CAIRO (Sputnik) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin has described Russia as an influential global power that has consistently supported the rights of the Palestinian people at the United Nations and beyond. "We reaffirm Russia's key role as an influential international actor tha»»»

Kuwait's Armed Forces detected hostile drones inside the country's airspace since dawn on Friday and successfully intercepted and destroyed them, the Ministry of Defence's official spokesperson said, marking the latest incident in a region on edge amid the ongoing Iran conflict. Colonel Staff Saud »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon Speaker Berri: Israeli Use of 700 Tons of Explosives must Awaken Global Awareness 31-07-2026 14:27 PM Nabih Berri, Speaker of Leban»»»

Democratic Bulgaria (DB) called for the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov, accusing the government of operating without a clear management program and criticizing its domestic and foreign policies. The demand was presented by DB MP Nadezhda Yordanova, who read a declaration on behalf»»»

The Democratic Bulgaria (DB) coalition on Friday urged President Iliana Iotova to convene the Consultative Council for National Security over developments concerning Iran. The DB said the President should not sideline this format. DB MP Bozhidar Bozhanov told journalists that "the whole row over Ir»»»

Dubai: Protests over the long-running Cauvery river water-sharing dispute have disrupted screenings of Thalapathy Vijay's latest film, Jana Nayagan, across Karnataka, with several theatres voluntarily suspending shows as a precaution against possible unrest. The film, which was released on July 23,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces set fire to citizens’ homes, lands and properties in the towns of Mais Al-Jabal, Mhaibeeb and Aitaroun: Al-Manar »»»

Russia donated over 1,700 tons of enriched flour and over 200 tons of vegetable oil to Kyrgyzstan to provide food aid to citizens in need. A ceremony to hand over the humanitarian aid, as part of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), took place in Bishkek. Russian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Sergei Vakun»»»

CEUTA, Spain: At least 18 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory. The border crisis boiled over Thursday and overnight. Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE broadcast images of bu»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday held a central meeting dedicated to discussing the launch of recovery projects in the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon, as part of the first phase of a return and recovery plan. Salam stressed the importance of intensifying coordination among all relevant »»»

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan supported Kyrgyzstan’s initiative to introduce a single tourist visa for foreign citizens wishing to travel to Central Asian countries. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov announced at an informal consultative meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan »»»

Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies Friday and were continuing to search for the other six despite adverse weather that hampered helicopter flights, officials said. Efforts were underway to retrieve the bodies of the four climbe»»»

Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies Friday and were continuing to search for the other six despite adverse weather that hampered helicopter flights, officials said. Efforts were underway to retrieve the bodies of the four climbe»»»

LABOUR MARKET SHIFT According to a signed commentary in Capital.bg (“The Labour Market Is Beginning to Turn”), after several years of exceptionally strong demand for workers, Bulgaria's labour market is beginning to show signs of cooling. So far, these changes have translated into fewer job adverti»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Swiss neutrality bends exactly where it is convenient, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday, adding that in the 1940s it leaned toward Berlin, while today it bends toward Kiev and Brussels. Citing the Swiss foreign ministry, Zakharova said that on S»»»

Hungary is facing mounting pressure from an unprecedented heatwave, with thousands of residents temporarily left without drinking water, water restrictions introduced in several municipalities, and the Paks Nuclear Power Plant forced to reduce electricity production as the Danube reaches record-low»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 20,000 migrants have crossed the land border into the autonomous Spanish city of Ceuta in North Africa without encountering resistance from Moroccan security forces, a Spanish newspaper reported, citing law enforcement sources. After the bulk of the migrants had already»»»

The Democratic Bulgaria (DB) parliamentary group called in a declaration for the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov and expressed their expectation for a different approach in the consideration of the reformist and non-partisan bills tabled to the Parliament's registry office. Democra»»»

In recent days, Bulgaria has found itself drawn into a diplomatic sequence that has called into question the manner and ability of the Bulgarian State to defend its own decisions, GERB-UDF Floor Leader Daniel Mitov said in a declaration on behalf of his Parliamentary Group. The declaration was prom»»»

President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. The White House announcement comes nine months after a U.S.-»»»

Parliament has approved the final amendments to Bulgaria's Electoral Code, restoring mandatory machine voting in larger polling stations and introducing a series of other changes that will apply ahead of the country's upcoming elections. Under the new rules, polling stations with more than 300 regi»»»

Chasiv Yar, one of the longest and most fought-over battles in the Donbas of the Ukraine war, has fallen to Russian forces, with the last Ukrainian holdouts withdrawing from the southwestern part of the city in the past week, the open-source tracker AMK Mapping reported on July 29. The city, reduce»»»

The Vazrazhdane party is calling for a meeting of the Security Council under the Council of Ministers and a meeting of Parliament's Deputy Chairpersons and the Floor Leaders over the phone conversation between the foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Iran on Thursday. "We will demand that Bulgaria, th»»»

Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov and Craiova Mayor Lia Olguta Vasilescu discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation during a meeting in the Romanian city, the Bulgarian Embassy in Bucharest said on Facebook quoted by https://www.bta.bg/. The two focused on the appointment of a B»»»

The mayor of the affected district of Košice has insisted that the Slovak Roma families who speak only Slovak are not coming to Hungary because of any centrally organised resettlement scheme, let alone one financed by the local authority. But his explanation has done little to allay suspicion. ‘Not»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF) organised an introductory meeting with representatives of associations and private institutions to familiarise them with the National Platform for Voluntary Work and outline its services and mechanisms for utilisation. According to a»»»

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to exempt citizens of the two countries from mandatory registration for 15 days after crossing the border. The protocol was included in a package of agreements signed on July 30 in Issyk-Kul region by Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Shavkat Mirziyoyev. According t»»»

The co-founder of Palestine Action has been granted permission to challenge the group’s prohibition at the British Supreme Court, as police arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists in London. The court ruled on Thursday that Huda Ammori, who co-founded Palestine Action in 2020, could appeal t»»»

Dubai: Travellers flying to and from the UAE on Friday, July 31, are advised to check their flight status before heading to the airport, with Etihad Airways and Air Arabia cancelling several services to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due to operational reasons. Emirates and flydubai have not anno»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov made a statement to the media following his talks with Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Cholpon-Ata. According to the presidential press service, the head of state expressed gratitude to Shavkat Mirziyoyev for accepting his invitation to visit the Kyrgyz Repu»»»

Dubai: GCC residents who are planning a trip to the UAE can apply for an electronic visa (eVisa) before travelling. The UAE eVisa for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) residents allows eligible expatriates living in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to enter the UAE without applying throug»»»

Washington: President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indicati»»»

Iranian state media reported that the commercial oil tanker M/T Nora had successfully broken through the US naval blockade. On Friday, however, US Central Command (CentCom) rejected the claim, saying the tanker had not breached the blockade. CentCom said US warships, hundreds of aircraft and thousa»»»

Thousands of north African migrants have broken into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco. Regional authorities have pleaded with Spain’s socialist government to send in the military, but Madrid has refused. Groups of migrants began swimming around the border fence separating Ceuta from Morocc»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha As part of Qatar’s ongoing commitment to empowering the next generation, the Youth Committee at Al Arabi Sports Club, under the banner of its summer campaign, “Our Summer for Our Youth” recently hosted an impactful awareness lecture titled “Awareness Builds, Knowledge Nurture»»»

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held calls with the leaders of Bahrain and Syria, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Friday. The crown prince received a call from Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. They reviewed the latest regional developments and the efforts exerted to enhance s»»»

LONDON: As fuel shortages deepen across the occupied West Bank, Palestinians who had turned to nearby Israeli settlements for gasoline now face new restrictions that could further limit mobility and work. Palestinian employees at the Barkan Industrial Park in the northern West Bank said they were t»»»

ROME: Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday called for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen zone after hundreds of migrants entered its exclave of Ceuta from Morocco. The Schengen Area is a system of open borders that encompass 29 European countries that have officially abolished f»»»

First Sermon (Khutbah One)All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, who has elevated the rank of the humble and condemned the traits of the arrogant. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that our Master and Prophet Muhammad is the Messen»»»

Water levels along the Bulgarian section of the Danube remain historically low, restricting navigation in critical stretches, disrupting river shipping, ferry services and prompting special measures at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, while riverside municipalities are monitoring possible effects on w»»»

1 of 2 | Nancy Guthrie was last seen Jan. 31 around 9:45 p.m. and was reported missing after failing to show up for church the next day. File Photo courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Department July 30 (UPI) -- Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos released a statement Thursday marking six months since the d»»»

This photo, taken on April 7, shows Sarah Rogers, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, speaking during a press conference at the Foreign Press Center in Washington. Photo by Yonhap The nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on Thursday cited North Korean defectors in unde»»»

Lebanese soldiers stand guard as the Army deploys to Zawtar al-Gharbiya in southern Lebanon on July 23. Lebanon sent troops to take control of so-called pilot zones in southern Lebanon from which Israeli troops are to withdraw. Photo by EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 30 (UPI) -- The widespread destructi»»»

Student Jose Ortiz, 14, accepts an embrace from chaplain Ronald Clark at a makeshift memorial, one day after a deadly school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in September 2024. Four people were killed by Colt Gray, who was 14 at the time. On Thursday, his father was sentenced to 15»»»

Tsoncho Ganev MP of Vazrazhdane called on National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova to urgently convene a meeting of Parliament's Deputy Chairpersons and the Floor Leaders with the participation of the State Agency for National Security, the State Intelligence Agency and the Defence Intelligence Serv»»»

WASHINGTON: Palestinian authorities asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to halt for now a $656 million judgment in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The emergency appeal comes after a lower court reinstated the damages in the wake of a Supreme Co»»»

Citizens staged a protest outside the Regional Administration building in Yambol on Thursday against the deployment of US military aircraft at Bezmer Air Base. They called for the reversal of the decision adopted by the Government and approved by Parliament. Participants included representatives of»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's overnight attack with UAVs on ships at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal is of terrorist nature, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the CPC said that the Niffos Sifnos tanker flying the flag of »»»

Royal Grenada Police are searching for Liz Waddell of Cary, N.C. They don't believe there was foul play in her disappearance. Photo courtesy of FindLiz.com July 30 (UPI) -- The husband of a missing Cary, N.C., woman in Granada said he believes there is no foul play in her disappearance. Elizabeth "»»»

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson speaks to the media at the scene after a fatal shooting during the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center in Seattle on Sunday. Photo by Genna Martin/EPA July 30 (UPI) -- Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has fired Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes, local news»»»