Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Caretaker Minister of Justice Andrey Yankulov said on Sunday he will appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court the Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council’s refusal to consider his proposal for a new acting Prosecutor General. Borislav Sarafov now ho»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has introduced streamlined procedures to facilitate the departure of Umrah pilgrims, while warning against overstaying visas. The ministry urged pilgrims to coordinate with Umrah companies to confirm travel schedules and complete check-out arrangemen»»»

Dubai: As tensions escalate in the Gulf, a familiar question is back: if the Strait of Hormuz is so risky, why not just move oil another way? The scale makes that far harder than it sounds. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Roughly 20 million barrels of oil — about 20% o»»»

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon unleashed on Sunday a relentless and meticulously coordinated wave of strikes across the occupied territories under “Operation Eaten Straw,” demonstrating unprecedented precision and operational intensity. Using advanced missiles and squadrons of combat dro»»»

Batteries are rapidly becoming one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century. They sit at the heart of the global shift toward electrified transport, and more resilient power systems. In a word: a game-changer. At the most basic level, batteries solve a fundamental problem: energy»»»

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia, discussed developments in the region amid the ongoing military escalation and its serious implications for regional and international security and stability during a meeting. The»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers east of the Khiam detention center with a rocket salvo: Militar»»»

The role of the institutions is to stand by everyone who works for Bulgaria, President Iliana Iotova said Sunday in her address to the students and administration of Plovdiv’s Chernorizets Hrabar Secondary School, where a concert was held to mark the Feast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God. »»»

Tunis, March 22 (TAP) - The first edition of Tunisia’s Water Days kicked off under the slogan: “Where water flows, equality grows.”This event is organised on the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, in...»»»

Iran carried out missile strikes on Israeli towns of Dimona and Arad on March 21. Air defense systems like THAAD and Iron Dome may be highly capable but they still struggle with combined missile and drone attacks from multiple directions, Imad Salamey, associate professor at the Lebanese American U»»»

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir has approved plans for the "next phase" of the war against Hezbollah, saying the battle against the Lebanese Iran-backed group "has only just begun." "Once the battle in Iran ends, Hezbollah will be left alone and isolated. The battle against Hezbollah is a long one, a»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Defense issued a statement that it mourned with profound sorrow and grief the nation’s martyrs, who lost their lives while carrying out their national duty, embodying the highest values of sacrifice in service to the country. The martyrs, the Ministry, said are: • Capta»»»

Al Arish: Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 marked Eid Al Fitr at the UAE Floating Hospital in Al Arish, in the presence of Palestinian patients from the Gaza Strip and their companions, in a humanitarian atmosphere reflecting values of solidarity and compassion, and aimed at bringing joy to patients a»»»

Israel's military will expand its ground operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, its army chief said Sunday, warning that the offensive against the group was still in its early stages. "The operation against the Hezbollah terrorist organization has only begun... This is a prolonged operation," Lie»»»

The caretaker Cabinet has referred to the Constitutional Court Parliament’s resolution instructing the government to submit a bill of ratification of Bulgaria's accession, as a founding State, to the Charter of the Board of Peace, caretaker Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynsky said on Nova TV on Sunda»»»

Doha: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani performed the funeral prayer for the martyrs of the nation who passed away while performing their national duty after a Qatar Armed Forces helicopter crash in the country's territorial waters. The prayer was held after Maghrib prayer at Imam Muhamma»»»

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be sent to airports to help with increasingly long lines at security checkpoints, the Trump administration has said. US President Donald Trump posted on social media that ICE agents will go to airports on Monday, while Border Czar Tom Homan t»»»

Dubai: The third academic term for the 2025–2026 school year will begin on Monday for students across all levels in public and private schools in UAE following the Ministry of Education curriculum, with classes to be held remotely for two weeks after the spring break. The Ministry of Education has »»»

Chairpersons of several country business councils operating under the Dubai Chamber of Commerce affirmed that Dubai continues to strengthen its position as a global benchmark for resilience and agility amid international developments. They attributed this to the emirate’s integrated economic model,»»»

By Alaa Abdelwaneis Gold prices fell in the Egyptian market prices in accordance with the stock exchanges and global parallel market, where a gram of 21 carat gold scored L.E.261, two pounds down from last week. While the prices of 18 carat gold recorded L.E.223 and 24 carat gold L.E.298. Are there»»»

Croatian cellist Stjepan Hauser has had a concert cancelled in Lithuania after he posted a video of himself playing the Russian folk song ‘Kalinka’ on social media, the local LRT broadcaster has reported. The musician performed it as part of his ‘Music Unites the World’ project, in which he plays w»»»

Extremist Jewish settlers have carried out a spate of attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, vehicles and agricultural fields. The violence began after a teenage settler - 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman - was killed on Saturday, after reportedly being hit by a»»»

Washington: Elon Musk announced Saturday a plan to make chips for artificial intelligence, robotics and data centers in space, in the latest bold project by the world's richest person. The "Terafab", a manufacturing facility based near Austin, Texas, will aim to produce one terawatt of computing po»»»

Israel's military said it was investigating whether its own fire killed an Israeli civilian near the Lebanese border on Sunday, after Hezbollah claimed an attack in the same area. Israeli emergency workers said earlier Sunday that a man was killed in a "direct hit" on his car by a rocket from Leban»»»

Share: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday threatened to completely close the Strait of Hormuz if US President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to target Iranian energy facilities unless the key transport route is fully reopened within 48 hours. Meanwhile, Israel continued its strikes on Le»»»

One of RTÉ Sport's best-known broadcasters Michael Lyster has died. He was 71. Having joined RTÉ in 1979, Lyster was best known for presenting The Sunday Game Live for more than 30 years. He retired from The Sunday Game in 2018 after presenting coverage of the All-Ireland Gaelic football final betw»»»

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms has launched its election campaign in Vratsa with a water blessing ceremony led by Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa, the party said on Facebook. The candidate list was later presented at the party’s headquarters. “Our cause is connected to the people—their problem»»»

The Progressive Bulgaria coalition launched its election campaign in Gotse Delchev with the opening of its local office and the presentation of its candidates for MPs in Blagoevgrad's 1st multi-member constituency, the coalition said. The event was attended by top-of-the-list candidate Rositsa Kara»»»

Baghdad: Iraq has expressed its solidarity and deepest condolences to Qatar and Turkiye following the helicopter crash in Qatari territorial waters that resulted in the martyrdom of seven people from both countries. In a statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs extended its sincere sympathi»»»

Warsaw: Three wild European bison died on Sunday morning after being hit by a train in Poland's vast UNESCO-listed Bialowieza Forest in the east, the local police told AFP. According to a police spokesman, a herd of Europe's largest mammals, whose male specimens can reach 900 kilograms (nearly 2,00»»»

Torrential storms that have triggered flash floods in Kenya have killed at least 81 people this month, authorities said Sunday, as rain continued to pound much of the country. "The cumulative number of fatalities has unfortunately risen to 81," national police spokesman Muchiri Nyaga said in a stat»»»

The Public Prosecution in Kuwait said it has launched investigations into two separate cases related to espionage and acts undermining state security. In a statement carried by Kuwait News Agency, the Public Prosecution said the investigative team began its work in cooperation with relevant authori»»»

A natural gas explosion in Istanbul’s central Fatih district brought down two buildings on Sunday, killing one person. Search and rescue personnel pulled out 10 injured who were hospitalized, including one in critical condition, according to a statement by the Istanbul Governor’s office. The govern»»»

Tunis, March 22 (TAP) - The 4th edition of the “Sectoral Meetings,” which coincides with the 2nd edition dedicated to the electrical, electronic and mechatronics industries will be held on March 26 at the headquarters of UTICA, the Technical Centre...»»»

Tunis, March 22 (TAP) – The weather will remain partly to heavily cloudy over the western parts of central and southern regions on Sunday night, with scattered and locally thunderous showers, gradually extending to the far south. Passing clouds are...»»»

A focus of the election campaign and a main goal of There Is Such a People is the preservation of traditional values which primarily include the family and the protection of children, as well as protecting Bulgarians from illegal immigration, TISP deputy leader Toshko Yordanov said during the launc»»»

Journalist Boyko Vassilev, who moderated a conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the 1876 April Uprising at the BTA National Press Club in Veliko Tarnovo on Sunday, said that "this discussion turned into a conversation about today's Bulgaria." He emphasized that it is important to talk a»»»

Sharjah: Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Consumer Protection, said that the UAE has a strong and advanced food security system that does not rely solely on local stockpiles, but is supported by an extensive network of economic rel»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters targeted another gathering of Israeli occupation vehicles and soldiers in Jdeidet Mays Al-Jabal area with a rocket barra»»»

An Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle on Sunday killed three people in the middle of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, health officials said, hours after another person was killed in a strike on northern Gaza. According to Reuters, medics and police sources said the three men killed i»»»

The Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) coalition kicked off its election campaign in Sofia, holding an event in the park adjacent to the National Palace of Culture. “We must eliminate corruption and abuses in the country—not with empty words but through concrete action,” CC leader As»»»

Cairo: Arab Parliament has extended its sincerest condolences to the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkiye over the victims of a helicopter crash in Qatari territorial waters, which resulted in the martyrdom of seven individuals from both countries. In a statement today, the Parliament undersc»»»

Manama: The Kingdom of Bahrain has expressed its deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to the governments and peoples of Qatar and Turkiye following the martyrdom of seven personnel in a helicopter crash in Qatari territorial waters. In a statement, Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirm»»»

Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan extended his condolences over the victims of a helicopter crash accident in the territorial waters of the State of Qatar, which resulted in the martyrdom of seven personnel. The aircraft went down due to a technical malfunction while carrying out a routi»»»

Skopje, 17 March 2026 (MIA) — As of March 17, travelers can fly directly from Ohrid’s St. Paul the Apostle Airport to Bratislava, with a new flight to Milan launching March 29, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Aleksandar Nikoloski. In a Facebook post, Nikoloski said the »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s Higher Committee for Internal Security held a meeting on Sunday to review national preparedness and strengthen readiness to address current challenges. The meeting, chaired by Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, focused on ensuring»»»

Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbors in retaliation if US President Donald Trump follows through with a threat to hit Iran's electricity grid in 48 hours, escalating the three-week-old war. The prospect of tit-for-tat strikes on civilian infrastruct»»»

The US defenses are "bloated" in Israel, while also spread across the Gulf countries to protect American bases, so they can’t intercept all the Iranian drones and missiles, former colonel of Pakistan’s Air Force Sultan M. Hali tells Sputnik, commenting on recent Iran’s strikes against Dimona and Ar»»»

Tunis, March 22 (TAP) – Tunisia’s Consul General in Düsseldorf (West Germany), Mustapha Ziri, met with Stefan Engstfeld, Chair of the Committee for European and International Affairs in the parliament of the North Rhine-Westphalia.The meeting...»»»

Tunis, March 22 (TAP) – The Democratic Current (Attayar) party announced in a statement that it will hold its fourth national congress on April 3, 4, and 5, 2026, under the slogan “Tunisia as we want it.”The party said the congress will open in the...»»»