The European Commission has decided to release nearly 370 million euros in previously suspended funds for Bulgaria under the Recovery and Resilience Plan following progress on key judicial and anti-corruption reforms. The announcement came after a meeting in Brussels between Prime Minister Rumen Ra»»»

The EU Council today adopted additional restrictive measures against four entities and three individuals under the European Union's Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. Those listed are extremist Israeli settlers and organisations which support them, and are responsible for serious and systematic »»»

NAIROBI: A Kenyan rights group said on Thursday it had filed a court petition against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine center for US nationals in the east African country. Washington is building a “state-of-the-art” facility in Kenya for US citizens to quarantine after leaving the Democratic »»»

STOCKHOLM: A Stockholm court on Thursday wrapped up hearings in the trial of two former oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes over their business dealings during Sudan’s second civil war, with a ruling expected in December. The trial, which is the longest ever in Sweden, opened in Sept»»»

Lom District Court suspended Lom Mayor Tsvetan Petrov from office, the Montana Regional Court said on Thursday. Judging from evidence taken in the pre-trial proceedings, on April 15, 2026, in the office building of a municipal-owned enterprise in Lom, Petrov, acting in his capacity as a public offi»»»

The story of the Cateura Recycled Instruments Orchestra, a Paraguayan music project born in a vulnerable community surrounding the Cateura landfill in Asunción, will reach U.S. stages this Saturday with the world premiere of "Basura," a musical produced by Gloria Estefan at the Alliance Theatre in »»»

Antananarivo, Madagascar: Madagascar's top court on Thursday dismissed an opposition lawmaker's attempt to oust the country's military ruler, ruling that the challenge fell outside the constitution. Prominent MP Antoine Rajerison had asked the High Constitutional Court to remove army Colonel Michae»»»

LONDON/DUBAI: King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have offered their condolences to Yemen on the death of former president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who died aged 80 on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Hadi, who led the country through years of political upheaval and civil war»»»

Journalist E. Jean Carroll, left, won two lawsuits against President Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation. Now, the Department of Justice is investigating her for alleged perjury. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice launched a crimina»»»

PARIS: Top-ranked Jannik Sinner appears to be struggling with the heat during his second-round match at the French Open against 56th-ranked Argentine opponent Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Thursday. Sinner was serving for the match at 5-4, 0-40 in the third set when he bent over on the court and then wa»»»

The proposed power for the Justice Minister to challenge all decisions of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) with automatic suspension of their implementation constitutes a disproportionate interference by an executive body in the work of the highest administrative body of the judiciary. Such a pro»»»

Share: HERE IS THE LATEST Iran accused the U.S. on Thursday of another ceasefire violation and said it retaliated by targeting an American base after a second round of what the Pentagon calls “purely defensive” strikes against drone operations. CENTCOM said Kuwait intercepted an incoming Iranian mi»»»

The District Prosecution Office in Kardzhali Thursday said it was not informed about any procedural actions carried out at the Kardzhali municipal administration in connection with the questioning of Kardzhali Mayor Erol Emin Mumun. Earlier, the mayor had been taken in for questioning at the Region»»»

A federal judge refused, for now, to block President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- A federal judge has declined, for now, to block an executive order restricting who can receive mail ballots. U.S. District Judge Carl»»»

A meeting between Hungary and the European Commission on Friday (29 May) has been described by the new prime minster Péter Magyar as its “most important talks of recent years.” Magyar is hoping to unblock over €10.4bn in frozen EU post-pandemic Covid funds following a planned meeting on Friday with»»»

1 of 6 | South Korea’s leading beauty and wellness retailer Olive Young will open its first U.S. store in California on Friday. In this March photo, a visitor browses at the company's flagship store in Seongsu, Seoul. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI SEOUL, May 28 (UPI) -- South Korea's leading bea»»»

The average time for examining cases at the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in 2025 was 112 days per case, the court's press office said on Thursday. The SAC and the lower administrative courts across Bulgaria examined more than 56,000 cases in 2025. The figures come from the annual report on th»»»

United Group founder Dragan Šolak and former chief executive Viktoriya Boklag have launched legal proceedings in London against private equity owner BC Partners, seeking to block the planned sale of the group’s Southeast European media assets, according to a statement on May 26. The case, filed thr»»»

Russian, Tajik and Uzbek intelligence officials combined to prevent several terrorist attacks in Russia planned by radical groups, according to Alexander Bortnikov, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Bortnikov made a statement on the joint anti-terrorist work at a meeting of the C»»»

Russian, Tajik and Uzbek intelligence officials combined to prevent several terrorist attacks in Russia planned by radical groups, according to Alexander Bortnikov, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Bortnikov made a statement on the joint anti-terrorist work at a meeting of the C»»»

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Kardzhali Thursday said it was not informed about any procedural actions carried out at the Kardzhali municipal administration in connection with the questioning of Kardzhali Mayor Erol Emin Mumun. Earlier, the mayor had been taken in for questioning at the Regio»»»

The participants in the first meeting of the Network of National Preventive Mechanisms from South-Eastern Europe for 2026 adopted a declaration on Thursday, calling for the detention of migrants to be applied only as a measure of last resort and in strict compliance with international human rights »»»

A former CIA agent is charged with stealing $40 million in gold bars, $2 million in cash and lying to the agency about his background. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- A former CIA agent is accused of stealing nearly $40 million worth of gold bars and about $2 million in »»»

Senior figures within Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are allegedly discussing the possible ousting of Chancellor Friedrich Merz due to his record-low approval ratings, according to German media reports. According to Bild, talks about potentially “swapping” Merz for another chancellor ar»»»

3M in the United States and Australia were hit with a major lawsuit filed by the federal government in Canberra for the cleanup costs and health impacts from the firm's alleged use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in fire-fighting foam at dozens of military bases across Australia. File photo »»»

Water-related problems in Bulgaria are not solely the result of climate change but stem largely from poor management, outdated infrastructure, and lack of coordination between institutions, according to Plamen Nikiforov, an engineer and chair of the Management Board of the Scientific and Technical »»»

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk have signed a new defence pact aimed at deepening military and security cooperation between the two NATO allies. The agreement focuses on strengthening joint capabilities, cyber defence and coordination in response to growing con»»»

Progressive Bulgaria (PB) has proposed fixing the base salary of Members of Parliament at 4,326 euros per month, removing the current automatic link between MPs’ pay and the national average wage. The proposal was outlined by Stefan Belchev, an MP and member of the parliamentary budget and finance »»»

Kardzhali Mayor Erol Mumun was taken in for questioning on Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct linked to a public procurement contract worth more than 5 million leva, according to Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev. Initial reports from several Bulgarian media outlets claim»»»

MELBOURNE: An Australian mother of four was held in custody after she appeared in a court on Thursday charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Daesh group. Rayann El Houli, 34, was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with her children and a»»»

Judges' caseload at the Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) remained high in 2025 despite a certain decrease in the number of cases referred to, and pending before, the SCC, its Annual Report says. At 4,602, the cases left undisposed of from the previous year by January 1, 2025 were 617 fewer than the»»»

1 of 5 | Proud Boys and pro-Trump supporters gather and march to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. File Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- In little more than a week»»»

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday resigned from office, bringing an end to his tenure as the state’s longest-serving chief minister and setting the stage for a leadership transition in the Congress government. The resignation followed weeks of speculation over a possible change in l»»»

MINSK (Sputnik) - Nuclear exercises jointly conducted by Russia and Belarus comply with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and are an analogue of the NATO practice of "joint nuclear missions," the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. "Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister [Igor Sekret»»»

The National Road Investment Company, CNIR, has signed the contract for section 1 of the A8 Union Motorway, between Târgu Neamț, Moțca, and Târgu Frumos, marking the first A8 contract financed through the European Security Action for Europe, SAFE, programme. The contract, worth RON 4.87 billion exc»»»

Former prosecutor general Kurmankul Zulushev and former speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu commented to journalists on the criminal case related to the so-called «Letter of 75.» Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu stated that he has no connection to the document and had neve»»»

Iulia Suciu (ZEN-VITA, Bucharest), Cristina Olteanu (AlbAlb, Bucharest), and Carina Sava (Watermelon Agency, Bucharest) are the three entrepreneurs who won the She’s Next grants totaling €60,000, during the second edition of the program run by Visa and ING Bank Romania, in collaboration with Impact»»»

Manila: The Office of the Ombudsman has accused Sen. Jinggoy Estrada of receiving at least ₱573 million in alleged kickbacks tied to infrastructure projects, marking the third plunder case filed against the lawmaker amid a widening corruption crackdown involving several prominent politicians. On Th»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: US climber Tyler Andrews set a new speed record using supplementary oxygen on Mount Everest on Thursday, his team told AFP, summiting the world's highest peak an hour quicker than anyone before. Andrews, 36, climbed the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak in just 9 hours and 55 minutes»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli attorney general’s office said Thursday that it would indict a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of “transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security.”The case concerns the leak of a classified document regarding the war »»»

In recent days in England, the temperature has reached a daytime high exceeding 30 C. Unfortunately, there has been little professional cricket for me to watch nearby. This is a result of the current organization of the cricket calendar. Although the domestic T20 competition, The Blast, is underway»»»

Former US President Bill Clinton should not have been impeached for his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but for lying in an earlier sexual harassment case, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has said. Gingrich led the 1998 impeachment of Clinton, in which ‘Slick Willy’ was charged with – and acquitted»»»

Trust in the cabinet of Rumen Radev is 50% and mistrust 22%, according to a Market Links/bTV poll made public Thursday. Trust in Parliament tripled to 19% in May from 6% in April, and mistrust dropped to 53% from 77% in April. In May, trust in the caretaker government of Andrey Gurov was 28% and mi»»»

From January to March 2026, at least 425 children under 12 months old died in Kyrgyzstan, a report from the National Statistical Committee says. The number of infant deaths during the same period in 2025 was 413. The Ministry of Health is preparing a reform of perinatal services through 2030. Key d»»»

Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram heavily restricted, as they were before the cutoff began during nationwide protests in January. Authori»»»

Rome: Italy said Thursday it was seizing assets worth more than 200 million euros ($232 million) belonging to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in an operation involving a string of offshore territories. Police said in a statement the assets had been amassed since the 1980s "in the interests of»»»

POLITICS – APPROVAL RATINGS bTV reports that a new government led by Rumen Radev starts with 50% public trust against 24% distrust, citing a survey by Market Links conducted between May 16 and May 27 among 1,008 respondents through face-to-face interviews and online polling. Sociologist Dobromir Zh»»»

Washington, United States: The United States has arrested a former senior CIA official after a search found $40 million worth of gold bars at his home. FBI officers also seized $2 million in cash and around 35 luxury watches this month from the home of David Rush in the US state of Virginia, accord»»»

The resignation of Borislav Sarafov is the first step toward freeing the judicial system from the dependencies, associated with him, Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov told a news briefing on Thursday. “The facts are that he is no longer at the top of the judicial system. From here on, the procedure»»»

China's foreign minister Wang Yi vowed to support Havana and confront "power politics and bullying" during talks with his Cuban counterpart in New York, state media reported Wednesday, as the Caribbean island faces mounting pressure from the United States. Cuba is suffering under a US energy blocka»»»