POLITICS The April 19 parliamentary elections and the appointments of caretaker ministers and regional governors are given prominence in the news media on Friday. On bTV, sociologists Boryana Dimitrova from Alpha Research and Parvan Simeonov from the Myara polling agency noted that the election cam»»»

BERLIN, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- The Verdi trade unions announced on Friday a nationwide public transport strike, bringing daily life to a halt across all 16 German states.In a statement, the unions said the strike began this morning and affected Germany's largest local transport operator, resulting in the»»»

Dubai: Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has launched new alerts that will notify parents if their teenager repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm content on Instagram. Why is this happening, and why now, even though Meta has faced accusations of programming their »»»

An alleged Franco-British plot to secretly provide Ukraine with nuclear materials or a warhead shows just how desperate European NATO member states are to “maintain relevance,” RT contributor Thomas Penn has said. On Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reported that London and Pari»»»

What would it take for Donald Trump to call off air strikes against an Iran that’s told Omani mediators that it sees a pathway to compromise over its nuclear program? We’ll delve into where the veteran Tehran's team of veteran negotiators can entice US envoy Steve Witkoff whose red lines sometimes »»»

US Ambassador Charles Kushner is at the centre of a diplomatic row raging in Paris, but he is not the only one. US President Donald Trump’s envoys are stirring controversy across Europe – from social media spats to public snubs of foreign leaders – testing alliances an»»»

Poland plans to press China to open its market to Polish goods as trade imbalances deepen, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said during a parliamentary speech outlining foreign policy priorities. He said relations with China should benefit both sides, but warned that War»»»

The UN expert on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, denounced on Thursday what she described as "toxic" attacks impacting her personal life and work, after a number of European states called for her resignation. In recent weeks Germany, France, Italy and others have called for Albanes»»»

Germany's government convened an emergency meeting of the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, saying it wanted to discuss the event's "direction" after debate and protests over Gaza dominated the programme. The Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday that the government's Commissioner »»»

Russian Finance Minister Anton Sulianov was speaking to the Duma yesterday and announced a pretty radical new direction. What he's proposing to do is to move the budget away from its traditional addiction to oil and gas export revenue and make Russia a consumption-based economy, (with a useful, but»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, February 26: We look at reactions from the Indian and Israeli press after Narendra Modi's speech to the Israeli parliament. His visit is controversial back home. Also: the Berlin Film Festival's future leadership is in jeopardy after a film director's anti-Israel speec»»»

In 2025, for the first time since the Great Depression, the US experienced negative net migration, according to analysis by The Wall Street Journal and a Brookings Institution report. There was a significant drop-off in entries to the US in 2025 relative to 2024.2025 net migration was estimated bet»»»

ACAPULCO - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Acapulco ATP tournament after a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4) second-round victory over world number four Alexander Zverev of Germany. Kecmanovic, who is placed 84th in the ATP rankings, won after two hours and 3»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ended his two-day visit to China on Thursday in the tech hub of Hangzhou, identifying "challenges that we must overcome together" after meeting President Xi Jinping and announcing an Airbus deal. Merz's first official visit to China came as Berlin and Beijing seek t»»»

Also In This Package Iran-US talks begin in Oman: What’s at stake? Iran-US talks in Geneva advance on 'guiding principles' Iran draws red line on enrichment; shrugs off US threat Iran open to compromise in US nuclear talks: Report Iranian negotiators have reportedly travelled to Geneva on Thursday »»»

Also In This Package Iran draws red line on enrichment; shrugs off US threat Iran open to compromise in US nuclear talks: Report Iran-US talks begin in Oman: What’s at stake? Iran-US talks in Geneva advance on 'guiding principles' Iranian negotiators have reportedly travelled to Geneva on Thursday »»»

Saudi Arabia recorded its highest quarterly level of non-oil exports since 2017 in the fourth quarter of 2025, highlighting a significant structural shift in the Kingdom’s trade dynamics. Data from the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed that the merchandise trade surplus rose 26.3 per»»»

On Feb. 26, 1994, 11 members of the Branch Davidian religious cult were acquitted of murder and conspiracy charges stemming from a federal raid and siege at the compound near Waco, Texas, the year before. 1 of 4 | Special counsel and former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth points to where shell casings w»»»

Spanish police have arrested the alleged gunman in the 2025 assassination of Andrey Portnov, a former senior aide to ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, in a joint operation with German authorities in the town of Heinsberg. The suspect, whose identity has not been released, was detained by Sp»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Beijing early on February 25 for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in what is his first visit to China since taking office in 2025, amid mounting pressure back home in Germany to take a harder tone towards its largest trading partner, EURACTIV»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Beijing early on February 25 for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in what is his first visit to China since taking office in 2025, amid mounting pressure back home in Germany to take a harder tone towards its largest trading partner, EURACTIV»»»

Investigations into detainee “A.M.”, a native of the southern town of Ansar arrested last week on charges of collaborating with Israel, show he did more than carry out assigned tasks under an Israeli agenda. According to the findings, A.M. took the initiative to supply precise information about sit»»»

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Wednesday, ruling out potential problems for the FIFA World Cup despite a wave of violence that swept the country after an operation in Jalisco on Sunday that killed Nemesio Oseguera, alias "El»»»

Several countries have begun withdrawing dependents of diplomatic personnel and non-essential staff from some locations in the Middle East, or advising citizens to defer travel to Iran, amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran. Here are some of the moves: AUSTRALIA: The government has tol»»»

Home buyers in Bucharest pay among the lowest taxes and associated costs in Europe when purchasing a home through a mortgage loan, about EUR 2.500 for an average one-bedroom apartment, while buyers of a similar home in other European capital cities pay total associated costs that reach several tens»»»

China will buy up to 120 aircraft from European aviation giant Airbus, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said following talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday. Merz's visit comes as Berlin and Beijing seek to build on their decades-old economic ties to weather global uncertainty spa