A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is being bankrolled and protected by the U.S. and Lebanese authorities, a BBC investigation has found. Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons program and was a senior adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, is being har»»»

New study estimates 183,000 tortoises on Aldabra Atoll after decades of conservation Giant tortoises that were once hunted to the brink of extinction now outnumber humans in the Seychelles, with a landmark scientific survey estimating that nearly 183,000 of the animals live on a remote Indian Ocean»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov is awaiting a response from Acting Prosecutor General Vanya Stefanova before deciding whether to nominate a candidate for acting Prosecutor General, the Justice Ministry press service said on Friday. On October 7, Naydenov sent Stefanova a letter requesting the nam»»»

Gold gained over 1% to trade near $4,180/oz after dipping to a 2-month low earlier Dubai: Gold prices climbed overnight after strong demand at a 30-year US Treasury auction pulled long-dated yields back from their highest levels in more than two decades. The metal gained over 1 per cent to trade ne»»»

Emirates, Etihad and flydubai list Riyadh cancellations, Air Arabia reports flight changes Dubai: Several flights from the UAE to Riyadh have been cancelled on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10, according to the airlines’ websites, with Emirates, Etihad and flydubai reporting changes to t»»»

DUBAI: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation following the two attacks launched by the Houthi militia on Thursday, which targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority confirmed the attacks resulted in the death of three »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Glamocic met with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Friday to discuss further advancement of cooperation between the two countries, primarily in agricultural digitalisation and application of modern t»»»

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he will ask US President Donald Trump to remove ICE from the city after federal immigration agents on Thursday shot a man in a vehicle with his five-year-old child during an attempted arrest. The 28-year-old survived and is being treated at hospital.»»»

As France's nationwide student protest movement continued on Thursday with more clashes between protesters and police, the education minister pledged to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers "within the next hours" to help struggling high schools.»»»

Hungary’s government is considering a 15 per cent tax on unrealised gains for wealthy Hungarians who change their tax residency and move abroad. The proposed measure would apply to assets worth more than HUF 500 million, although the details have yet to be finalised. Taxing the rich for moving mone»»»

Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia warned schools and kindergartens on Friday to avoid outings to forested and mountainous areas after a fatal bear attack and a sharp rise in sightings of the animals. So far this year, 754 bear sightings have been recorded across the vast and thinly populated country, 80 percen»»»

DUBAI: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation following the two attacks launched by the Houthi militia on Thursday, which targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority confirmed the attacks resulted in the death of three »»»

Lebanon “cannot abandon the negotiation track, even if current circumstances do not allow for expectations of a major shift in Israel's stance,” a visitor to the Presidential Palace quoted President Joseph Aoun as saying, in remarks published Friday by al-Akhbar newspaper. “We all know that we will»»»

The decision follows a state Cabinet resolution honouring Modi’s 25 years in public life India’s newest major airport, Noida International Airport at Jewar, will be named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Friday, following a state Cabinet »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday the construction of the first 5 km of a 145 km gas interconnection between Serbia and North Macedonia would begin next week. "It is a project that will largely be carried out next year and in the »»»

President Iliana Iotova had remarks to the joint statement on Ukraine issued by 51 countries at the United Nations on September 23, but amendments were not possible, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday. Petrova was responding to a question from Democ»»»

Damascus, Oct. 9 (SANA) The second TEXPO International Technology and Innovation Exhibition opened Thursday at the Damascus Fairgrounds, bringing together more than 120 local and international companies across 29 technology-related sectors. Organized by Glovent under the sponsorship of the Ministry»»»

Romania’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous three months, while GDP remained below last year’s level, according to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Friday. The figures come a day after the National Bank of Romania (B»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday at a regional summit in Turkmenistan that peace negotiations will only succeed without "pressure and threats", with the months-long Middle East war locked in a stalemate. "Dialogue holds meaning and a chance of success only when based on mutual respec»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's national electoral commission approved on Thursday evening the collective electoral list of candidates for MPs in the October 25 early parliamentary elections in the country. It is comprised of 18 electoral lists with a total 2,418 candidates. Pursuant to the law, the decision t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday the opening of a business center in Kiev for small and medium-sized British companies working with the defense industry. "The UK’s first dedicated business centre for industry in Ukraine has now opened... The Kyiv Business Centre (»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Finland will participate in NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear deterrence exercise in October by sending staff officers, the Finnish Defense Ministry said on Friday. "Finland will participate in NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, Steadfast Noon, from October 12 to 24," the sta»»»

Bulgaria is not involved in consultations on renegotiating the commitments undertaken by Skopje as part of its accession to the European Union, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday. The Minister was responding to a question from MP of Vazrazhdane Ange»»»

During the regular sitting of the National Assembly on Friday, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev reported on the Baba Alino case that involves the construction of illegal residential complex near Varna, on the Black Sea. In response to a question from Kosta Stoyanov MP about seized documents from »»»

OVERVIEW Discussions of the current risks and threats to Bulgaria in the context of the war in Ukraine, after two merchant ships were attacked by navy and aerial drones in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, continue to dominate Friday’s media. SECURITY THREATS Capital Weekly’s »»»

Riyadh attacks disrupt UAE-Saudi flights, international airlines revise regional schedules Dubai: UAE travellers heading into the weekend face flight delays at Dubai International Airport and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport, while disruption continues on routes to Saudi Arabia and other par»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union's new military mission in Lebanon will include a permanent military component of around 100 personnel, and France and Italy are already competing to lead it, the Rapporteur newspaper reported on Friday. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated during a visit »»»

DUBAI: Coalition forces have destroyed three Houthi rocket launch platforms, coalition official spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki posted on X on Friday. “We destroyed 3 rocket launch platforms used by the Houthi militia to threaten regional security,” he said. “Houthi attacks on civilians and civilian f»»»

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving the largest digital infrastructure development in history. To meet the demand for processing power and storage, companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the construction of new data centres. While the United States was the main driver of gro»»»

No official date has been set yet for the Lebanese-Israeli military negotiations in Tampa, Florida, al-Joumhouria newspaper said Friday. "Lebanon has not been officially notified of the negotiations' date," a prominent political source told the daily. According to al-Joumhouria's sources, the head »»»

Musk and Rahul Gandhi echo each other on Starlink; BJP insists security checks come first. Dubai: Elon Musk and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi found common ground on X on October 8, as both raised questions against the Indian government and how it has failed when it comes to Starlink’s launch in the »»»

Why ethics, empathy, humility and ability to communicate matter in a world of AI Journalists are much happier asking questions from behind a notebook than from on a stage. Give us a microphone, bright lights and a countdown clock and you will often find journalists wondering why they said yes.I act»»»

RIYADH: Flexible office occupancy in Riyadh is approaching 90 percent in the Olaya district, supported by international companies and new business formations, according to a JLL report. Occupancy in King Abdullah Financial District remained in the mid-80 percent range, while Olaya and KAFD together»»»

Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said on Friday that he would send an official letter to the Council of Ministers seeking information about the purpose of the visit to Bulgaria by Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Office, and the talks held with him. »»»

The Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill designating November 19 as National Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. The legislative initiative was introduced and supported in Parliament by Geanina Pistru-Popa, PNL deputy, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Public Administration and Spatial Planning and member »»»

LONDON: The escalation of the conflict in Yemen has coincided with the activation of a tripartite mutual defense pact that promises to focus the might of the region’s three largest militaries on ending the civil war that has raged on Saudi Arabia’s southern border for the past 12 years. On Sept. 3,»»»

Bulgaria’s postal services market is worth EUR 500 million, with 87 operators providing services, the Ministry of Transport and Communications press centre said on Friday on the occasion of World Post Day, observed on October 9. This year’s theme is “One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities.” Tra»»»

There is no cause for concern over grain trade in the Black Sea, and no vessels travelling to or from Bulgaria have been turned away, Agriculture and Food Minister Plamen Abrovski told journalists here on Friday. He said he was confident the situation remained calm, following communication with the»»»

Pentagon prepares three-day offensive as Trump rules out attacks before November 3 vote The US military is drawing up options for renewed large-scale strikes against Iran, including an intensive three-day campaign targeting missile and drone facilities, even as President Donald Trump has ruled out »»»

Tehran is striving to find a diplomatic solution to the war imposed on it by the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian. The Russian president noted that Tehran had recently put forward a proposal aimed at resolving the con»»»

When Andrei Popa took over as General Manager of Super Technologies in Romania on August 1, he inherited something his predecessors did not have. Three years ago the company’s Romanian business was built around a single consumer brand. Today it runs four, alongside a network of more than 1,000 reta»»»

New Delhi says US PERM freeze does not advance shared ambitions Dubai: India has criticized the United States’ decision to suspend green card-related labor certification filings at eight technology companies, saying the move does not advance the shared ambitions of the two countries. The Ministry o»»»

MANAMA: A major announcement on the commencement of the process to waive the Schengen visa requirement for Gulf citizens is expected to be made during the upcoming EU-GCC Summit in Riyadh on 24 October. Speaking on the latest episode of the Arab Views podcast, GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Al»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Council of Economic and Development Affairs held a meeting via videoconference, during which it reviewed the Ministry of Economy and Planning's monthly report on key developments in the global economy amid rapidly evolving geopolitical conditions. The report highlighted risin»»»

GERB has filed a complaint with the European Commission (EC) over the extraordinary audit of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) commissioned by Parliament and assigned to the Bulgarian National Audit Office, GERB MP Temenuzhka Petkova said at a news briefing in Parliament here on Friday. “Nearly »»»

On Friday, Parliament adopted at first and second reading in a single sitting a bill ratifying the agreement between the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC) and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on the final settlement of mutual claims and obligations related to Bulgaria’s w»»»

Saudi Arabia will not agree to a truce or a ceasefire with the Houthis until the Yemeni government that it backs regains all the territory it has lost in recent weeks, a regional source told AFP on Friday. Saudi Arabia will also not bow to the Houthis' "military blackmail", the source added, speaki»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, made an unannounced visit to Bulgaria before traveling to the United States for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to reports. Rumors of Budanov’s arrival in Sofia began circulating on social media, with unconfirmed a»»»

Protesters burned and trampled on the Russian national flag outside the Russian Cultural Center in Sofia on October 8 during a demonstration against Russia’s war, according to reports by Maritsa and BULPHOTO. The rally, held under the slogan “No to the Russian War,” took place outside the center at»»»

Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami was killed and a Saudia aircraft was damaged on the ground Riyadh: Saudia pilot Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami was killed in the attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday, the Saudi airline said in a statement shared on its social media account»»»