The inauguration of a sandwich shop in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain took an unexpected, futuristic turn when a Rs 12 lakh humanoid robot was invited to serve as the chief guest. The unusual ceremony took place on Sunday, August 23, when the robot arrived at the newly opened sandwich outlet, drawing atte»»»

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa has clearly not read his comments on the U.S.-sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, after the latter accused Jumblat of changing his mind "day to day" about the agreement. In a po»»»

Continue the Change (CC) Chair Assen Vassilev told reporters on Thursday that once former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gurov announces that he is running for president, CC will convene a National Council meeting to decide whether to support his candidacy. Vassilev added that he has already expre»»»

Parliament adopted at first and second reading in a single sitting on Thursday a bill to ratify the Service Level Agreement, standard package, Continuation of Services between Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the United Nations (UN), represented by the UN Office on Drugs and»»»

Unprecedentedly low water levels on the Danube are highlighting the need for long-term measures to manage the river’s Bulgarian-Romanian section and develop strategic projects eligible for European funding. This was said during a joint press conference here Thursday by Valeri Ivanov, chair of the b»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of condolences to the President of Nepal HE Ram Chandra Paudel regarding the victims of the floods and landslides that struck the country, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Defense has announced on Thursday that the State of Qatar and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed to implement the Individually Tailored Partnership Programme (ITPP), which will enhance political, defense, and security cooperation between Qatar and»»»

Doha, Qatar: Public Prosecutor and Head of the Technical Office at the Public Prosecution, Mohammed Rashid Al Binali met with District Attorney for the US District of Columbia, HE Jeanine Ferris Pirro, who is visiting Doha. During the meeting, the two sides discussed topics of mutual interest and w»»»

RIYADH: Trading activity across Arab stock markets surged in July, with the number of shares changing hands rising almost 29 percent from the previous month even as the value of transactions declined. Trading volume climbed 28.82 percent to 261.86 billion shares in July from 203.27 billion in June,»»»

KYIV: Russia attacked Kyiv with drones on Thursday, the latest in a series of increasingly frequent daytime assaults on the capital, after strikes across the country wounded around a dozen people, authorities said. More than four years into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has recently intensified i»»»

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) will once again conduct its traditional public opinion survey on "Audience attitudes towards the media during an election campaign for president and vice-president", the regulator said during a meeting on Thursday. Bulgaria will hold a presidential election on»»»

BMF GRUP, a company founded in 2011 by Romanian entrepreneurs, is acquiring ENGIE Building Solutions, a subsidiary of ENGIE Servicii, strengthening its position as a provider of integrated solutions for buildings and critical infrastructure. ENGIE Building Solutions specialises in energy services f»»»

AMMAN — Jordan recorded a trade surplus with 10 countries in the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) during the first half of 2026, as national exports to Arab markets continued to grow, official data showed.According to foreign trade figures released by the Department of Statistics, Jordan’s nati»»»

The largest edition in the history of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) will open on Friday, bringing together 2,405 companies, brands and exhibitors from 71 countries. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al D»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed his condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the devastating mudslides in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. "I would like to express my most sincere condolences in connection with the tragic consequences of mudsli»»»

The 14th CSEAC 2026 International Semiconductor Equipment, Materials, and Core Components Exhibition will be held in Wuxi, China, from August 31 to September 2. Moscow manufacturers of photonic integrated circuits, computing modules, and high-tech materials and microelectronics production systems w»»»

Dubai: OGold, the Shariah-compliant Gold and Silver-backed super app, and BELOBABA, a global financial services platform, announced a strategic partnership to integrate physical Gold and Silver into the BELOBABA ecosystem. The collaboration enables users to buy and sell in grams directly from their»»»

New Delhi: Top private sector lender HDFC Bank is facing a federal securities class-action lawsuit in New York over allegations that it orchestrated a covert scheme to illegally inflate interest payouts to a state government agency by disguising them as marketing expenses. The complaint, filed in t»»»

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has warned that AI and social media are eroding people’s ability to think and feel, while powerful interests exploit technology, politics, and war for profit. Speaking to RT on Wednesday, the legendary musician welcomed Australia’s decision to bar fully AI-generat»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) The Russian armed forces took control of the Shevchenkovskoye settlement in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "The units of Battlegroup Vostok continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liber»»»

The US has accused Chinese hackers it described as “state-backed” of breaking into NASA, the Federal Reserve, and other sensitive government networks, just weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump. Beijing rejected the allegations. Th»»»

Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.” Ghalibaf welcomed Chi»»»

Gergely Boros, a former world and European champion kayaker and ex-professional director of the Hungarian Canoe Federation, has died in tragic circumstances at the age of 42. News of the sportsman’s death sent shockwaves through Hungary’s canoeing community. Hungarian kayaker champion dies at a tra»»»

DUBAI: An Israeli setter has been acquitted of assault charges after attacking a French nun near Jerusalem’s Old City in April, according to various media reports. Yona Schreiber, from the Israeli-occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, was absolved by a Jerusalem court on Wednesday of criminal re»»»

Mexico has arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed an influencer during a live broadcast, authorities said on Wednesday. Cesar Gastelum was attacked on August 4 while livestreaming in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, which has been a battleground for warring drug factions. Get updated f»»»

Experts believe a glacier collapse might have caused the catastrophic floods at the border between Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 270 people and left more than 1,000 missing. While initial reports suggested the possibility that an earthquake had triggered the collapse, the US Geological Surve»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Pharmacy and Drug Control Department in the Ministry of Public Health has issued a circular banning the handling, distribution, use and promotion of unlicensed peptides. In a statement, the Department remarked that it has observed an increase in the promotion, handling and distribu»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department has forecast misty to foggy conditions in some areas at first during the weekend, warning of poor horizontal visibility on Friday and Saturday. The Department said the weather will be hot during the day, with some clouds at times. Temperatures are expec»»»

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Dubai: In a city where people from different parts of the world live side by side, community can sometimes begin with something as ordinary as a pile of clothes, a box of toys, or a collection of old games. Across Abu Dhabi, informal gatherings built around shared interests have been creating oppor»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Contacts between Russia and the United States on the Ukrainian settlement are continuing at the working level, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "At the working level, of course, our contacts with the US continue," Peskov told reporters.Moscow has no information o»»»

DOHA: The volume of real estate trading in sale contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice from August 16-20 reached QR314,467,100. Meanwhile, the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin for the same period were QR55,»»»

BusinessNorth AmericaWhy social media harms are hard to regulateNik MartinMeta and other social media platforms face lawsuits alleging they foster addictive use among young people. Now regulators are struggling to rein in their engagement-driven business models. https://p.dw.com/p/5JIl5Social media»»»

JANNATAH: Ziva Sharp said her Jewish faith motivated her to travel from Jerusalem to the West Bank to stand up for Palestinians — a commitment that led to her being set upon by fellow Israelis also professing to be driven by Judaism. Sharp and around 30 other activists are part of a small movement »»»

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa criticized Hezbollah on Thursday, arguing that the Lebanese people broadly agree on the necessity of disarming the group despite differing approaches. "Thus, Hezbollah must hand over its arms to the state," he said. The remarks came following a meeting with th»»»

The next round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel will be held in Rome during the second half of September, an informed source said. “Lebanon hopes that work will resume on what are called the pilot zones,” the source told the al-Anbaa news portal of the Progressive Socialist Party. U.S. Am»»»

Continue the Change will introduce a bill allowing taxis to use bus lanes, with each municipality deciding whether and how such traffic will be organized, the party's Chair Assen Vassilev said in Parliament on Thursday. “It's quite a useful proposal, as passengers using taxis will be able to have m»»»

The Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) has approved the registration of an SME Growth Market within the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), marking an important step towards the launch of a segment aimed at small and medium-sized companies and startups seeking financing for expansion.»»»

Bulgaria's Air Force is facing a difficult transition period after the United States and Sweden rejected Sofia's requests for used F-16 and Gripen fighter jets, while deliveries of the country's second batch of new F-16s are expected to be delayed until mid-2030. Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov s»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria was returning to a normal political cycle after years of political instability and pledged that the 2027 state budget would be adopted on schedule and provide financial stability. Speaking at the start of Thursday's government meeting, Radev called on lawmak»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed a decree on the liquidation of Tunduk OJSC. The document is aimed at further developing a unified state policy in the field of digitalization. According to the president’s press service, the Presidential Affairs Department has been instructed to make a d»»»

RIYADH: Financing provided by Saudi fintech companies to industrial projects surged 130 percent in the first half of 2026, reaching a record SR541 million ($144 million) as the government expands access to alternative funding for manufacturers. The financing rose from SR234 million in the same peri»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah City Municipality has begun implementing a residential parking permit system in the neighbourhoods of Al Fisht, Sharqan and Al Rifa'a, reserving parking spaces for residents and regulating their use to prevent misuse. The municipality said it has also launched an extensive inspecti»»»

Raksha Bandhan is basically an annual excuse for your brother to pretend he has never annoyed you a day in his life, hand you a gift, and call it even. Cute. But this year, why not make him actually work for that rakhi? Forget the usual sweets-and-selfies routine. it's time to drag him into an aren»»»

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir said Thursday during a multi-front situation assessment that numerous challenges remain before Israel. Noting that Israel is “conducting combat operations on all fronts, from Iran and Lebanon to Gaza,” Zamir adding that the army is also “maintaining a high state of rea»»»

Police in Petrich and Sandanski found and destroyed about 134 herbaceous plants with a weight of over 120 kilogrammes, which tested positive for cannabis in a field test, the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry in Blagoevgrad said on Thursday. About 54 of the plants were found in a defore»»»

ClimateEuropeWhen lakes decline, can they recover?Tim SchauenbergWhile some of the world’s largest lakes are shrinking dramatically, others show that recovery is possible. https://p.dw.com/p/5JD67The Caspian Sea is under enormous pressureImage: Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/IMAGOAdvertisementSom»»»

DUBAI: “Lion” is an extraordinary undertaking: a documentary filmed over four years in Kenya’s Masai Mara reserve that follows a lion named Kio from his first weeks, reared with heart-tearing devotion by his mother, Summer, to adulthood and his rise to primacy within a pride of his own. The four-pa»»»

The case of the jammer that was found shows that the mafia has been intertwined with the state, the Interior Ministry and the security services for years, Democratic Bulgaria MP Ivaylo Mirchev told reporters in the corridors of Parliament Thursday. Mirchev said the question is what steps will be ta»»»

Pakistan said Thursday it was continuing diplomatic efforts to help resolve the crisis between the United States and Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at a news briefing that Field Marshal Asim Munir’s recent visit to Tehran was aimed at reviving»»»