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Foreign individuals and companies can register .tr, .com.tr and the other open zones first-come, first-served with no Turkish company, address, trademark or documents. Zone-by-zone table with TRABIS registration counts, the data the registrar must collect, the restricted names that need documents, the expiry and reallocation timeline, the 60-day transfer lock, WHOIS rules for individuals and companies, the Turkish-language dispute service and Law 7590, which moved .tr regulation from the BTK to the Cybersecurity Presidency in 2026.

Foreign individuals and companies can register .co.il and .org.il with no Israeli address, company or trademark; .il has no open second level and six zones are reserved for Israeli institutions. Zone-by-zone table with the ISOC-IL rule sections, the holder data the registry checks, the names you cannot register (including any existing TLD string), the 3-month renewal window and how the Hebrew-language IL-DRP differs from the UDRP.

Anyone can register a plain .ae domain with no UAE address, licence or documents; .co.ae, .net.ae and the other third-level zones are restricted and sold only by UAE-based registrars. Zone-by-zone table with the .aeDA policy sections, the trademark route for .co.ae, the warranties .aeDA can enforce, the expiry timeline and why the UAE dispute policy is stricter than the UDRP.

Since 22 October 2026 a .qa domain requires a Qatari commercial registration, a trademark registered in Qatar, or Qatari citizenship or residency. Before-and-after table with the policy sections, who qualifies for each Qatar zone, the trademark route for foreign companies, the ban on selling or renting a .qa, and what changes for existing domains.

A business outside Thailand can register a .co.th with a trademark or company name and a representative in Thailand. This guide, checked against the T.H.NIC registration guideline of March 2026, explains the three routes, the documents, what changed in 2026, the naming rules, .co.th vs .in.th vs second-level .th (round 3 of 2026 open until 30 November), the expiry timeline and why there is no UDRP for .th.

The .ai registry enables internationalized domain names (IDNs) for .ai, com.ai, net.ai, off.ai and org.ai on 19 October 2026, after a test phase for registrars from 7 October. This guide lists all 57 supported languages and scripts with their IDN tags, explains the difference between a language and a script entry, shows how IDN .ai names look in punycode, and covers what to check for browsers and email.

auDA has approved in principle a change to .com.au and .net.au eligibility that would remove the 'close and substantial connection' route. It is not in force: draft rules will go to public consultation first. This guide compares today's rules with the proposal, shows who would be affected, and explains how a foreign company registers a .com.au with an Australian trade mark.

Slovenia's .si extension is being registered worldwide as shorthand for 'super intelligence' since September 2026. Anyone can hold one, with no local presence. This guide covers what happened, how .si compares with .ai, the registry rules that matter and the risks to check before you buy.

Around 80 country domain extensions ask for a local address, contact or company. This guide lists them one by one, says who can register each directly, and shows the two legal routes for everyone else: a trustee service or a locally registered trademark.