Doha, Qatar: The road to FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 reaches a crucial point this week as seven one-off qualification matches will decide the remaining places in the 16-team FIFA Arab Cup. With the spotlight on today’s fixtures, Palestine’s meeting with Libya at Thani bin Jassim Stadium stands out as »»»

The Dubai International Baja wrapped up the 2025 season in style as the final round of both the FIA World Baja Championship and the FIA Middle East Baja Championship, with Qatari drivers signing off with a series of strong results. Qatar’s consistency across the season was rewarded as the QMMF Team»»»

Bitcoin mining is quietly staging a comeback in China despite being banned four years ago, as individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data center boom in some energy-rich provinces, according to miners and industry data. China had been the world's biggest crypto mining count»»»

For two decades, Andrei Klimenko has been amassing a collection of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders for a small museum he runs in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city. Western music was officially banned in the Soviet Union but enjoyed widespread popularity, with tape recorders used to make boot»»»

Doha, Qatar: QatarEnergy LNG recently hosted its Annual CEO Forum 2025, held over two sessions on November 2 for Trainees and November 9 for National Graduates. The event provided developees with a valuable platform to engage directly with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and members of senior man»»»

HELSINKI/VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 November 2025 — Launching the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, OSCE leaders, called today for renewed commitment and stronger action to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls across the OSCE region. They urged OSCE participating States, p»»»

Maxim Shatskikh, the first Asian footballer to score a goal in the UEFA Champions League, has been appointed head coach of the newly established football club Asia. Previously, Shatskikh coached players of the Uzbek club Andijan. FC Asia was founded in 2025 and has been granted the right to compete»»»

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov has signed a decree that significantly changes the status of the Zhusup Abdrakhmanov Academy of Public Administration. The educational institution is being granted a special status with organizational, financial, and academic autonomy. The document aim»»»

The International Monetary Fund has finalized its 2025 consultation for Bulgaria, approving its expert conclusions through the “silent procedure” after a mission visited the country in September under the leadership of Fabian Bornhorst. The institution’s assessment underscores that domestic demand »»»

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey sees opportunities to work with South Korea “in multiple regions of the world,” including reconstruction efforts in Syria and the Gaza Strip, during a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung in the Turkish capital. Anadolu »»»

Britain could attempt to undermine US President Donald Trump’s peacemaking stance by discrediting him with allegations of ties to Soviet and Russian intelligence services, the press office of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported. According to the SVR, London fears that Trump’s push »»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met on Tuesday with HE Special Envoy of the French President, Paul Soler, who is currently visiting the country. The meeting reviewed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and t»»»

US President Donald Trump's peace plan goes in the right direction but there are aspects that need improvement to make it acceptable for Ukraine and Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio on Tuesday. "It's an initiative that goes in the right direction: peace. However, there are as»»»

Dubai: Employees in the UAE can expect their salaries to increase by around 4.1 per cent in 2026, according to a new forecast from the global consulting firm Korn Ferry. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.This is a slight drop from the 4.2 per cent raise given in 2025 but»»»

Doha, Qatar: West Lake Motors, a subsidiary of Al Mana Holding, proudly marked a new milestone in Qatar’s automotive landscape with the opening of the first SOUEAST showroom in Doha. The launch event, held at the brand-new SOUEAST showroom on Salwa Road, brought together a vibrant mix of media repr»»»

Doha, Qatar: Vodafone Qatar yesterday announced the commercial launch of its 5G Standalone (SA) network, which marks a significant leap forward in its digital transformation journey. The company has partnered with Nokia to deliver 5G SA in Qatar and they are jointly showcasing two use cases – immer»»»

Doha, Qatar: Invest Qatar, the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar, and the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at deepening economic and investment cooperation between Qatar and Poland. This collaboration, formalised during the Poland-Qatar In»»»

Israeli occupation forces launched a widespread raid campaign across various parts of the West Bank early Tuesday morning, carrying out arrests and assaults on Palestinian civilians and their property. Assassination and Raids in Nablus In Nablus, occupation forces announced the assassination of wan»»»

A volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region, long considered inactive, erupted suddenly on Sunday, marking the first known activity from the Hayli Gubbi volcano in nearly 10,000 years. Satellite observations captured the moment the eruption sent towering ash clouds into the atmosphere, rising to an estimat»»»

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), previously announced as the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, has undergone significant changes. Launched in 2015 with an investment of $46 billion (later revised to $62–65 billion), the project was originally intended to become a transfo»»»

A meeting between the Minister of Education of Kyrgyzstan, Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva, and an Austrian delegation took place at the Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan. According to the ministry, the delegation included representatives of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, educational institution»»»

Food SecurityNigeriaParts of Nigeria face unprecedented levels of hunger, saysShakeel Sobhan with AFP, ReutersThe UN food assistance agency warned that nearly 35 million people in Nigeria could face severe food insecurity in 2026. The country is seeing escalating jihadi violence and mass kidnapping»»»

Representatives of the Romanian Society of Pneumology (SRP) drew an alarm signal on the occasion of the World COPD Day, about the impact of SRP, a disease affecting over 10% of adult world population and representing the third cause of death in the world. Specialists estimated that only half of COP»»»

The automotive industry in Romania is not just any sector, but is a pillar of exports, an employer for tens of thousands of families and increasingly more an innovation platform that influences the entire economy, senior offical with Romania's Energy Ministry Cristian Buoi told on Tuesday the third»»»

According to the annual report of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), analyzed by Wines of Romania, global wine production registered a 3% advance in 2025, marking only a modest recovery after the extremely poor harvest in 2024. The total estimated volume for 2025 is 232 million »»»

Drought, the number one challenge for farmers, exceeding by 30% preoccupations for imput costs 73% of farmers already diversify cultures, while 71% introduce drought resistant varieties 86% of farmers have concrete development plans for 2026-2028, laying accent on new technologies and climate resil»»»

About 68% of internet users in Romania, equivalent to approximately 7.9 million people, play games at least once a month, according to the most recent national study on the profiling and segmentation of video game users.Conducted in July 2025 by the Romanian Video Game Developers Association (RGDA)»»»

The Romanian real estate investment market recorded a total volume of just over €425 million in the first three quarters of 2025, representing a 6% share of real estate transactions in the CEE-6 region, down from over 8% in 2024 and a peak of more than 11% in 2022, according to Colliers’ ”CEE Inves»»»

19 holiday destinations with direct flights from Bucharest and the major cities of the country. AnimaWings, the 100% Romanian airline, launches the full program of tourist flights for the summer season 2026. The company will operate 19 routes to popular destinations in Greece and Spain, with depart»»»

An elderly journalist long associated with the Bulgarian community in North Macedonia has reported a new case of hate-motivated aggression in Skopje. Vladimir Perev, 80, says he was verbally assaulted and struck in the face while waiting in line at a shop in the Macedonian capital. In his account p»»»

A symposium was held last Sunday (23 November) on the sidelines of the sponsored by the Ministry of Local Government at the Tripoli International Fair from 23-26 November. The symposium was part of the ‘‘Green Energy and Sustainable Development Options Dialogue’’ and was on the jojoba tree, green e»»»

Dubai Airshow 2025 set a record with deals surpassing $202 billion, double the $101 billion secured at the 18th edition in 2023. The 19th edition of the event, ranked among the largest globally, drew record attendance over five days, welcoming 248,788 visitors, including experts, decision makers, a»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is keen to broaden its strategic partnership with the Republic of Azerbaijan and diversify investment ventures in line with the shared interests of both countries, Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed has said. The first meeting of the Q»»»

NEW YORK, Nov 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwait called on the international community to uphold its global commitments toward the rights of persons with disabilities, stressing the need to ensure that children with disabilities are included in all programs even when resources are limited.The remarks came in a sp»»»

On. Nov. 25, 1990, the floating Lacey V. Murrow Bridge sank during a Thanksgiving storm in Washington state. 1 of 7 | On. November 25, 1990, the floating Lacey V. Murrow Bridge, pictured here after 1968, sank during a Thanksgiving storm in Washington state. File Photo courtesy of the Historic Ameri»»»

Tunis, Nov. 25 (TAP) — The weather, on Tuesday, will be partly cloudy over most regions. It will become gradually very cloudy in the afternoon in the far north, where temporarily stormy and sometimes heavy rainfall is expected. This rain will...»»»

The Director General of the Syrian Investment Authority, Talal al-Hilali, met with a delegation from the Saudi real estate company AJDAN to discuss potential investment opportunities in Syria’s real estate and tourism sectors, aiming to revitalize the country’s struggling economy. During the meetin»»»

Major Sunni powers and parties in Iraq declared the formation of a unified bloc, following the example of the Shiite forces that had formed the Coordination Framework a few years ago. The new National Political Council brings together the main parties that won over 65 seats in this month’s parliame»»»

The controversial, US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it is winding down its aid operations in the Palestinian territory, after almost six months. The organisation had already suspended its three food distribution sites in Gaza after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel »»»

Dubai: OpenAI has expanded its data residency options to the UAE, a move that gives businesses, public-sector entities and education providers the ability to store data at rest within the country when using ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu or OpenAI’s API platform. Sign up for our daily business new»»»

Doha, Qatar: The American School of Doha hosted its fourth annual Sing Out Primary Choral Festival on Thursday, November 20, 2025. The event brought together young singers from schools across Qatar for a day of music, unity, and celebration. This year’s festival highlighted the power of collective »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates is inviting global youth ages 18–26 to apply for the eighth cohort of its international ambassador programme. This 12-week virtual experience empowers participants to engage in constructive dialogue, collaborate on solutions to global challenges and form»»»

Doha, Qatar: Shell has officially launched the 2025/2026 NXplorers programme with a three-day teacher training workshop at the Ministry of Education & Higher Education (MoEHE). This marks the first milestone for the new NXplorers season, showcasing Shell’s ongoing commitment to fostering innovation»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $11.3 billion in January—September 2025, marking an 8.3 percent decline. Data from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) say. The analysis shows that the value of exports decreased by 25.7 percent, while imports fell by 3 percent. A decline in spending »»»

Nov. 25 (UPI) -- At least one tornado has touched down in the Houston area, damaging more than 100 homes, according to authorities. The homes were damaged in the Memorial Northwest neighborhoods, Harris County constable Mark Herman said in a statement, saying first responders were searching for any»»»

Abu Dhabi: The International Astronomical Centre has released satellite images showing a vast plume of sulphur dioxide drifting across the southern Arabian Peninsula following a powerful eruption of Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano on Sunday. Also Read: Ethiopia volcano eruption: India-UAE flights ca»»»

A plume of volcanic ash from Ethiopia has swept across the Red Sea through Oman and Yemen and reached the Indian capital Delhi. The eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia - reported to be dormant for several thousand years - began on Sunday morning, sending an ash column thousands of feet »»»

Romania's relationship with the Republic of Moldova is a strategic one, and the evolution of trade certifies this, Catalin Dan, director for external relations at the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR), said on Monday.He added that trade has doubled in the last 10 years, reaching 3.3 »»»

? 53.3% of the total enterprises had as main activity market services ? The highest average number of employees was registered in the market services sector, representing 39.5% of total Compared to 2023, the total number of enterprises increased by 2.1%. At the end of 2024, there were 62789 enterpr»»»

Inflation anticipation for the next 12 months was reduced against the previous exercise, for the first time in this inflationist episode, but the fiscal policy remains the main risk on inflation and financial stability for next year, considers the president of the Association CFA Romania, Adrian Co»»»