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Qatar’s calendar is action-packed with concerts, motorsport, football and cultural festivals among the highlights in Doha and beyond between September 2026 and March 2027. The FIFA Under-17 World Cup will return to the Gulf nation, alongside the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, the MotoGP Qatar Airways Grand Prix and live performances from global stars including John Legend and Hans Zimmer. The season will also include heritage exhibitions, design showcases and food festivals. Here are the key events taking place in Qatar this autumn and winter… 8-12 September 2026: S’hail – Katara International Hunting & Falcons Exhibition The 10th…

Published on 30/08/2026 – 0:19 GMT+2 Polling stations closed at 10:00 pm local time on Saturday for Iceland’s high-stakes EU referendum. Vote counting is expected to begin shortly, with results due overnight. On Saturday, Icelanders were called to vote on whether to resume accession negotiations with the European Union or abandon any prospect of joining the bloc for the foreseeable future. According to preliminary figures, voter turnout was higher than, or at least comparable to, the 2024 parliamentary elections, when it reached 80%, according to local media. Until a few days before the vote, polls suggested a neck-and-neck race, with…

Before France knows who its next president will be, it must first adopt a budget for the year 2027. That is the main task facing the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, he told French daily Le Parisien in an interview. With less than eight months to go before the first round of the presidential election and no majority in the National Assembly, Lecornu said he hopes to avoid a political stalemate by promising a budget”with measures that, for the most part, can be reversed by the new majority that emerges from the ballot box.” Lecornu is not planning to raise…

Published on 29/08/2026 – 18:44 GMT+2 A flotilla of around 50 vessels from the Costa del Sol and other Spanish ports set sail on Saturday for Ceuta to show their support for the city after the migratory crisis that has been unfolding since the end of July, according to local media. The initiative, dubbed the Fleet of Solidarity with Ceuta, brings together around 120 participants under the slogan “We are all Ceuta, Spain responds as one”. The organisers have arranged up to 60 free berths in the city’s harbour for the participating boats. The vessels have not departed as a…

Kazakhstan has entered a new political season with a reshaped political system after the country’s newly established unicameral parliament, with its lawmakers gathered for its first session on Friday in Astana. It comes Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet party won more than 71 percent of the vote in last Sunday’s parliamentary election, that was triggered by a new constitution adopted earlier this year. The session attended by all 145 members opened with an address by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who formally declared the first session of the first convocation of the Kurultai open and described it as the beginning of an important new…

Published on 29/08/2026 – 18:51 GMT+2 Tadej Pogačarhas been forced to abandon La Vuelta a España after suffering a heavy crash 33 kilometres from the finish of the eighth stage, held between Puçol and Xeraco in Spain’s Valencian Community, according to local media. The 27-year-old Slovenian rider was the undisputed leader of the general classification and held an advantage of 3 minutes 50 seconds over Enric Mas. The UAE Team Emirates rider suffered a heavy impact while travelling at high speed at the front of the peloton and quickly showed signs of pain in his shoulder and elbow. Images taken…

Russian forces previously attempted a ground attack on Kyiv at the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, launched in part from nearby Belarus, but were ultimately repelled by the Ukrainian military. Palisa’s comments come not long after a Wall Street Journal report that Russia is testing its ability to mobilize more troops. The Kremlin is now losing more troops than it can recruit, while a growing exodus of Russians reflects escalating fears that Moscow is poised to announce a new mobilization effort. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Saturday that “escalation from Russia’s side is progressing.” He made…

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Published on 29/08/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 Iceland’s capital Reykjavík recorded a higher voter turnout in the high-stakes EU referendum by noon than at the same time during the country’s parliamentary elections in 2024, preliminary figures showed on Saturday. In the hours after voters began casting their ballots in the referendum that will determine whether to reopen EU accession talks, 13.7% had voted by noon in the Reykjavík North constituency, compared to just over 10% in the 2024 election. In Reykjavík South, just over 14% had voted by noon, compared to just over 11% for the parliamentary election. More than 20%…

Uzbekistan marked 35 years of independence with a large-scale celebration in New Tashkent on 28 August 2026. Thousands of people gathered for an evening of live music, dance and entertainment, with performances by some of the country’s best-known singers and dancers. International artists also appeared on stage, including British soprano Sarah Brightman, Italian tenor Alessandro Safina and Spanish tenor José Carreras. The programme combined live performances with large-scale stage production, including 3D projections, lighting effects and robotic performances. The celebrations culminated in a drone show above New Tashkent, with hundreds of drones forming moving images and patterns in the night…