Kinshasa: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo administered the first vaccine doses on Friday in a major clinical trial aimed at halting the country's largest recorded outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain. The Phase 2/3 trial, known as Tumaini, was launched in Bunia, »»»

ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt and Pakistan on Friday described the Israeli occupation as “the main source of instability in the Middle East and beyond.” They called for the urgent implementation of a two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, and the intensificat»»»

Moscow and Kiev have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the frontline town of Alyoshki in Russia’s Kherson Region to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations following mediation co-ordinate by US First Lady Melania Trump, the Kremlin has confirmed. Located near the front line in K»»»

South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries o»»»

US troops have been warned against using inside information to bet on prediction markets, the Associated Press has reported, citing a directive issued by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who said such wagers could expose military plans and influence operational decisions. The memo, dated Tuesday a»»»

Thursday's incident involving Parliament Chair Mihaela Dotsova's security detail and a journalist from the PIK news agency led the chief of the National Service for Protection (NSP), Emil Tonev, to tender his resignation on Friday. Political parties insisted on more resignations. The calls followed»»»

Tokyo: Qatari Paralympic champion Abdulrahman Abdulqader has won the bronze medal in the shot put at the Asian Para Games, currently under way in Nagoya, Japan, adding a new milestone to Qatar's sporting record on the continental stage. Abdulqader claimed bronze after a fierce contest against a fie»»»

ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt and Pakistan on Friday described the Israeli “occupation as the main source of instability in the Middle East and beyond”, calling for an urgent implementation of the two-state solution in Palestine and diplomatic efforts to end the Israel-US war with Iran. In»»»

LONDON/CHICAGO: The annual olive harvest is a time when Palestinian farmers return to their groves, often working land that has sustained their families for generations. But across the occupied West Bank, the harvest has increasingly brought the threat of settler violence and, this year, renewed in»»»

The Sofia Military Court ruled on Friday that no pre-trial restraint measure is necessary for Lieutenant Martin Varadinov, a guard with the National Service for Protection (NSP) who is accused of causing bodily injury to journalist Sonya Koltuklieva in an incident on Thursday. The ruling was implem»»»

The French government announced that 70,000 police officers will be deployed across the country on Saturday in a bid to avoid a repeat of the violence and looting that plagued last weekend's demonstrations. After meeting with President Emmanuel Macron Friday, high school student groups that sparked»»»

Netanyahu pushes for Iran regime change as US envoy Tom Barrack signals possible strike Jerusalem: The United States could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, a US envoy said Friday, after mounting threats by both Washington and Israel. "Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely," Tom Barra»»»

WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump has brokered a coming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged, Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Friday. The localized ceasefire is set to begin Thur»»»

GENEVA: Time is running out to get aid into Taiz, besieged by pro-Iran Houthi fighters who are preventing supplies from reaching Yemen’s third-largest city, the United Nations said Friday. Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October, blocking the road that links it to Aden, interim capi»»»

European governments should stop worrying about their growing dependence on American AI, US tech giant Palantir’s top executive for the UK and Europe has said. Instead, they should focus on the advantages the products offer, particularly against Russia, Palantir UK CEO Louis Mosley believes. The Eu»»»

Additional naval assets and troops add to concerns over a possible new offensive Washington: The United States appears to be preparing to resume large-scale strikes against Iran, but there is unlikely to be a military solution for either side in the devastating conflict, experts say. Washington and»»»

JERUSALEM: The United States could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, a US envoy said Friday, after mounting threats by both Washington and Israel. “Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely,” Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkiye and point man on Syria who does not have a direct role »»»

Trappes, France: A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five others—including a 12-year-old girl who was shot eight times—in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Friday, in an assault the French presidency condemned as a "racist terrorist attack." French President Emmanuel Macron visite»»»

Russia-US negotiations on Ukraine are shifting towards revising the European security architecture, Lorenzo Maria Pacini, associate professor of political philosophy and geopolitics at UniDolomiti in Italy's Belluno, tells Sputnik. "It is no coincidence that the Kremlin has identified the establish»»»

DUBAI: Hundreds of people gather, pushing toward the front with their arms outstretched, holding empty plates and containers in the hope of securing a meagre meal that may be all they eat that day. They wait for food parcels that have become part of daily life, with no guarantee of when the next di»»»

By Staff, Agencies Senator Bernie Sanders has donated $1 million to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed after learning that the pro-“Israel” lobbying group AIPAC was preparing to spend up to $9 million against him, The New York Times reported. Sanders transferred the funds on Wednesda»»»

Martin Varadinov, a guard with the National Service for Protection (NSP) who is accused of causing medium bodily injury to journalist Sonya Koltuklieva, told the Sofia Military Court on Friday that he believes he lawfully performed his duties during Thursday's incident and asked the court to impose»»»

You can usually tell how many countries a company employs in by how it talks about compliance. With one country, people talk about it as a state: we are compliant, we had an audit, it went fine. With six, that language stops working. Somebody asks whether you are compliant in a particular market an»»»

JERUSALEM: An Israeli human rights group on Friday urged pressure to stop Israel from forcibly displacing Palestinians in response to a deadly attack on Israeli troops. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days before elections, warned of a massive response to Friday’s attack near Hebron incl»»»

NAIROBI: Fighting in a southern Ethiopian border town has killed at least nine people over the past few days, an official at a local hospital said, while a Kenyan official said at least 2,500 people had fled into Kenya. Local residents say the fighting in the Ethiopian town of Moyale, which sits op»»»

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As the US midterm elections approach, President Donald Trump is stepping up his campaign with a combination of financial promises and economic incentives, while warning that states and voters could lose access to federal funding and assistance if Republicans fail to win. As the White House seeks to»»»

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince departs Greece after strengthening diplomatic relations Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, has concluded an official visit to the Hellenic Republic at the invitation of its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Sheikh Khaled was bid farewe»»»

From our special correspondent in Tel Aviv – After more than three years of war, the number of Israeli soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following bloody campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon has risen drastically. In the lead-up to Israel’s crucial legislative elec»»»

At least seven people have been killed and 34 others wounded in a church shooting in Jordan, authorities said Friday. The unidentified assailants allegedly attacked the Greek Orthodox church during a funeral in the Karak directorate in the central part of the country. Seven people were killed and 3»»»

One year after the ceasefire in Gaza, efforts to recover the bodies buried beneath the rubble are continuing. Civil Defense officials say 1,000 bodies have been recovered so far, but the task remains immense: between 8,000 and 10,000 more are still believed to be buried under the debris, including »»»

A gunman firing from a vehicle in a Paris suburb Friday killed one person and wounded several others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what French authorities suspect may have been a racially motivated attack.»»»

CHICAGO: In a move reflecting significant backlash against the growing involvement of pro-Israel political action campaign money, the leading pro-Israel lobbying organization in the US, AIPAC, has reversed its 2021 policy of publicly identifying candidates who receive their money. In election cycle»»»

Abdullah bin Zayed expresses solidarity with Jordan after church shooting Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a phone call with Ayman Safadi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom o»»»

At a briefing at Yes, Bulgaria headquarters in Sofia on Friday, Democratic Bulgaria coalition leaders reiterated their call for the resignation of National Service for Protection (NSP) head Emil Tonev and Parliament Chair Mihaela Dotsova. "We called for two resignations: of National Assembly Chair »»»

Berlin: Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany was taken to hospital by an emergency medical team on Friday after collapsing during training, the club said. "Vincent Kompany had to seek medical attention on Friday after collapsing during a training session with FC Bayern's reserve team," Bayern said o»»»

Melania Trump brokers ceasefire in war-torn Ukrainian city of Oleshky US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and running out of food. Residents in»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Swiss government has denied that a woman diagnosed with Nigeria’s first Ebola case in more than a decade traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), contradicting an earlier account from Ugandan authorities about her movements before the infection was detecte»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Gaza-based Palestinian resistance coalition, has praised a shooting operation in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil that left two “Israeli” soldiers dead and three others wounded, describing it as a response to ongoing atrocities a»»»

US President Donald Trump has invoked a Cold War-era national security law to boost domestic oil production and refining, as rising fuel prices threaten the Republicans’ chances in November’s midterm elections. Speaking on Thursday at a Republican campaign rally in Iowa – an agricultural state wher»»»

RIYADH: Survivors of the Oct. 10 Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh have recounted scenes of explosions, smoke and bloodshed, describing how they tried to help fellow passengers despite suffering serious injuries. Their accounts feature in a documentary titled “Before Boar»»»

MEDAN, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities said on Friday they made two major drug busts worth millions of dollars on the island of Sumatra within days. Police and customs officers intercepted a ship carrying 1.1 tons of ketamine in the waters off Sumatra on Tuesday, according to national police chie»»»

DAMASCUS: Hundreds of Syrians took to the streets on Friday to protest against Israeli military incursions into southern Syria, a day after Israeli forces shot dead a man with Down syndrome during a raid on a village in Daraa province. Demonstrations were held in Damascus, Quneitra, Homs and Hasaka»»»

MADRID: One month after starting as a small camp, a sprawling warren of tents and tarpaulin in Madrid has spearheaded protests over Spain’s housing crisis — a key issue in November elections. The camp in the capital’s emblematic Puerta del Sol square now hosts hundreds of people and has morphed int»»»

BELGRADE: As Serbia heads to the polls Sunday, one memory looms large: the collapse of the canopy at a recently renovated railway station two years ago, which killed 16 people and launched a massive protest movement. The tragedy in the country's second city, Novi Sad, has led to the biggest challen»»»

BusinessGermanyCan Germany revive its economy before the AfD gains ground?Nik MartinConflicts, rising costs and Chinese competition are testing Germany's economic model like never before. Can new growth sectors create jobs and ease voters' economic fears, thereby helping contain the far-right AfD? »»»

JEDDAH: France will honor its commitment to help protect Saudi infrastructure against Houthi attacks, French lawmaker Amal Amelia Lakrafi said in Jeddah on Thursday. “My colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee and I support Saudi Arabia because, for us, the Houthis are terrorists,” she said. “W»»»

The head of the National Service for Protection (NSP), Emil Tonev, has submitted his resignation, President Iliana Iotova said on Friday in an interview with bTV. The news follows an incident in Sofia on Thursday in which an NSP officer pushed journalist Sonya Koltuklieva, knocking her backwards on»»»

GERB-UDF MP Georg Georgiev told journalists that the party is not withdrawing its call for the resignation of National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova. "It is clear that our colleagues from Continue the Change (CC) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB) will not give their signatures, so such a petition canno»»»

DAMMAM: A Saudi worker died after helping colleagues contain a fire at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam caused by a Houthi attack on Oct. 21. Sultan Al-Qahtani was on duty when the fire broke out between Gates 19 and 20 following the strike. As smoke and flames spread, he and his colleague»»»