Energy Minister Joe Saddi, who was named by the Lebanese Forces, announced Tuesday his boycott of cabinet sessions until the government takes the “needed decisions” in the thorny electricity file. "The core of the electricity problem lies in the lack of production capacity," said Saddi at a press c»»»

East Timor's top diplomat Bendito Freitas is on an official visit to Russia from October 4 to 6. Join Sputnik live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his East Timorese counterpart Bendito Freitas speak to the press in Moscow and spell out the results of their talks.In 2027, Russia and Ea»»»

Bulgaria's Fiscal Council has warned of a risk of a debt spiral and mounting interest rate pressure in its analysis of the current 2027 budget procedure. The accumulation of budget deficits is raising concerns about debt and interest payments, which are projected to reach EUR 1.88 billion in 2028, »»»

HEADLINES Bulgarian media on Tuesday focus on the presidential election, prices and the economy, healthcare and public safety. Polling and expectations of a runoff in the presidential race receive considerable attention across print and broadcast media, while economic coverage centres on fuel and f»»»

Presented with the double challenge of selling out the 2026 edition while simultaneously engineering a flawless, high-velocity launch for UNTOLD 2027 Star Edition, all without losing momentum in the final and most unpredictable days before the festival, the Grapefruit agency succeeded and surpassed»»»

Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt Race” in Tokyo In a country known for long working hours and chronic sleep deprivation, Japan has found an unusual way to promote better rest — by turning sleep into a competition. Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt »»»

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on ​Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.»»»

The separatist Parti Québécois won provincial elections on Monday, but fell just short of enough seats to govern alone in Canada's French-speaking province, Quebec. The victory comes just two weeks ahead of a vote in Alberta, Canada's economic powerhouse, on whether it wants to begin the process of»»»

Following a drone attack against two merchant ships in the small hours on Tuesday, Continue the Change said it is only natural to protect Bulgarian territorial waters, or at the very least to establish why they were not protected. “Unfortunately, we clearly do not have a true president of the Repub»»»

Government gains could ease shipping risks, but Houthi missile and drone threat remains DUBAI: Yemeni government forces say they have seized control of the strategic Bab Al Mandab strait and the Red Sea port city of Mocha from the Houthis, potentially changing the security equation around one of th»»»

Morphosis Capital, one of the leading private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe investing in founder-led SMEs, has signed an agreement to sell the stake held by Morphosis Capital Fund I in Stay Fit Gym, which will form a joint platform with 18GYM, a Romanian fitness chain backed by Enterpr»»»

Tokyo: All 7-Eleven convenience stores in India shut down in September, according to its Japanese parent company on Tuesday, as media reported the retail giant struggled to compete with local rivals. 7-Eleven is a global chain of convenience stores best known for quick grab-and-go snacks, beverages»»»

LONDON: It is half a century since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379, declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Passed on Nov. 10, 1975, with 72 states in favor — including all six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — 35 against and 32 ab»»»

J. Patrick Fischer - Wikimedia Commons Data released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, that the value of Egyptian exports to South Korea rose to $44.6 million during the first half of 2026, compared with $40.1 million during th»»»

On Israel's border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. "Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they're not,"»»»

Partnership expands ClickHouse adoption for real-time analytics and AI across key markets Dubai: ClickHouse, Inc. and Datax Solution today announced a distribution agreement covering the Middle East, Africa, and India. Under the agreement, Datax Solution will act as an authorised distributor for Cl»»»

Amid higher energy prices, heightened uncertainty, and weaker economic expansion in trading partners, growth in Europe and Central Asia is likely to slow to 2.2% in 2026 from 2.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank’s latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Making AI Work: Jobs, Firms, and»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The German leadership is artificially presenting Russia as some ephemeral enemy in order to justify its costs of militarization, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "This is, let us say, an informational technique, artificially creating an ephemeral enemy in order to»»»

Man fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DR Congo Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not»»»

RIYADH: Tunisia’s annual inflation rate rose to 5.6 percent in September from 5.4 percent in August, driven by an increase in food prices, new figures showed. According to the National Institute of Statistics, food inflation accelerated to 8.4 percent in September from 7.5 percent in August, while »»»

Paris, Oct. 6 (SANA) France welcomed Syria’s accession to the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons (PICIAC), describing it as a step toward accountability and justice. In a statement published on its website, the French Foreign Ministry said Syria’s accession m»»»

The second summit of the energy ministers of Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria began with a plenary session at the Palace of Serbia on Tuesday. The main topics are strengthening regional energy links, new gas and electricity supply corridors, energy security and system resilience. The me»»»

The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has once again submitted a request for the National Assembly to hear Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, this time together with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev and Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishk»»»

Geneva: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it deemed the public health risk in Russia to be low, following reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region. "The WHO initial risk assessment from the information available estimates the risk to be moder»»»

Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not been named, fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the »»»