Tunis, May 7 (TAP) - The first edition of the Tunisian Travel Market 2026 (TTM 2026) was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Sofiane Tekaya.The minister told reporters that TTM, held on May 7-9 at the Tunis City of Culture...»»»

DOHA: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, chaired the fund’s first board meeting of 2026. The meeting reviewed the progress of key projects and strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening impact, responding to»»»

Between 2022 and 2023 Ivan Demerdzhiev served as deputy prime minister and minister of the interior in the two consecutive caretaker governments of Galab Donev. In 2021 he was caretaker minister of justice and deputy minister in the same ministry. His professional career is closely linked to the le»»»

Our weekly digest of Hungarian politics continues, as we report on developments after April’s historic election and on the formation of the Tisza government. This week we cover the following topics: The tearful billionaire who offered his companies to the state. Billions funnelled to allies and cam»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Ras Al Khaimah Police has launched a major road safety awareness campaign titled “Cross Safely” as part of the Gulf Unified Traffic Week 2026, while announcing a significant decline in traffic fatalities and serious road accidents across the emirate. The week-long campaign, organise»»»

GENEVA: France’s reforms in New Caledonia must only go ahead with the effective participation of the Pacific territory’s indigenous Kanak people, a United Nations watchdog said Thursday. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged Paris to ensure that any changes conce»»»

There is a U.S. effort to de-escalate Israeli actions in Lebanon in preparation for consolidating the ceasefire and moving to the second phase of negotiations, a Lebanese official told Al-Jazeera on Thursday. "Rounds of negotiations at the delegation level will begin next week in Washington. The ne»»»

UK police said Thursday they had arrested a man wielding a weapon who "was behaving in an intimidating manner" close to the home of former prince Andrew in eastern England. Norfolk police confirmed they had been called to an incident late Wednesday near the Sandringham Estate "and the man was arres»»»

Tunis, May 7 (TAP) - The weather will be cloudy and rainy on Thursday night on most western regions, and locally heavy in Kef, Jendouba, Beja and Bizerte. Hailstorms are also expected in some areas with strong winds. The rainfall will gradually...»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a phone call with Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan HE Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to strengthen it, in addition to t»»»

Riyadh Airports Company, which manages and operates King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, achieved a new global accomplishment by winning four awards at the 2026 Stevie Awards, considered among the most prominent international awards honoring innovation and excellence across various business»»»

Alexander Pulev was born in Plovdiv on February 5, 1981. Holds an MBA with a focus on finance from Oxford University, UK, and a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and Finance from the University of Maine, US. Worked as a Director of Investment Banking at the UniCredit banking group and as a P»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a telephone call with the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan HE Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. During the call, they reviewed bilateral relations and ways to support and»»»

1 of 2 | Ambulances and police park at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, waiting to transport a patient medically evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius with suspected hantavirus on Thursday. Photo by Michel van Bergen/EPA May 7 (UPI) -- Public health officials conducted contract tr»»»

Tunis, May 7 (TAP) - The first edition of the Tunisian Travel Market 2026 (TTM 2026) was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Sofiane Tekaya.The minister told reporters that TTM, held on May 7-9 at the Tunis City of Culture...»»»

Galab Donev is the top-of-the-list candidate of Progressive Bulgaria for Pazardzhik’s 13th multi-member constituency, the coalition press service said here Thursday. Between 2022 and 2023, Donev served as caretaker prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria in two successive governments. His profes»»»

ROME - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the second round of the Rome Masters tournament after a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Czech Dalibor Svrcina in the opening round on Thursday. Kecmanovic won after an hour and 25 minutes of play. He will next face 12th seed Andrey Rublev of Russia»»»

The World Health Organisation sought to calm fears of a wider health emergency on Thursday as authorities across multiple continents scrambled to trace passengers and crew linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the overall»»»

A young Jordanian man was found alive on Thursday after spending three days inside a deep well in the Al Muqabalain area of the capital, Amman, local media reported. Ivan Al Qaisi is believed to have fallen into the 8-metre well, where he remained trapped before being located following intensive se»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airports Co., which manages and operates Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, has achieved a new global milestone by winning four awards at the 2026 Stevie Awards, one of the world’s leading international awards programs recognizing innovation and excellence acr»»»

Rumen Radev is the prime ministerial nominee of Progressive Bulgaria. Earlier on Thursday, President Iliana Iotova handed him the first exploratory mandate for forming a government. Radev served as President of Bulgaria from 2017 to 2026. On January 19, 2026, he announced in an address to the natio»»»

Prime Minister-designate Rumen Radev of Progressive Bulgaria presented to President Iliana Iotova the composition and structure of a draft cabinet. He did that Thursday right after the President handed him an exploratory mandate to form a cabinet. The Cabinet has a Prime Minister and four Deputy Pr»»»

The Justice Ministry on Thursday released a report on its activity while the caretaker Cabinet was in office (February 19 - May 7, 2026). During that period, the Ministry prepared a total of 17 draft statutory instruments. The Ministry triggered procedures for the transposition of EU directives who»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

VIENNA: At least three ​people have been killed outside a restaurant in the ‌Austrian city ‌of ​Linz, ‌a police ⁠spokesperson ​said on ⁠Thursday, adding that the weapon with which ⁠they were ‌killed ‌had ​been ‌recovered. The spokesperson ‌declined to comment further. Tabloid newspaper Kronen ‌Zeit»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, has arrived in Miami for a meeting with US representatives, a source said, as peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine have stalled in recent months. Kyiv hoped US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Ukraine earlier this spring,»»»

Alongside the St. George solar park in Bulgaria, Rezolv Energy holds in Romania a portfolio of three major projects: the 461 MW VIFOR wind farm in Buzău County, with its 192 MW first phase set to be commissioned in the coming months; Dama Solar in Arad County, which at 1.24 GW will be the largest s»»»

Iran said it was reviewing the latest American proposals to end the war after US President Donald Trump threatened the country with a new wave of bombing unless a deal is reached that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. Hope that the two-month conflict could s»»»

President Iliana Iotova on Thursday handed the first exploratory mandate for forming a government to Rumen Radev, nominated for prime minister by Progressive Bulgaria, the largest parliamentary group in the 52nd National Assembly. "We have a nominee for prime minister, and that is Rumen Radev," Pro»»»

Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Hristanov submitted eight new alerts to the prosecution service in recent days concerning evidence of serious violations, misuse of public funds, and actions detrimental to the state interest. The alerts are the result of inspections carried out by the Internal Au»»»

“Bosch Romania has once again demonstrated its resilience, delivering a stable performance despite market challenges and economic uncertainty in fiscal year 2025,” said Dan Lăzărescu, Managing Director of Robert Bosch S.R.L. and representative of the Bosch Group in Romania. “This achievement is a d»»»

The US faces pushback from allies over moves that harm their international credibility, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik. “Notably, Washington's rationale has come up against broad resistance, even among its circle of like-minded countries and traditional allies, wh»»»

Dubai: What began as a suspected food poisoning case linked to a late-night watermelon has turned into one of Mumbai’s most disturbing mystery deaths — with forensic investigators now tracing the deaths of a family of four to rat poison. Authorities say traces of zinc phosphide, a highly toxic rode»»»

An Egyptian blogger has turned herself in to police after allegedly raising millions of pounds in donations by falsely claiming she was undergoing cancer treatment, authorities said. According to local media reports, Donia Fouad is accused of collecting up to 4 million Egyptian pounds through onlin»»»

DOHA: A joint exercise hosted by the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), with the participation of the Qatari Amiri Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior, concluded. The exercise aimed to enhance coordination and integration between military and security entities. The closing ceremony was atten»»»

Black journalists remain underrepresented in French media and for those who do break in, the barriers don't end there. From elite journalism schools to newsroom hiring, many describe a system shaped by exclusion, stereotypes and unequal opportunity. So how deep does the problem go, and what needs t»»»

In the Saudi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Saudi artist of Palestinian origin, Dana Awartani, takes us on an immersive journey to discover an artistic map of archaeological and historical landmarks destroyed by war. It is not a geographical map, but rather a magnificent mosaic composed of thousa»»»

Bulgaria's General Directorate Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC) shut down four websites selling counterfeit medicines as part of the international Operation Pangea XVIII, caretaker Interior Minister Emil Dechev said during a briefing at the Council of Ministers on Thursday. Dechev said the operati»»»

The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, headed by caretaker Minister Hasan Ademov, presented a report on its activities during the mandate of the caretaker government on Thursday. Expanding support for pensioners and vulnerable groups, as well as measures to prevent controlled voting through the »»»

The Council of Ministers approved an agreement between Bulgaria and the Netherlands on the exchange and mutual protection of classified information, signed on March 19 in Sofia, the Government Press Service reported on Thursday. The agreement between the two countries will contribute to deepening b»»»

A military formation of 45 servicemen and six units of equipment from the Turkish Armed Forces will transit through Bulgarian territory on May 8 and 9, the Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday. The movement is related to participation in a joint NATO-Serbia exercise, NATO - Serbia 2026. The ex»»»

Head of State Iliana Iotova and Bulgarian-speaking ambassadors discussed the development of the political situation in Bulgaria and the establishment of a regular government, as well as the expectations of Bulgarian citizens for a stable, secure and developed country. The meeting was hosted by the »»»

Doha, Qatar: Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF) Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser attended the graduation of Qatar University’s (QU) 49th Health Sector cohort (Class of 2026), comprising 349 graduates. This cohort includes 130 graduates from the College of Health Sciences, 94 from the College»»»

Britons head to the polls Thursday in local elections where millions of voters could turn to Nigel Farage's far-right Reform UK party or the left-wing Green Party. These elections mark a major first test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted following a series of controver»»»

Embedding a meritocratic and high-performance culture is central to Abu Dhabi Government’s modernised HR Law, which aims to attract and retain top talent across the public sector. The landmark legislation, which came into effect on 1 January 2026 for all government employees in the emirate, goes be»»»