Doha, Qatar: Qatar added a bronze medal at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 yesterday as wrestler Shahin Mohammed finished third in the men’s Greco-Roman 77kg category, while beach volleyball duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan advanced to the final. Shahin’s bronze took Team Qatar’s medal tally »»»

Kyrgyz wrestler Zholaman Sharshenbekov won a gold medal at the Asian Games in Japan. It is the first gold medal of the national team of Kyrgyzstan at the current Games. In the Greco-Roman wrestling final in the 60kg weight category, he defeated Uzbekistani Alisher Ganiev 7-5. Sharshenbekov began hi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar added another silver medal at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 yesterday as Mohammed Al-Rumaihi and Ray Bassil finished runners-up in the mixed team trap event, while beach volleyball duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan reached the semi-finals. The silver took Team Qatar’s meda»»»

Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler Zholaman Sharshenbekov has reached the final of the Asian Games currently being held in Japan. Today, he is competing in the men’s 60kg weight category. The Kyrgyz athlete began his participation in the round of 16, securing an early victory over South Korea’s wrestler K»»»

Niyaz Madiev has been appointed head of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) Department for Jalal-Abad region, the office of presidential envoy to the region reported. The new head was introduced to regional officials by Alisher Erbaev, deputy chairman of the SCNS and director of the An»»»

The Swiss government and parliament are urging voters to reject a proposal during an upcoming referendum that would strengthen the country’s neutrality policy by constraining Bern’s ability to impose unilateral sanctions. The motion is being pushed by pro-sovereignty politicians, who have criticize»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denied a report by Spanish newspaper El Mundo that the US Central Intelligence Agency had warned European governments of possible Russian drone attacks from the Mediterranean. He also said in a primetime TV interview that France will send troop»»»

The EU has agreed to remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list, while extending restrictions on nearly 3,000 individuals and companies linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine for another three years. The decision came after difficult negotiations, as EU sanct»»»

After months of getting the diplomatic run-around from Kiev, Hungary has just backed out of Ukraine’s ‘Carpathian Eight’ initiative, leaving egg all over Vladimir Zelensky’s face, who only announced the group on Friday. The first summit of the Carpathian Eight, where we launched the Carpathian Inte»»»

Azerbaijan's President ​Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned a ​French national imprisoned for espionage a day ​after ‌the ⁠EU lifted sanctions on a Russian billionaire. The French national ​Martin Ryan was pardoned by Azerbaijan's President ​Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday. The pardon came a day afte»»»

The EU’s 27 member states have agreed to remove Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from their sanctions blacklist, ending an impasse that threatened the very foundation of the bloc’s anti-Russian penalty regime. In a deal brokered by Ireland, which holds the EU’s rotating presi»»»

The EU is divided over a deal to de-sanction Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov. Ambassadors from EU member states failed on Monday to agree on whether to de-sanction the tycoon, amplifying deep divisions on attitudes towards Russia within the bloc. According to Euronews, France has pushed for Usm»»»

In Kyrgyzstan, the monthly pension supplement for mothers awarded the «Baatyr Ene» or «Mother Heroine» orders is proposed to be increased from 1,000 to 5,000 soms starting in January 2027. A draft law has been submitted for public discussion. The amendments were initiated by members of the Zhogorku»»»

EU countries failed Monday to reach a final deal that would remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc's sanctions list, with diplomats set to resume talks Tuesday. EU countries failed Monday to finalise a deal that involved lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs »»»

Hawkish states resist easing pressure amid debate on blacklist of Russian elites EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas urged the bloc's member states Monday to maintain sanctions targeting Russia over the war on Ukraine, as countries work to push through an extension. "Sanctions are a core pillar of our resp»»»