 per cent more than the previous year, according to figures by the country's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare – but it’s still rare to see multiple ch»»»

London: Jaguar Land Rover said Monday that it would cut "around 4,000 roles over the next two years", or about ten percent of its global workforce, in a further blow to Europe's automobile industry. The company revealed its voluntary redundancy scheme just days after the German car giant Volkswagen»»»

Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto is also considering a ban on short-term lodging Tokyo: Tokyo tourist hotspot Shinjuku will impose a ban on more than half of its holiday rentals including homes on Airbnb, an official said Monday, after a surge in complaints about visitors. Known for its buzzing com»»»

Kyrgyzstan finished the VI World Nomad Games in first place in the medal standings. Kyrgyz athletes won a total of 72 medals. The Kyrgyz team secured 30 gold, 29 silver and 13 bronze medals. Kazakhstan finished second with 64 medals — 29 gold, 16 silver and 19 bronze. Russia took third place with 3»»»

Pyongyang signals tactical nuclear cruise missile role for new-generation destroyer Leader Kim Jong Un vowed to build North Korea's navy into a nuclear-armed force, state media reported Monday as US allies' maritime drills kicked off. This week's manoeuvres involving Japan, South Korea and the Unit»»»

Tokyo: Incumbent Yuichiro Tamaki secured a third consecutive term as leader of Japan’s opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP) on Sunday. According to Kyodo News, Tamaki, 57, defeated Mikihiko Hashimoto, a 30-year-old House of Representatives lawmaker, in the election. His new three-year t»»»

Korean cinema returns to Budapest this September with 24 feature films, three visiting directors and a programme stretching from historical drama to occult action and zombie comedy. The 19th Korean Film Festival will run from 25 September to 2 October at Budapest’s Corvin Cinema, offering audiences»»»

Japan’s own treatment of history should not be imposed on others, says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting the demand to dismantle the new war monument in Russia's Khabarovsk. “If Tokyo treats Japanese history with contempt, this affliction should not be allowed to spre»»»