A cold weather front blowing south from Ukraine is set to hit Greece from the weekend, bringing a strong dip in temperatures, high winds and snow in highland areas, forecasts warned Friday. The temperature is expected to drop up to 10 degrees Celsius over the next few days, gale-force northern wind»»»

Not a single euro cent has been spent by Bulgarian companies on the purchase of private plots of land at the site of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, outgoing Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said on Friday in Veliko Tarnovo during a meeting with GERB mayors from northern Bulgaria, broadcast live on»»»

Damascus, Jan. 16 (SANA) Syria’s Central Bank Governor, Abdulkader Husarieh, stated that the Bank welcomes any restructuring or market-driven initiatives aimed at strengthening the stability of the banking sector. He emphasized that such measures should enhance the sector’s capacity to fulfill its »»»

Cairo: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has reaffirmed his country's support for Lebanese national institutions in maintaining security and stability across Lebanon. In a phone call with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Thursday, Abdelatty emphasised Egypt's steadfast position in backi»»»

An early-morning IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Thailand’s Krabi descended into disorder after operational constraints prevented the aircraft from departing on schedule, triggering frustration among passengers and an onboard confrontation. Flight 6E 1085, operated by IndiGo, was due to take off at 4.»»»

Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov, leader of the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and BSP - United Left leader, said on Facebook that every future government will need a new, jointly developed vision. Bulgaria is once again heading for elections. They have become »»»

Oil prices rose over 1% on Friday as supply risks remained in focus despite the receding likelihood of a US military strike against Iran. Brent crude was up 84 cents, or 1.3%, to $64.60 a barrel at 1413 GMT, on course for a fourth consecutive weekly gain. US West Texas Intermediate was up 80 cents,»»»

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian hurling a rock at them in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Friday, and the Palestinian health ministry said the person killed was a 14-year-old boy. There was no further comment from Palestinian officials about the fatal incident in the village o»»»

Kuwait: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al Yahia held a phone call with his Omani counterpart Badr Al Busaidi and discussed bilateral relations. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the two sides discussed enhancing ties in all fields to advance joint interest, in addi»»»

Police in Central Greece have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at the thermal springs of Thermopylae. According to authorities, visitors to the popular site spotted the body around noon on Friday and alerted police and firefighters, who subsequently recovered the re»»»

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Friday, the health ministry in Beirut said a day after raids that Israel said had targeted Hezbollah. Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbo»»»

BRUSSELS, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- The European Commission announced on Friday imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of fused alumina originating from China to counter what it described as "unfair trade practices".The Commission stated, in a press release, that the duties range between 88.7 pe»»»

Beijing: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership”»»»

DOHA: The Meteorology Department has issued a warning of strong winds in some coastal areas and high sea waves tonight. According to the department, weather conditions along the coast until 6am on Saturday will be cold to very cold, with scattered clouds. Conditions at sea are expected to be partly»»»

The European Commission has given the green light to the national defense plans of eight EU member states, including Bulgaria, marking a key step in Europe’s ongoing effort to boost collective security. The Commission has now forwarded a proposal to the Council to approve funding for Belgium, Bulga»»»

Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The government is seeking to extend its authority nationwide following the ousting of longtime leader Bashar »»»

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after a meeting with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Friday Serbia's goal was full-fledged EU membership and that the country would redouble reform efforts to achieve that goal. At a joint press confer»»»

A new video released by Sharjah Police offers a stark reminder of the dangers of distracted driving. The clip opens inside the force’s high-tech Operations Center, where officers vigilantly monitor a network of smart cameras across the emirate around the clock. The footage then switches to a busy i»»»

A Tehran resident who took part in the protests that have roiled Iran before fleeing the country has described a deadly crackdown – with security forces firing indiscriminately at protesters with machine guns and assault rifles – in an exc»»»

Singapore: Gold prices dipped on Thursday following stronger-than-expected US economic data, which reduced expectations of an imminent interest rate cut. Spot gold fell 0.4% to $4,598.52 an ounce, although it remains on track for weekly gains of around 2%. US gold futures for February delivery also»»»

A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers will meet with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Trump has said Greenland ​is vital to US security because of its strategic location an»»»

Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has sued his company xAI over sexualised deepfakes of her created on social media platform X. The lawsuit filed in New York on Thursday alleges the Grok AI tool created sexually explicit pictures of St Clair. The parent company of X and Gr»»»

Violent attacks on staff at Greek state hospitals and health centers are on the rise, the country’s largest medical association charged Friday, urging the government to permanently station police guards at major hospitals. The Athens Medical Association voiced “intense concern at the escalating vio»»»

Commenting on Friday's suspension of particleboard production at the Kronospan plant in Veliko Tarnovo, outgoing Environment and Water Minister Manol Genov said that the government places ecology and public health above all business interests. The measure is "a clear sign that when air quality and »»»

GERB’s new goal is the modernization of the country, said party leader Boyko Borissov at a meeting with mayors from Northern Bulgaria in Veliko Tarnovo, livestreamed on Borissov’s Facebook profile. The meeting was attended by outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, outgoing Energy Minister Zhecho»»»

Prague: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his newly formed government have won a mandatory vote of confidence in parliament, one month after taking office. Lawmakers approved the right-leaning government by 108 votes to 91. Under the Czech constitution, any newly appointed government must seek »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon: Aoun Chairs Security Meeting at Baabda Palace 16-01-2026 16:03 PM President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, on Friday chaired a secu»»»

Dubai: A newly married Egytpian woman has killed her husband in their Cairo apartment, less than five months after their wedding, turning what should have been the earliest chapter of a shared life into a tragedy that has stunned both families and neighbours. Egyptian investigators say the young ma»»»

Political reactions continued after it became clear that the country is heading toward another early parliamentary election, with parties in the National Assembly outlining their expectations and proposed timelines for the vote. Further reading: Bulgaria Officially Moves Toward Early Elections Afte»»»

Atanas Atanasov, an MP from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - United Left parliamentary group and head of the BSP Youth organization stated in a press release on Friday that the only thing his party will insist on is that the machines currently used for voting count the votes, print out a proto»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Zapad battlegroup maintain control over all districts of Kupyansk, having successfully repelled Ukrainian attempts to break through in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, citing the battlegroup's commander, Colonel General Sergey Kuzovlev. "The distric»»»

A flu epidemic has also been declared in Bulgaria’s Dobrich region, following similar measures introduced earlier in Varna. As a result, students in the district will switch to online learning, while kindergartens and nurseries will remain open but will operate under heightened medical supervision.»»»

Riyadh: Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater has held meetings in Riyadh with her Saudi and Yemeni counterparts to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation in the education sector. HE Al Khater met Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, HE Youse»»»

The United States on Thursday said Iran halted 800 executions of protesters under pressure from President Donald Trump, after Gulf allies appeared to pull him back from military action over Tehran's deadly crackdown on demonstrations. Iran was shaken over the last week by some of the biggest anti-g»»»

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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held calls with the leaders of Israel and Iran, the Kremlin said, offering mediation amid protests in Iran that have raised fears of a military confrontation in the region. Independent monitors say Iranian security forces have killed thousands in a»»»

Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva has filed a complaint with Energy and Water Regulatory Commission Chair Plamen Mladenovski and outgoing Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov due to dozens of reports from citizens about serious and repeated interruptions of the heat supply in Sofia, the press centre of the Om»»»

The wood-processing company Kronospan will appeal a decision to suspend part of its operations, imposed by the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) in Veliko Tarnovo, Manager Nikolay Bankov told a news briefing on Friday. According to Bankov, the order issued on Thursday by the RIE»»»

Vazrazhdane MP Angel Yanchev read out a statement of his parliamentary group from the parliamentary rostrum regarding the sanction imposed on Friday by the of Environment and Water Ministry on Kronospan, a wood-processing company in Veliko Tarnovo. Yanchev described the compulsory administrative me»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia and France signed on Friday in Belgrade a joint statement on a Belgrade metro project and a MoU on the construction of a sewage collector (interceptor) for waste water in the Serbian capital. With Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in attendance, the documents were signed by Serbi»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Without gas from Russia, Hungary would have problems this winter, but supplies are constant and there are enough reserves, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. "We started the winter with more than 40% of our annual consumption. So we still have a lot of supplies»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) announced Friday the departure of two delegations of male and female high school students taking part in the 15th edition of the "Be Among the Outstanding" program.Organized annually in cooperation with the Ministry of E»»»

RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- A Palestinian child was martyred by Israeli occupation forces on Friday in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, West Bank.Local Palestinian sources reported that the 14-year-old boy Muhammad Na'asan was shot and killed by the occupation forces in front of the vi»»»

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is visiting Beijing, to discuss bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation across multiple sectors. According to China's Xinhua news agency, President Xi said the two sides should strengthen»»»

A senior US senator warned on January 16 that talk of the United States taking Greenland by force would damage American security interests and hand a strategic gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Denmark, France and other allies stepped up resistance to any such move. »»»

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria ⁠Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country's political future. A White House official confirmed that Trump intends to keep the medal»»»

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a prison in Costa Rica modeled on his own CECOT mega-jail that rights groups say is the setting for serious human rights abuses. The Costa Rican government says the new facility will cost $35 million and be»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the media in Beijing after meeting with Chinese President Xi on Friday on the first visit to China by any Canadian leader since since Justin Trudeau in December 2017. Photo by Jessica Lee/EPA Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with»»»

Germany has returned two small fragments of the Bayeux Tapestry stolen by a German scientist during the Nazi occupation of France in 1941. The pieces of unembroidered fabric were discovered by historians in state archives in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany as they sifted through the collecti»»»

Following a decision of the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water in Veliko Tarnovo to suspend production on Kronospan's particleboard line, outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said that a healthy and safe environment must be guaranteed for every citizen. He said the government had be»»»