Civil society toppled the government, MECh party leader Radostin Vasilev said on Thursday, commenting on the government’s resignation announced earlier in the day. “All leaders of parties claiming to be in opposition must tell the people that the government was not brought down by the opposition; i»»»

The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night. Zhelyazkov's dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days befor»»»

Vietnam’s defense modernization, including new coast guard vessels from the United States and Japan, requires improved forward infrastructure. Outposts such as South Reef help extend operational reach, reduce supply burdens and improve situational awareness in the contested maritime domain. File Ph»»»

Israel's far-right national security minister on Thursday vowed to remove the grave of Arab nationalist leader Ezzedine al-Qassam, whose tomb lies in Israel and whose name was given to the armed wing of Hamas. Itamar Ben Gvir, known for his inflammatory remarks, posted a video on X showing him acco»»»

In his famous political tract – The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, published in 1852 – Karl Marx proffered the generalization that “history repeats itself – first as tragedy, then as farce.” Marx saw Napoleon’s demise as tragedy. Having been born in the German Rhineland – which Napoleon had»»»

Dozens of angry farmers descended on the port of Igoumenitsa in northwestern Greece on Thursday, as the agricultural sector’s anti-government protest campaign continued to target key infrastructure across the country. Riot police were dispatched to the port to prevent the farmers from entering the »»»

A moment of thrill on the road turned into a lifetime of remorse for a young motorist whose reckless decisions claimed the lives of an entire family. What began as a youthful wager over modified cars ended in tragedy, serving as a harsh reminder of the consequences of dangerous driving. A deadly ch»»»

Mexico's Congress approved Wednesday most of the tariff increases proposed by the government on more than 1,400 products imported from China and other countries that do not have free trade agreements with Mexico. The Senate passed the measure Wednesday evening, following the lower chamber, which ha»»»

Commenting on Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s statement, who earlier on Thursday announced that the government was resigning, GERB-UDF Floor Leader and GERB Chair Boyko Borissov said that Zhelyazkov’s remarks were “brilliant”. “We have nothing to be ashamed of over these past 11 months,” Borissov»»»

VIENNA Austrian lawmakers on Thursday voted by a large majority in favour of a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division. Austria’s conservative-led government - under pressure with anti-immigrati»»»

Israel has given the go-ahead for the construction of 764 more houses in three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a decision likely to further stoke tensions as a watchdog group accused the Israeli government of moving toward "de facto annexation" of the Palestinian territory. Israeli Fi»»»

Commenting on Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s words, who earlier on Thursday announced that the government was resigning, MRF – New Beginning party leader Delyan Peevski told reporters in Parliament that another winner emerges from such a situation and he should come forth this very day. The gove»»»

The government's resignation is the first step in making Bulgaria a normal European state, said Continue the Change (CC) leader Assen Vassilev in a statement in the National Assembly on Thursday minutes after Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced that the government was stepping down. The CC be»»»

Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2025 is not a single person. Instead, the magazine has given its annual award recognising the year's most influential figure to "the architects" of artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg, X owner Elon Musk and AI "god»»»

LONDON More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a UK museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and Somerset police have launched an appeal for information about four men captured on CCTV images on S»»»

Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. The conservative-led coalition of three centrist parties, the ÖVP, the SPÖ and the Neos, says the law is a "clear commitment to gender equality", but critics say it will fuel anti-Muslim feeling in the country an»»»

London: More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a UK museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and Somerset police have launched an appeal for information about four men captured on CCTV images on »»»

Dubai: The Reserve Bank of India has rolled out updated rules that change how banks manage current accounts, overdrafts and cash credit (CC) facilities. These tweaks follow months of feedback from the banking industry, and they aim to remove friction, speed up money movement and give both banks and»»»

The Bulgarian people have shown those in power that they can no longer mock them, said Vazrazhdane Floor Leader Kostadin Kostadinov in a statement in the parliamentary lobby on Thursday. He stressed that he was pleased his prediction that the government would not resign had not come true, and congr»»»

Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The military government has been engaged in an increasingly bloody civil war with ragtag resistance forces, mainly in the center and north of the country, since seizing power in February 2021, three months after a general»»»

Dubai: A day after arguments over Ranveer Singh’s Kantara spoof began to die down, a new controversy has surfaced in Karnataka’s film industry — this time centred on Kantara creator and actor Rishab Shetty. His decision to publicly wish success to Darshan Thoogudeepa’s new release The Devil has spa»»»

Most Romanians cover their expenses from their salary or current income (56%). Over a third (35.7%) say they will “break the piggy bank” where they have collected their savings during the year. Only a small proportion of Romanians resort to loans or credit cards – a sign that people are more cautio»»»

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov survived a no-confidence vote over failures in the economic policy. It was the sixth no-confidence vote for this government but it was of no consequence as the Cabinet had resigned minutes earlier. The no-confidence motion was submitted December 7 by C»»»

Ultra-slim 7.98 cm profile and retractable LDS for hard-to-reach areas As the second-thinnest robot vacuum available in Romania, after the flagship Roborock Saros 10R, the Roborock Qrevo EdgeT uses a liftable LiDAR navigation system that adapts to its surroundings, a feature that is only available »»»

Political Reactions Pour In After the Zhelyazkov Government Resigns Leaders across the spectrum respond with sharply different messages following the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's cabinet. The sudden resignation of the Zhelyazkov government — announced just minutes before »»»

Dubai: Dubai Police’s Positive Spirit Council has honoured two Emirati sisters of determination whose journey from volunteering to winning international medals in para taekwondo has become an inspiring national success story. Sara Abdullah, 19, and her sister Warda, 17, first joined Dubai Police ac»»»

The Cabinet of Rosen Zhelyazkov announced its resignation Thursday. The resignation was announced by Prime Minister Zhelyazkov at an emergency press conference in Parliament as he stood in the company of senior officials of the three parties in the government coalition: GERB-UDF, There Is Such a Pe»»»

Damascus, Dec. 11 (SANA) Syrian Economy and Industry Minister Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar said the repeal of the “Caesar Act” marks a historic step that removes one of the largest obstacles facing Syria’s economy and opens the door for renewed investment and international support for reconstruction. In»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police has rolled out an enhanced version of its “Circulars and Travel Bans” enquiry service on both its smart app and official website, allowing residents to instantly check their criminal or financial status without the need to visit police stations or judicial departments. The upgra»»»

FLORENCE, Italy - The new US National Security Strategy, the December 2025 version, is an intriguing, quirky, Bosch-style hybrid beast. It does not exactly look as it seems. A tsunami of headlines across the discombobulated West focused on an apparent drive towards normalization between Washington »»»

Dubai: When Delhi restaurateurs Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled to Thailand just hours after a fire at their Goa nightclub killed 25 people, many wondered how the owners managed to slip out so easily. But the real turning point came later — when the Indian government deployed a powerful legal tool t»»»

New Delhi To curb misuse and improve fairness, Aadhaar-based OTP verification for online Tatkal ticket booking is now operational in 322 trains, and due to this, the confirmed Tatkal ticket availability time has increased by about 65 per cent in these trains, the Parliament was informed on Thursday»»»

Kottayam In a shocking incident, a woman teacher was allegedly attacked inside her school on Thursday by her husband, triggering panic among staff and students. The incident took place at Poovathumoodu School in Ettumanoor around 10.30 a.m., when the accused, identified as Kochumon, entered the cam»»»

New Delhi: The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested three key members of a cyber fraud syndicate involved in a “Digital Arrest” and investment scam that duped a 71-year-old woman of Rs 49 lakh (Rs4.9 million) , officials said on Thursday. The breakthrough came after coordinated »»»

An appeals court on Thursday upheld the life sentence passed down at the first instance against a 35-year-old man convicted of the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend more than four years ago. The court found that the defendant was of sound mind and acted in a calculated manner when he killed Gar»»»

Damascus, Dec. 11 (SANA) Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, expressed his welcome on Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote to repeal the “Caesar Act,” describing the decision as a significant victory for justice and a testament to the endur»»»

Lisbon, Portugal: Widespread disruption hit Portuguese air travel and trains, hospitals and schools Thursday as the unions called the biggest nationwide strike action for more than a decade against government labour reforms. Lisbon's main train station was empty with most services cancelled and the»»»

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado vowed at a press conference on Thursday that Venezuela "will be free". The Venezuelan opposition leader, honoured for her fight for democracy, said she would try to return to end the "tyranny" in her home country, despite warnings she could be arre»»»

MASSIVE PROTESTS In the aftermath of Wednesday night's mass rallies organized by the opposition Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) coalition in Sofia and other cities, the media are awash with analysis and commentaries ahead of Thursday's no-confidence vote in the Rosen Zhelyazkov Ca»»»

Bolivia's former president, Luis Arce, has been arrested in La Paz as part of an investigation into alleged graft, the government has said. The investigation relates to when Arce, 62, was economy minister under then-president Evo Morales, who was in office from 2006 to 2019. He is accused of author»»»

The US House of Representatives has passed a defense spending bill that would provide $800 million in military aid to Ukraine through 2027. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved 312-122 on Wednesday and will now advance to the Senate, where it is expected to receive bipart»»»

US President Donald Trump has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should be realistic about the course of the conflict with Russia and the need to hold elections. Zelensky, whose five-year presidential term expired in May 2024, has refused to call new elections, citing martial law. Russian Pres»»»

The Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry (SDIM) detained 57 people for up to 24 hours during Wednesday’s anti-government protest in Sofia, SDIM Director Lyubomir Nikolov said, as quoted by the Sofia police on Thursday. The group included 22 youths under 18 years old and two kids under 14. Of »»»

Swiss authorities have formally charged a 43-year-old man with the murder of his wife, former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic, whose remains were found dismembered and partially destroyed in their home in Binningen, near Basel, in February 2024. The Basel-Landschaft Public Prosecutor’»»»

Will history remember this as the day the planet started to rein in big tech? Australia is firing the first shot by banning under-16s from platforms and social media that include giants such as Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. We of course ask if rebellious teens will make light work of the ban. More»»»

The US Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, to a range of 3.5%-3.75%. However, it signalled there will be fewer cuts going forward amid a cooling labour market and persistently high inflation. The vote was not unanimous, with two board members calling for ke»»»

A boat carrying migrants overturned early on Thursday on the Sava river in eastern Croatia, killing at least three people and injuring eight, officials said. The accident happened in the eastern town of Slavonski Brod, by the border with Bosnia. Migrants were apparently trying to cross the Sava Riv»»»

Dubai: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra — the restaurateur brothers who ran the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a devastating fire — thought they had slipped out of India before the fallout could reach them. While firefighters were still battling the inferno at Arpora’s Birch by Romeo Lane, t»»»

US President Donald Trump reignited controversy by openly repeating his past slur about “shithole countries” at a Pennsylvania rally on Wednesday, underscoring a White House push to justify sweeping anti-immigrant policies and mass deportations. US President Donald Trump disputed having used the ep»»»

The UAE has tightened laws to combat use of narcotics, including imprisonment and heavy penalties for medical practitioners who misuse their authority to prescribe and dispense such drugs. It also mandates the deportation of foreign nationals convicted of narcotics offences following the completion»»»