Iran-backed Houthi Yemeni rebels claimed attacks on Wednesday evening in the Red Sea against two Saudi oil tankers, while the United States continued its strikes against Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Thursday that they had stopped three oil tankers trying to cross the Strait o»»»

TOKYO: The draw for the 20th Asian Games football tournament, scheduled to take place in Japan from September 19 to October 4, has placed the Qatar Under-23 national football team in Group D alongside South Korea and Saudi Arabia. The football competition features 15 national teams divided into fou»»»

Dubai: Etihad Airways has signed a new interline agreement with Nigeria's largest airline, Air Peace, allowing passengers to book onward travel to 20 destinations across Nigeria, West and Central Africa on a single ticket. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The partnershi»»»

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Czech PM Andrej Babis in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday the friendship between Serbia and Czechia was on a high level and that it was reflected not only in bilateral political relations, but also in steadily improv»»»

London: Norway's football chief told The Times they are set to make a formal complaint to FIFA over the suspension of Folarin Balogun's World Cup ban because it has put "the whole game at risk". Lise Klaveness, the president of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), says she will seek the backing»»»

Colosseum Mall announces the official opening of MR.DIY, one of the world’s leading home improvement and lifestyle retailers, marking an important new step in the shopping centre’s ongoing tenant mix refinement and retail diversification strategy. The opening of MR.DIY’s store is part of a consiste»»»

With one year to go before Kenya's 2027 presidential election, human rights organizations are sounding the alarm. They are denouncing the rise of “goons”—henchmen recruited by political leaders to infiltrate rallies, sow chaos, and intimidate opponents. This is a long-standing phenomenon that has w»»»

In tonight's edition, the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has crossed a devastating threshold, with more than 1,000 lives lost. Also, in Kenya, human rights groups warn that political “goons” are increasingly being used to disrupt rallies ahead of elections next year. And, in Senegal, four years after de»»»

Pleven Medical University currently has 1,563 foreign students, with most of the studying in English and 38 of them studying in Bulgarian, the university press office told BTA. The university emphasized that it was the first medical school in Bulgaria to introduce English-language medical education»»»

Parliament on Thursday began the second-reading debate on the 2026 State Budget Bill, which envisages a budget deficit of 5.7%. The debate is expected to continue on Friday. The Budget and Finance Committee approved the bill on second reading at an over 12-hour extraordinary meeting which ended in »»»

Just under 12,000 people, most of them tourists, were evacuated on Thursday in southwest France as a wildfire ravaged a forest in Le Porge. The fire started midday on Wednesday, and hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to the region. France has experienced three heatwaves sinc»»»

Daniel Siad, ⁠a modelling scout with ​ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been ​found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Siad's body was discovered on Monday evening. An autopsy will be carried out ​to ‌determine the cause of death, the Nanterre »»»

New Delhi, India: India issued a security warning Thursday for ships venturing into the Black Sea that are locally flagged or employ its seafarers. The advisory follows a Russian attack Sunday on a cargo ship leaving Ukraine's port of Odesa that killed four Indian nationals. The "highest degree of »»»

Israeli forces infiltrated Thursday the southern town of Serbine amid heavy machine gun fire. Nearby in al-Tiri, forces carried out a large-scale detonation. In Ibl-al Siqi, a Syrian worker was killed as Israeli forces fired machine guns, and detonated houses in the village.»»»

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally broken his silence on the student protest movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party. He said that his government will move to swiftly punish those responsible for the leak of answers that forced the cancellation of the country's undergrad medical ex»»»

Dubai: The United States has officially launched the new pilot programme allowing some tourist and business visa applicants to pay an additional $750 for an earlier visa interview, on top of the initial fee of $185. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Announced by the US D»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - The European Union is going to freeze the oil price cap adjustment mechanism, applied to Russian oil under the new package of sanctions, for one year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, EU ambassadors agreed on the 21st packa»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russia continues dialogue with the United States on the Ukrainian settlement through working channels, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "We are continuing our dialogue with the Americans through existing working channels," Peskov told reporters. Moscow expects t»»»

Stockholm: Sweden said Thursday it plans to ban so-called "forever chemicals" in consumer products such as clothing and kitchenware as early as 2028, before expected European Union regulation comes into force. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS "have no place in clothing, cosmetics, cookwa»»»

Opella, the consumer healthcare company with the third-largest portfolio in the Over the Counter (OTC) and Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally, announces the appointment of Radu Stănescu as Country Head for Romania & Moldova. In this role, he will drive operational excellence and»»»

Lockheed Martin signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Aerostar and MarcTel at the 2026 Farnborough Air Show, July 21, to support industrial cooperation for future AN/TPQ-53 radars in Romania. These signings establish agreements for direct work and sustainment activities while expandin»»»

Befit, the fitness brand operating in the accessible segment of Romania’s fitness market, launched by Vectr Holdings, is expanding its Bucharest network with four new clubs: Befit Mpark Titan, Befit Pipera Plaza, Befit Șoseaua Giurgiului, and Befit Bd. Timișoara, following an investment of over €2.»»»

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, launched today new findings showing climate risk is not yet fully priced into physical asset valuations, and that structured resilience investment reduces climate exposure by a third. The research, conducted by the Schneider Electric Research I»»»

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit on July 23, in a first since September 2025 as Washington has shifted its focus from Ukraine to the war in the Middle East. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us what to expec»»»

Trust in Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s government has continued to decline for a second consecutive month, according to a nationally representative survey by the Market Links polling agency conducted in partnership with bTV. The survey was carried out between July 11 and 19 among 1,002 adult Bulgari»»»

The prospect of Orbán Viktor at the White House has returned to the Hungarian political agenda after an American newspaper reported that the former prime minister visited both the White House and the US State Department during a recent trip to the United States. However, it remains unclear whether »»»

Abu Dhabi has launched a new Waterway Monitoring and Control Centre, an AI-powered platform that will oversee more than 45,000 square kilometres of waterways to improve maritime safety, strengthen emergency response and manage public maritime services across the emirate. The centre was inaugurated »»»

Investigative journalist Christo Grozev has criticized British authorities for failing to inform him in advance about the release and deportation to Bulgaria of two Bulgarians convicted of espionage for Russia, who were part of a network that also monitored him. Grozev said the lack of warning from»»»

The Jordanian and Kuwaiti militaries reported intercepting fresh salvos of Iranian missiles and drones on Thursday. Jordan said it had intercepted Iranian missiles and drones, as Tehran responded to U.S. airstrikes by hitting Washington's allies in the region. The Jordanian army said in a statement»»»

The Houthi rebels' threat to blockade Saudi Arabia has the potential to widen the Iran war and further disrupt global oil supplies and international trade. The Iran-backed rebels say they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom's blockade on Yeme»»»