Young doctors and medical professionals protested in front of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday night with demands for better working conditions, more decent pay, and comprehensive healthcare reform. The demonstration was organized by the National Protest: Future in Bulgaria Initiative Committee un»»»

NEW YORK: A food importer on Tuesday sued to stop the Trump administration’s latest tariffs on imports from Canada, saying that the duties represent another attempt to claim an unfettered presidential tariff power that has been roundly rejected in court. Republican President Donald Trump imposed 50»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and India are expected to conclude a trade deal in several weeks, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday. "We are weeks, not months away from, I think, finalizing it. I think 99 percent of the work is done," Rubio told The Indian Express. Separate»»»

Sputnik, the international news agency and radio broadcaster, opened two multifunctional editorial centers in Africa on October 20—one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and the other in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ceremony inaugurating the Dar es Salaam hub kicked off with a video address by Russian »»»

The Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Constitutional Case No. 15 and the related Cases Nos. 17 and 18. The Court declared unconstitutional the amendments to Article 355, paragraphs 1 to 4, of the Labour Code and to Article 218, paragraph 2, of the Judicial System Act, as contained in the Tran»»»

A diverse array of MEPs on Tuesday (20 October) expressed their enthusiasm for the UK ‘correcting the mistake’ of Brexit by rejoining the European Union 10 years after its people narrowly voted to leave. “Trump, Xi and Putin might form a troika of iliberalism standing in defiance of the achievement»»»

Two men verbally abused, pushed around and spat at a ticket inspector on a train in eastern Hungary. The Debrecen District Court handed down the rulings on 20 October 2026 after both men admitted their guilt and waived their right to a trial. They were convicted of violence against a person perform»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad participated Tuesday in the meeting of the Afghanistan Coordination Group, being convened in Doha from Oct. 20-21. Addressing the meeting, HE Al Misnad extended the State of Qatar's gratitude to »»»

The Supreme Court has postponed scheduled court hearings, except for urgent cases, after a fire during protests on October 17, 2026, caused material and infrastructure damage, including damage to judicial case files. In an official statement, the court said the incident had disrupted the conditions»»»

ROME: Italy will approve new security measures on Tuesday targeting minors, politicians said, after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalize property. Under the crackdown, law enforcers will be allowed to detain people under the age of 18 at police sta»»»

LONDON: A power outage at a Google Cloud data center near London caused serious failures to services on Tuesday, leading to widespread disruptions for several UK banks. Google said in a service health update that most services had returned to normal by 1210 GMT, six hours after the incident began. »»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday appointed Majid Ebn al-Reza, who had served as acting defense minister since around the start of the conflict with the United States, as his defense adviser. "The Iranian president has issued a decree appointing Majid Ebn al-Reza as »»»

MANILA: Southeast Asia’s interior and security ministers met in Manila on Tuesday to jointly address cybercrime, human trafficking and online scams, a growing concern in the region. Over the past few years, Southeast Asia has been increasingly targeted as a hub for transnational organized crime and»»»

Rising fuel costs are piling pressure on households, businesses and governments across Europe, fuelling cost-of-living protests and bolstering the far right ahead of elections next year in countries including France, Italy and Poland. Some far-right parties are calling for a return to Russian energ»»»

Police on Tuesday charged a driver with intentionally causing serious injury to Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines, who is in a critical condition after being struck by a car outside her office in an incident that has shocked the nation. Haines had her leg amputated following the attack, acco»»»

MELBOURNE: Police on Tuesday charged a driver with intentionally causing serious injury to an Australian federal lawmaker who is in critical condition after being struck by a car in an apparent escalation in political violence that has shocked the nation. Helen Haines, a 65-year-old independent pol»»»

A Lebanese judge on Tuesday ordered two Hezbollah officials to appear for questioning over their alleged involvement in a delivery of explosives seized by authorities this month, a judicial official told AFP. Lebanese authorities had been carrying out investigations after arresting two suspected He»»»

The oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta has voted to remain part of the country, with most voters rejecting a proposal to move toward an independence referendum, national broadcaster CBC reported on Tuesday. The vote comes amid purported contacts between pro-independence activists and US official»»»

OSLO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Tuesday for talks with top US envoys in a bid to get strained relations with Washington “on a more constructive path,” Oslo said. “We are maintaining all contacts that can help bring peace,” Zelensky said in a social media post announc»»»

BEIRUT: A Lebanese judge on Tuesday ordered two Hezbollah officials to appear for questioning over their alleged involvement in a delivery of explosives seized by authorities this month, a judicial official told AFP. Lebanese authorities had been carrying out investigations after arresting two susp»»»

A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his mother in Plovdiv sent photographs of her body and a recording of her cries for help to friends and classmates through Instagram group chats, according to details presented at a Plovdiv Appellate Court hearing reported by BNT, Radio Plovdiv, Plovdiv24.bg and»»»

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Tuesday for talks on the ongoing negotiations over trade tariffs, defense cooperation and energy security. Starting his trip in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, Rubio was received by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and will »»»

UAE, US, India explore partnerships in trade, technology, and development Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in a trilateral meeting in Mumbai, India, with Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's Minister of External Affairs, and Ma»»»

Investors seek about $10 million in court claims; firm says most products stay unaffected Dubai: Investors are pursuing court claims over delayed and missing payouts linked to Dubai-based AIX Investment Group, according to the DIFC Courts’ public registry and reports by overseas financial publicati»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom will send Typhoon fighter jets to support Saudi Arabia amid the current escalation with Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, the UK Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. "The UK will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection o»»»

Tunis, Oct. (TAP) – A criminal network involving traders and jewellery workshop owners has been dismantled by the Judicial Police, said the General Directorate of National Security in a statement.A security source told TAP that members of the...»»»

Doha: Doha has been fully primed to host an incredible edition of the FIP World Cup Qatar 2026, scheduled for Nov. 2-7 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, the Qatar Padel Federation has revealed. The contest will feature 32 national teams, bringing together some of the world's p»»»

The Svishtov Regional Court has sentenced Anita Vachkova to two years in prison and Detelin Avramov to two years and four months in prison for animal cruelty and offences involving pornographic material, the court said on Tuesday. Both were also fined EUR 1,100 each. The sentences are appealable be»»»

The Military Court has issued two bench warrants for Hezbollah officials known as “Sajed” and “Zulfiqar” in the explosives shipment case, after the Army Intelligence Directorate successfully identified their full identities, media reports. The decision came following yesterday's security meeting in»»»

Haines is fighting for her life in a hospital after being struck near her office Melbourne: Australian police charged a man on Tuesday over what they alleged was a “targeted” attack with a vehicle on independent lawmaker Helen Haines. Haines is fighting for her life in a hospital in Melbourne after»»»

Sydney: Australian police said they charged a man on Tuesday for what they allege was a "targeted" attack on lawmaker Helen Haines, who suffered critical injuries. The man was charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury and intentionally causing serious injury, as well as the federal crim»»»

The cover stories in the Tuesday media vary from voter attitudes ahead of the October 25 presidential elections to property taxes to drone attacks, and no single issue dominates. Politics The 24 Chasa daily reports that hundreds of thousands of euros in public funding for presidential campaign adve»»»

The Italian government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan to protect the city from looting and violence after two days of riots left shops ransacked, police officers injured, and hundreds of people detained. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini announced the deployment on Monday as luxury boutiques i»»»

PARIS (Sputnik) - The first sentences have been handed down following a major demonstration in Paris on October 17 that escalated into unrest, media reported on Monday. Several individuals detained for acts of violence during last Saturday’s action have appeared in court under an expedited judicial»»»

EXPLAINERSC affirms penalties for Palawan officials in Malampaya Fund irregularities MANILA: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Office of the Ombudsman can independently investigate alleged wrongdoing by government officials even while the Commission on Audit (COA) is examining the same transacti»»»

An opinion by: Răzvan Ungureanu, Partner, Head of International Tax Advisory Services, EY Romania In Romania, the mechanism is regulated by Law No. 431/2023, which transposes the European Directive on the global minimum tax and introduces the Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Tax – QDMTT) and appli»»»

This slowdown comes against a difficult economic backdrop. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), Romania’s GDP fell by 0.7% year on year in the first half of 2026 (unadjusted data), and the economy stagnated in the second quarter compared with the first. At the same time, althoug»»»

MADRID: Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis are fueling an autumn of protests in Europe. Crowds have protested for weeks in major cities, with some demonstrations marked by arrests, looting, injuries and violence across France, Ita»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Italian government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan to protect the city from looting and violence after two days of riots left shops ransacked, police officers injured, and hundreds of people detained. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini announced the deployment on Monday as»»»

Hungary and Slovakia are calling for greater flexibility and more EU funding as the bloc prepares to end Russian energy imports in 2027, warning that replacing existing supplies could prove costly for Central Europe. Hungary and Slovakia are urging Brussels to ease the rules surrounding the phase-o»»»

Extreme speech has surged under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's far-right government and can be heard at the highest levels ahead of Israel's Oct. 27 elections. With just days before the vote, Israeli think tank OFEK shared a spreadsheet with The Associated Press listing 227 extreme co»»»

Edmonton, Canada: Canada's province of Alberta rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results showed Tuesday, a setback for separatists backed by allies of US President Donald Trump. Public broadcaster CBC and leading private network CTV projected a comfortable victory for the f»»»

Doha, Qatar: Juan Martin del Potro, former No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings, is among the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027 nominees, which were announced yesterday. The Argentine is joined by WTA stars Ash Barty and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the ballot’s Player Category, which recognises»»»

Doha, Qatar: With just two points separating the title rivals, the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island could prove crucial in the battle for the 2026 MotoGP World Championship as the season enters its decisive phase. Phillip Island has hosted the Australian GP since 1997, following its debut on»»»

In February, Iliana Yotova had to choose a caretaker prime minister from the short list of officials the amended constitution allows, and she picked Andrey Gyurov, then a deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank. Eight months later he is the main obstacle between her and a full presidential t»»»

Husband's allegations unravel as investigators fail to link accused to online accounts Ajman: An Ajman court has acquitted a Gulf national and another man charged with exchanging sexual messages through Instagram allegedly intended to promote vice, after the woman’s husband accused them of engaging»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Rayyan remain at the top of the Qatar Stars League but the pressure is building behind them after a sixth round that saw Al Sadd suffer another setback, Al Duhail strengthen their challenge and Al Arabi make a statement with a six-goal rout. A goalless draw against Al Gharafa kept A»»»

The European Union unveils its new "strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, aiming to step up its presence in the far north as melting ice opens new maritime routes, and tensions with Russia and the United States increasingly put the region in the geopolitical spotlight. The European Union (EU) is to »»»

Shocking details emerge in Kenya's worst cult-related tragedy involving 400 deaths A Kenyan pastor has been convicted on 191 murder charges after he forced followers to starve their children and themselves so they would die and have an opportunity to enter heaven and "be with Jesus". Pastor Paul Ma»»»

Doha, Qatar: Aspire Academy hosted and organised its second highly successful International Padel Federation (FIP) Promises event, attracting more than 130 competitors. Alongside local Qatari players, 28 other nations were represented, including players travelling from South Africa, Spain and Argen»»»