European buyers are demanding that Turkey provide documentation proving natural gas transported through Turkish territory is not of Russian origin, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said in an interview with A Haber TV on August 6. Bayraktar said Turkey is legally obliged to process »»»

Tunis, August 7 (TAP) - A partnership agreement to implement a project aimed at restoring degraded Aleppo pine ecosystems in Kasserine governorate, with funding worth S$2.48 million provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), was signed by...»»»

The UN's World Food Programme is finalizing a five-year renewal of its contract with US data software firm Palantir despite “key privacy concerns” raised in a leaked 2025 internal audit. The audit, seen by PassBlue and FRANCE 24, reveals UN misgivings about allowing Palantir to process data for the»»»

Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Heather Kerr, Country Director for Congo at the International Rescue Committee. The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unprecedented, not simply because of its scale, but because it spread undetected for months before it was correc»»»

One of our quirkier rituals is to write every year about why Russians view August as some sort of cursed month and to highlight what could happen this year. Or, to paraphrase (ex US Secretary of Defence) Donald Rumsfeld, the “known knowns” and, possibly, the “known unknowns”. But, of course, it is »»»

Russia has destroyed more than half of the Kyiv region's pre-war warehouse capacity since its full-scale invasion began, after strikes overnight on August 5 hit 10 warehouse facilities totalling about 100,000 square metres, according to Ukrainian real estate analysts cited by Ukraine Business News.»»»

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a mutual defence pact on Friday that would treat any act of aggression on one of the three nations as an attack on all of them, the allies said in a joint statement. However, it did not specify if the agreement would bind them to any particular military acti»»»

The concerts of several musicians accused of supporting former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad have been cancelled this summer in towns across Syria. People in the city of Homs tore down posters announcing performances by singers Mohamad Iskandar and Hossam Jneed, denouncing their previous links w»»»

Acting Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Lyubomir Nikolov said Bulgarian authorities have found no evidence that fentanyl produced in the recently dismantled laboratory in Sofia was exported abroad, stressing that all identified shipments were intercepted before leaving the country. Speaking»»»

President Donald Trump participates in the signing of executive orders Thursday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is shown at right. Trump signed an order imposing new rules on tariffs on polysilicon and related products. Photo by Aaron Schw»»»

A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than $500 million, finding the social media company created a public nuisance and harmed children. The ruling follows a March jury verdict awarding the state $375 million after finding Meta liable for exposing children to online predators and »»»

A student at a high school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok killed six people, including three teachers and three students, in a school shooting on Friday. Police said the gunman killed his grandparents before opening fire at the school. Thailand has one of the highest rates of gu»»»

Italy's health ministry placed 27 cities, from Trieste in the country's northeast to Palermo in Sicily, on red alert ahead of the weekend as a blistering heatwave across much of Europe toppled temperature records and disrupted energy and transportation systems in several countries.  Italy plac»»»

In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, 144 Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this "human zoo", seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease. Today, this shocking episode still haunts Belgium as one»»»

A dedicated cybersecurity agency should be established to bring Bulgaria’s fragmented cyber defense resources together under one structure, said Bozhidar Bozhanov, co-chair of “Yes, Bulgaria.” His comments came after the Ministry of Innovation and Digital Transformation announced on August 5 that u»»»

The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), jointly with the Ministry of Economy, Investment and Industry, held its traditional annual awards ceremony honouring the most successful Commercial and Economic Affairs Offices (CEAO) for 2025, organized after the annual meeting of the heads of»»»

Bulgaria’s national informatics team, which will take part in the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Uzbekistan, was welcomed at the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) on Thursday, the hosts said on their Facebook page. The visit took pl»»»

Ukraine's stockpile of air-defence interceptor missiles is running down to zero this week, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's mounting desperation as the hunt for replacement ammunition fails is becoming impossible to hide, with the country's skies over its cities now largely undefended »»»

Energy Minister Iva Petrova said the protocol freezing the gas agreement between Bulgaria's Bulgargaz and Turkey's Botas for 15 months is confidential and will not be made public because it is an agreement between two commercial companies. Speaking to Nova TV, Petrova explained that the document fa»»»

Ukraine's stockpile of air-defence interceptor missiles is running down to zero this week, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's mounting desperation as the hunt for replacement ammunition fails is becoming impossible to hide, with the country's skies over its cities now largely undefended »»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has slipped to sixth place in a new public trust ranking of the country's political and military leaders, behind four military figures and his own former defence minister, according to a poll published on August 6 by the Center for Social Research Socis. This»»»

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have charged Olha Stefanishyna, until recently Ukraine's ambassador to the US, in a new illicit-enrichment case tied to the purchase of a Kyiv apartment, two days after she resigned her p»»»

Russia's Aerospace Forces launched 8,385 glide bombs at Ukraine in July, up 1.4% from 8,266 in June, an average of 270 a day, according to figures compiled from open-source strike monitoring. The increase came alongside a qualitative shift too, with Russia making heavier use of Unified Gliding and »»»

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov held a round of talks with Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv, with the two sides discussing energy cooperation, trade and the war with Russia, Report said, citing the Azerbaijani foreign ministry. Baku is positioning itself as a supplier o»»»

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov held a round of talks with Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv, with the two sides discussing energy cooperation, trade and the war with Russia, Report said, citing the Azerbaijani foreign ministry. Baku is positioning itself as a supplier o»»»

A few months ago, we launched our series in which we provided weekly summaries of the news from Hungary’s election campaign. The series continues so that we can report on developments following the historic election and on the steps taken by the new Tisza government. This week, we cover the followi»»»

President Iliana Iotova said on Friday Stefan Tsanev's writing urges people to seek meaning in the time they live in and to be guided by the moral compass of conscience. She made the remarks in a congratulatory address to the prominent Bulgarian playwright, writer and poet on his 90th birthday, the»»»

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah on Friday, Saudi media reported, where he is expected to sign a defense agreement with the kingdom and Pakistan, sources have told AFP. Saudi Arabia's Alekhbariya television reported that the Turkish president had arriv»»»

US-backed negotiations between Venezuela's interim government and a faction of the opposition began on Thursday after nearly a week of delays, the two sides said. The talks aim to reshape the country's political system and lay the groundwork for eventual elections after years of political turmoil. »»»

Syria's Health Ministry said Friday that 14 people were wounded, three of them critically, but that there were no fatalities in the explosion of a minivan taxi a day earlier in a Damascus suburb. The Health Ministry had said Thursday night that two people were killed in the blast. In a statement Fr»»»

Australian specialist aviation operator Skytraders evacuated an American from McMurdo Station in Antartica on July 31. The American was transported to Christchurch, New Zealand, where they were receiving medical treatment as of Friday. Photo courtesy Skytraders Aug. 7 (UPI) -- An American was evacu»»»

South Korean activists who visited North Korean POWs in Ukraine were charged by police for violating passport laws, the activist group's leader said Friday. This January 2025 photo shows a North Korean POW captured by Ukraine. File Photo via President of Ukraine/UPI | License Photo Six South Korean»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that trade negotiations with the United States had turned "nasty" after President Donald Trump derided America's neighbor and its leadership while threatening to expand tariffs. Carney said Canada remained engaged in the negotiations despite Trump's»»»

Ghana's central bank lost more than $1.7bn in 2025 running its gold-buying programme, the International Monetary Fund has said, even as the scheme helped rebuild the country's foreign reserves and prop up the cedi. The losses, disclosed in the IMF's 2026 Article IV Consultation and proposed Policy »»»

DUBAI: “Batman: Caped Crusader” has returned for a second season on Prime Video, and if you haven’t yet watched this spiritual successor to the iconic “Batman: The Animated Series,” there’s never been a better time to start the best superhero show on TV right now. Created by “TAS” co-creator Bruce »»»

DAMASCUS: Under the supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Energy, three Power Purchase Agreements were signed in the Syrian capital, Damascus, between Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Ahmed Al-Harfi Co. and the Syrian Electricity Co. Two technical cooperation agreements were also signed between Mohammed Ahme»»»

In the 1930s, Japan found itself battling against the spread of leprosy. Faced with the infectious disease, which attacks the nerves and deforms the body, the authorities confined leprosy patients to sanatoriums – some of them on the island of Nagashima. Even after the first treatments ap»»»

Extreme temperatures affect transport, energy production, and productivity, while altering consumption habits?benefiting some industries and harming others?according to an analysis by XTB Romania released on Thursday."Western Europe is facing its fourth heatwave of the year. Italy has placed all ma»»»

The Romanian government on Thursday approved, at the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, a draft decision supplementing Ordinance 1204/2022 on the establishment, organisation and functioning of the Investment and Development Bank (IDB), in order to authorise Romania's participation, through the ID»»»

The Government approved on Thursday a decision endorsing Romania's Risk-Preparedness Plan for the Electricity Sector, a framework document outlining national measures for preventing, preparing for, managing and mitigating the effects of potential electricity-supply crises, as well as steps required»»»

Romania's Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill endorsing the National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2030, adopting the same version previously approved by the Chamber of Deputies.The bill was passed with 79 votes in favour, 30 against and 13 abstentions. It»»»

Fitch's decision to maintain Romania's sovereign credit rating was the right one, and a downgrade would have been unfair to citizens and businesses that have borne the costs of fiscal adjustment, Fiscal Council President Daniel Daianu said on Thursday.Speaking to private broadcaster Digi24, Daianu »»»

Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan stated on Thursday that he is optimistic the country's rating will be maintained, with a stable outlook for the period ahead.He noted at a press conference at Victoria Palace that rating agencies take into account figures, political stability, and the outlook for»»»

DOHA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)’s relationship with Qatar has entered a new phase of strategic engagement, with both sides poised to deepen cooperation across trade, investment, digital transformation, energy, education and regional connectivity, according to a publication »»»

Dubai: ADNOC Logistics & Services is investing about $1.3 billion, equivalent to Dh4.8 billion, to acquire 11 vessels and expand its capacity to transport crude oil and gas across global markets. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The acquisition includes five modern Very»»»

President Donald Trump pushed back hard late on Thursday against reports that months of conflict with Iran have critically depleted key US missile and interceptor stockpiles, declaring the military is “in great shape” and possesses “literally massive amounts of ammunition. ”Speaking to reporters in»»»

At least two people were killed and 13 wounded when a bomb planted on a minibus exploded on Thursday in the Syrian town of Jaramana, near Damascus, state media reported, citing the health ministry. The blast tore off the vehicle's roof, wrecked its interior and scattered debris across the road. At »»»

Russia fired 24 ballistic missiles, four Zircon or Onyx cruise missiles and 115 drones at Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight on August 5, killing 17 people and injuring 44. Ukrainian forces shot down 98 of the drones but intercepted none of the missiles. Eight people died at the Kvitneva rai»»»

For decades, humanoid robots belonged to the realm of science fiction. But today, they're one of Silicon Valley's hottest markets. According to consulting firm McKinsey, automation could transform up to 30 percent of all hours worked across the US economy by 2030. Dozens of companies are »»»

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting what he described as "birth tourism," seeking to curb birthright citizenship by restricting entry for pregnant visitors intending to give birth in the United States. Trump said the move followed the Supreme Court's rejection »»»