WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Space Command (SPACECOM) and US allies expect to finalize a joint plan for future orbital warfare by the end of the year, SPACECOM Commander Gen. Stephen Whiting said. "We are in the process now of building a defense of orbital assets CONOPS [an orbit Concept of Operat»»»

Austria has said it scrambled Eurofighter Typhoons to intercept US Air Force spy planes that entered its airspace without authorization on Sunday and Monday. According to Austrian Defense Ministry spokesman Michael Bauer, a pair of PC-12 turboprop aircraft flew over the Totes Gebirge mountains in U»»»

BRUSSELS: In an ornate Brussels concert hall, Bashar Murad, a Palestinian songwriter, stood before hundreds and delivered a mournful performance of Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” in English and Arabic. When the final notes faded, the audience erupted. The performance Tue»»»

Dubai: The UAE is seeking a seat on the board of Swift, the global financial messaging network used by banks and financial institutions to process cross-border transactions. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Senior executives from the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) told medi»»»

Ukraine has amended the list of countries with which it accepts dual citizenship agreements, adding 29 new states including Romania.On 8 May, the government in Kyiv adopted a "decree regarding amendments to the list of states whose citizens (subjects) acquire Ukrainian citizenship through a simplif»»»

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have charged powerful ex-national security chief Kamchybek Tashiyev with plotting to overthrow President Sadyr Japarov and seize power by force. Seven others face the same charge, but their identi»»»

Under Joe Biden, the US said the Nord Stream pipeline network would not operate, but now it wants to buy the part of the pipelines owned by European companies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT. “Take a look at how the Americans are planning to restore Nord Stream. I am talking about t»»»

A hantavirus outbreak that originated on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius has spread across multiple countries, with at least three deaths and seven confirmed cases as passengers are repatriated to Europe, North America and beyond, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Dise»»»

A hantavirus outbreak that originated on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius has spread across multiple countries, with at least three deaths and seven confirmed cases as passengers are repatriated to Europe, North America and beyond, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Dise»»»

A hantavirus outbreak that originated on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius has spread across multiple countries, with at least three deaths and seven confirmed cases as passengers are repatriated to Europe, North America and beyond, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Dise»»»

The world is simultaneously more afraid of war and less willing to fight one. That paradox sits at the heart of the security and defence findings from the 2026 Democracy Perception Index — a survey of 94,146 people across 98 countries conducted between March 19 and April 21, as US and Israeli force»»»

Something has quietly shifted in Russia. Not the social and economic meltdown Western pundits have been confidently predicting almost continuously for the last two decades. Or the imminent economic collapse following each bad data set. But something more subtle: the gradual collapse of the social b»»»

The Plovdiv District Court has ordered the permanent detention of a 22-year-old man accused of killing his father, dismembering his body and disposing of the remains in waste containers in the Trakia district. The proceedings were held behind closed doors due to the disturbing nature of the case an»»»

Bulgarian freight volumes were up 11.9% in Q4 2025 year on year. When I ask fleet operators around Sofia and Plovdiv what shifted, the answer keeps coming back to the same thing. It's not some grand strategy or government initiative. It's the fact that they finally have live numbers from their own »»»

A used car lot on the southern edge of Sofia had seven imported sedans sitting on it last March, all from German auctions, all priced between 9000 and 13000 euros, and the owner told me he had run history reports on every single one before photographing them for his listings. Two years ago, he woul»»»

The EPPO investigation that's been running since at least early 2025 produced its first indictment in April 2026. Berlin. Three car traders. The charge was participation in a criminal organization that had been buying wrecks at American insurance auctions, doing the minimum amount of bodywork to ma»»»

The summer tourist season has started on Bulgaria’s Southern Black Sea coast, with Sunny Beach already seeing strong early occupancy. Some hotels in the resort complex began operating at the end of April and are reporting full capacity, yet industry representatives are warning that rising travel co»»»

Retail trade across the European Union showed mixed dynamics in March, with Bulgaria standing out as the strongest performer on an annual basis, according to Eurostat data. On a monthly basis, retail sales in the euro area declined by 0.1%, following a 0.3% drop in February. Across the wider Europe»»»

A box of thermal receipt rolls at a wholesale supplier in Sofia runs about 20% more than it did in late 2023. Shop owners aren’t losing sleep over the reason. EU chemical policy is behind it, though nobody working a register tracks that kind of thing. REACH Regulation 2016/2235 put a 0.02% cap on B»»»

Bulgaria has established itself as one of the strongest performers in Southeast Europe in terms of operational battery storage capacity, according to data cited by BGNES, placing the country ahead of several regional competitors. The country currently has an installed battery storage capacity of 0.»»»

BEIJING: It’s a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official US policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger geopolitical alarm bells. The way the US views Taiwan under the “One China” policy recognizes the Chinese position»»»

Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, killing at ​least six people, regional officials said, after the expiry of a US-mediated ceasefire. Ukrainian officials said Russia launched more than 200 drones overnight, putting an end to hopes that the three-day ceas»»»

VIENNA: The Eurovision semifinals kicked off Tuesday amid blasts of dry ice and jets of flame with Israel waiting in the wings, its participation triggering the song contest’s biggest-ever political boycott. Moldova got the party started before 11,200 fans at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna with ra»»»

GOTLAND, Sweden: The war game scenario was this: One of NATO ‘s newest members, Sweden, was under threat by an unnamed country that was building up troops along the military alliance’s eastern border. And in an unusual twist, non-NATO member Ukraine was there to advise on drone warfare — and delive»»»

The General Union of Chambers received last Sunday (10 May) Daniel Schemsky, Deputy Ambassador of Germany, as part of efforts to strengthen economic and trade relations between the two countries. He was received by the Chairman of the Union, the Director General of the Union, and Union advisors. Th»»»

The Kremlin has released ‌a video of Vladimir Putin driving in Moscow and meeting an old school teacher in a hotel lobby, after Western media outlets cited a European intelligence report as saying the Russian president spent weeks holed up in bunkers. The reports, which appeared in the run-up to Pu»»»

BARCELONA: Barcelona manager Hansi Flick said ‌on Tuesday he will extend his contract with the LaLiga club until 2028 after his side sealed their 29th league title. Flick, whose current deal was due to expire in June 2027, is set to sign a one-year extension, with an option to prolong his tenure. H»»»

Barcelona: Barcelona coach Hansi Flick confirmed on Tuesday that he has signed a new two-year contract with an option for a third season days after securing a second consecutive La Liga title with the Catalan club. The 61-year-old German wrapped up his second Spanish league crown with Barcelona on »»»

Brussels, Belgium: TikTok's European business should be "in European hands", following the example of the United States, Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer said Tuesday. ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, ceded control of the platform's US operations to a majority American-owne»»»

Amid growing maritime disruptions across global shipping routes, Saudi Arabia’s export capability through the Red Sea has emerged as a strategic safeguard against a surge in global energy prices. Kristijonas Gedvilas, Chief Executive Officer of the European Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Sau»»»