Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to any Israeli offensive on the Ali al-Taher mountainous ridge in southern ​Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters. A foreign official »»»

Ecuadorian musician Leo Rojas performed in Kyrchyn Gorge as part of the cultural program of the VI World Nomad Games. The artist, known for his virtuoso pan flute performances, became an official ambassador of the World Nomad Games this year. Organizers noted that his music, which combines natural »»»

Abu Dhabi Police and Civil Defence teams are at the scene Abu Dhabi: A fire broke out on Thursday evening at a warehouse in the Al Mirfa Industrial Area, with teams from Abu Dhabi Police and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority responding to the scene, authorities said. In a statement posted on it»»»

New Greater Noida hypermarket to anchor nationwide expansion in $2.36tn retail market New Delhi: In a major move for India's retail landscape, French hypermarket titan Carrefour has officially arrived in New Delhi, joining forces with Dubai-based lifestyle powerhouse Apparel Group to open a sprawli»»»

Brings together international fighter roster, high-production live event experiences The Vault Fight League (VFL) has officially launched, bringing together an international roster of fighters, high-production live event experiences, and an ambition to build a combat-sports brand that extends well »»»

Firefighters dug through tonnes of rubbish after a bystander alerted the truck driver A garbage truck had already picked up its first load of the morning and compacted the rubbish inside. Then someone walking nearby heard screaming. The passer-by flagged down the driver of the Recology truck in San»»»

Israel on Thursday released Lebanese captive Malek Ghazi, who was handed over to the Lebanese Army through the Red Cross. Israel will also release four more Lebanese captives and return them to Lebanon as a diplomatic “gesture” to the government in Beirut amid ongoing negotiations between the two s»»»

KIKINDA - No one would have ever thought anyone would be glorifying Nazism after 1945 the way the Croats are doing it and, in that, Croatia is unique in the world, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic noted on Thursday. Vucic said this during a visit to the Artis 1973 plant in Rusko selo near Kikinda»»»

The transaction has been structured in such a way as to satisfy the requirements for significant risk transfer (SRT) under the European Union’s Capital Requirements Regulation. The closing of this second deal with the support of The Fidelis Partnership enables UniCredit Bank S.A. to enhance its cap»»»

Activists from Greenpeace Bulgaria spread out a huge banner in the Black Sea waters off Burgas with the message "GAS IS A SCAM". Greenpeace’s ship Arctic Sunrise also took part in the action, Greenpeace Bulgaria Communications and Digital Engagement head Gabriela Garlanova said. The campaign of the»»»

DOHA: Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, HE Chaudhry Salik Hussain, affirmed that Islamabad and Doha are looking to build a sustainable strategic partnership in labor and human resource development. He noted that the two countries' u»»»

Climate change is already beginning to directly affect the health of Kyrgyzstan’s population, and by 2035 the burden on the healthcare system could increase significantly. These risks are outlined in the country’s National Adaptation Plan. According to World Bank estimates, the incidence of waterbo»»»

The contract for the upcoming three-year renovation of the Liberty Memorial in Mount Shipka should be terminated because the contractor does not have the capacity to do the job, MP Angel Yanchev of Vazrazhdane said to reporters in the parliamentary corridors on Thursday. The contractor, Building Co»»»

President Iliana Iotova called for an analysis of the occupations most at risk from the development of artificial intelligence (AI) so that Bulgaria can prepare for its impact on the labour market, the President's Press Secretariat said on Thursday. Iotova discussed the opportunities and challenges»»»

The approval lays the groundwork for the company’s ambitions in the UAE Alaan, the Middle East's largest and most comprehensive spend management platform for businesses, has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) for its Stored Value Facilities (SVF) and Retail Paym»»»

The area of Europe burned by wildfires each year could almost triple by the end of the century under a high-emissions scenario, but the scale of the increase will depend heavily on how much governments invest in preventing and fighting fires, a new study has found. The study, “Future Projections of»»»

Hungary's flagship ICT and defence group 4iG, under scrutiny for its state contracts with the previous government, is establishing a new energy business and a dedicated holding company to build a regional energy portfolio in CEE and the Western Balkans, the company said on August 27, Economx.hu wri»»»

Slovak police foiled an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned drone factory near Presov this week, the first documented attempt of its kind in the country. Officers from the anti-crime unit UBOK arrested three foreign nationals - two in Slovakia and one in Germany under a European arrest warrant - over»»»

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian armed forces to prepare massive strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, in what he cast as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. "The Russian Armed Forces have been instructed to prepare and carry out massive strikes against Uk»»»

Russia has been continuously attacking Ukraine with drones and missiles for 50 days and Kyiv has been under a non-stop bombardment, including day time attacks, for six days as President Vladimir Putin carries through on his “Pandora’s box” threat of unleashing a disproportionate retaliation for Ukr»»»

Bulgarian pharmaceutical company Sopharma (SFA.BSE) has overtaken smart-home devices maker Shelly Group to become the largest company on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange by market capitalisation, after a strong rise in its shares, business daily Capital reported on September 1. Sopharma’s market capita»»»

Europe's gas traders have spent the summer betting that the Gulf war would end before the heating season starts, giving them time enough to restock Europe’s gas tanks. That bet has gone badly. European gas storage currently stands at about 63% of capacity against a five-year average of 79%. Macro-A»»»

Serbia opened what the government described as Europe's first mass-production facility for humanoid robots on August 29, with President Aleksandar Vucic hailing the project as a step into a new technological era. The plant, operated by Minth Group in partnership with robotics company AGIBOT, is par»»»

Croatia's finance minister said the government would assess whether funds awarded to a robotaxi project backed by state and European Union financing could be recovered or redirected, after developer Verne offered to repay €89.7mn if it is found not to have met its contractual obligations. Verne, pa»»»

Serbia is hosting a high-level meeting marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), bringing representatives of countries from the movement's historic core back to Belgrade, where its first summit was held in 1961. The August 31-September 1 meeting is intended to »»»

Central European countries are becoming more assertive within the European Union and should use their growing economic and political weight to shape the bloc's future, the prime ministers of Croatia, Czechia and Slovenia said at the Bled Strategic Forum. The leaders argued that the region, once lar»»»

Hungarian police have opened a formal criminal investigation into suspected abuse of office and mismanagement at state-owned Hungarian Export-Import Bank (Eximbank), including a controversial €1bn loan extended to North Macedonia, a police statement said. The investigation, announced on September 1»»»

With an annual transaction volume of over 10 billion lei and an ecosystem of more than 25,000 merchants, NETOPIA is reinforcing its ambition to become the leading financial operations platform for merchants in Central and Eastern Europe — connecting payments, data and financial services through a s»»»

A Sofia initiative for more pedestrian areas in summer gets high approval in an opinion poll, said Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev Thursday. More than 90% of respondents approved Sofia’s Summer on the Cobblestones initiative, he said. All four weekends of August, the pilot project turned a section of Ts»»»

Students get exposure to space operations, AI, as UAE builds its future space workforce Dubai: Emirati students interested in space, artificial intelligence (AI), and emerging technologies are being given an opportunity to gain first-hand industry experience through a new programme launched by Spac»»»

Demand improved across major Arab economies, while jobs, cost pressures moved differently Dubai: Business conditions strengthened across several major Arab economies in August, with the UAE recording its fastest non-oil growth since December 2024, Saudi Arabia reaching a six-month high and Kuwait p»»»

An international forum on preserving maritime heritage and the traditions of fishing communities opened at the Chengene Skele Cultural and Tourist Complex in Burgas on Thursday. The two-day event, titled Maritime Heritage and Fishing Traditions: Communities, Policies and Sustainable Development, br»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), in cooperation with the General Authority for Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, organised a workshop on the prior implementation of economic concentration transactions, which was held virtually. The workshop comes within the framework of»»»

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday that, in attempting to justify his avoidance of a commitment to form a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija, Albin Kurti was once again resorting to an old trick, and noted that t»»»

Damascus, Sept. 3 (SANA) Syria and Türkiye discussed expanding transport cooperation and investment in road and railway infrastructure as the Syrian government moves to rehabilitate key trade corridors and improve links with neighboring countries. Deputy Transport Minister for Land Transport Affair»»»

The Plenum of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Thursday approved a draft judiciary budget for 2027 providing for expenditure of EUR 868.105 million, along with updated budget forecasts for 2028 and 2029. The SJC considered two versions and voted 16-0 in favour of the expert proposal drawn up i»»»

A business trip to Nepal turned into a humanitarian mission for flood-hit families Dubai: The first images Ramesh Shrestha saw of the floods in Nepal came through social media and messages from friends. They were frightening. But when the 46-year-old Dubai-based Nepali later travelled into the floo»»»

Newly obtained documents suggest Gáspár Orbán had a far more prominent role in Hungary’s controversial Chad mission than previously acknowledged. Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s son, Gáspár Orbán, was named as the person responsible for leading a Hungarian medical mission to Chad in »»»

Two people were killed and a suspect died after a shooting at a downtown Minneapolis apartment building on Wednesday, police said. Three police officers were injured, including two who suffered gunshot wounds, and were in stable condition. One victim died at the scene and another at a hospital. Two»»»

AMMAN — The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) said it had handled more than 104,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in August, setting a monthly record for the second consecutive month despite ongoing regional trade disruptions.The terminal said in a statement that it handled 58 vessels during the»»»

Tokyo: Japan will make driving tests harder for some older motorists to curb the number of accidents caused by elderly people mistaking the accelerator for the brake, police said on Thursday. Deadly traffic accidents caused by drivers over 75 are on the rise in Japan despite a general downward tren»»»

The FBI has returned three cultural artifacts to representatives of the Lebanese government at a ceremony held in New York. On behalf of Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, consul general of Lebanon in New York Talal Daher presided over the affair. The artifacts are lead sarcophagi»»»

Bulgaria will have 11 trained F-16 pilots by the end of the year, with that number expected to rise to 15 by April, Air Force Commander Major General Nikolay Rusev said. He also confirmed that Bulgaria currently has eight F-16 aircraft, all of which are being actively flown and integrated into the »»»

What can an 11th-century comic strip about the Norman Conquest of England tell us about the spectre of sea change in 2026 Europe? France’s president is on hand for the hottest ticket in London, the first-ever cross-Channel visit of the Bayeux Tapestry, which, for the record, is not a tapestry but a»»»

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday there was no "solid proof" that Morocco orchestrated a migrant rush into Ceuta in July following the emergence of a police report highlighting multiple failings by Moroccan security forces. Spain has found no evidence to ​conclude that July's deadl»»»

Norway said Wednesday it had seized a Russian ship as part of a Ukrainian effort to recover $4.22 billion awarded to state energy firm Naftogaz over Russia’s seizure of its assets in Crimea in 2014. The Professor Molchanov vessel was detained off the Arctic Svalbard archipelago after a Norwegian co»»»

The Plovdiv Court of Appeals is considering behind closed doors whether to keep a 15-year-old boy in custody over the alleged killing of 37-year-old Georgi Kuzev on Mladezhki Hill. The teenager, identified as Hristiyan D., has asked for a lighter measure so he can return home, while protesters gath»»»

Acting Prosecutor General Vanya Stefanova has moved for stripping of immunity Dimitar Avramov MP (Movement for Rights and Freedoms). An official announcement Thursday by the Sofia City Prosecution Office about the move only mentions the MP's initials, D. A., but Dimitar Avramov is the only one matc»»»

Miners at Bulgaria’s Maritsa East Mines reject structural reforms proposed by the Energy Ministry, stressing that the plans could threaten the future of the country’s largest coal complex. This was announced by Biser Binev from the Podkrepa trade union and Georgi Gospodinov from the CITUB trade uni»»»