NATO will put drone strikes in the Black Sea on its agenda at a meeting next week, officials said Thursday, following two new attacks and the disappearance of seven people. Incidents involving civilian vessels in the Black Sea have been on the rise off the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania in a suspec»»»

The 50 millionth request was submitted in Italy for a minibus rental service. Overall, the platform offers more than 26,000 types of services across 19 main categories, while 33% of customers return to request additional services. Currently, a new service request is submitted every four seconds acr»»»

Syrian authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a paramilitary leader whose forces backed ousted leader Bashar al-Assad during the country's war, and who is accused of being the main culprit in a massacre of nearly 250 civilians, shortly after a Lebanese media report said the man was “kidnap»»»

The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with delegations from 12 other countries (out of a total of 28), walked out of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) as the President of the Zionist entity, Isaac Herzog, began his address. Delegations lef»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria would seek European Union support for a moratorium on attacks against commercial and civilian vessels in the Black Sea, while confirming that the ship Chelsea 3 was expected to be towed to Burgas for inspection and repairs. Speaking ahead of the European Cou»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev called for lower fuel prices, a moratorium on attacks against civilian vessels in the Black Sea and continued dialogue with Russia as he arrived in Brussels for a two-day European Council summit, while defending the importance of the Lukoil refinery for Bulgaria»»»

American diplomat Joshua Huck, who has served in Bulgaria and Greece, is taking interim charge of the U.S. Embassy in Athens following the departure of Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle. Huck previously served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Greece and has more than 25 years of diplom»»»

Bozhidar Bozhanov, co-chair of the "Yes, Bulgaria" party, has called for a NATO-backed “Black Sea Shield” to protect commercial shipping, saying Russia wants to block the Black Sea as attacks on vessels in the region intensify. Speaking to Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), Bozhanov said Russia was st»»»

Romania has proposed that Bulgaria join it in asking NATO to establish a military command in the Black Sea, while Sofia and Bucharest are also preparing to seek a dedicated discussion of regional security at the upcoming EU summit following a series of drone and maritime incidents. Romanian Defense»»»

Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run popular broadcaster Halk TV on Wednesday after police raided its headquarters, halting live broadcasts and arresting 11 people. Halk chairman Cafer Mahirogluin denounced "a dark day for Turkey", adding that seven of his family members w»»»

Bulgaria will not extradite Iva Mihaylova to North Macedonia without a ratified international treaty permitting it, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said after receiving an Interpol request for her international search, arrest, and extradition. The ministry’s Directorate for International Operationa»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Azerbaijan on Wednesday, a day before the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), a Sputnik correspondent said. The Russian minister's plane landed at Baku airport. The Russian Foreign Ministry said t»»»

President Iliana Yotova has called for an immediate halt to hostilities in the Black Sea and a moratorium on drone attacks against commercial and civilian infrastructure, as two ships were struck in the area, BNT reported. Yotova thanked the rescue teams that worked throughout the night to save sai»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria faces no risk of diesel shortages through the end of the year, accusing GERB leader Boyko Borissov of spreading panic as the government responds to attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea. Speaking during a parliamentary hearing on the attacks on commerci»»»

Archaeologists discover 4,700-year-old cargo and anchors dating to the age of the pyramids Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest known shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating back as far as 4,700 years to the Early Bronze Age, around the time the Great Pyramid of »»»

UAE retailers are taking note after hackers pushed fridge temperatures to 50°C in France Dubai: In an incident that has got many retailers questioning, hackers raised refrigeration temperatures to 50°C at about 150 Intermarché supermarkets in France, forcing retailers to discard large volumes of fo»»»

Prayers pour in as Pope Leo faces first surgery since taking office Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumour removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation on Tuesday and "woke up normally" after the procedure, the Vatican said. A Vatican source said further tests were being carried out to determi»»»

MOSCOW — Russia said on Monday that it had sold European countries more than $320 billion worth of hydrocarbons since 2022, despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine."For the period from 2022 to today, this figure amounts to $320.7 billion. This is the volume of energy resource deliveries t»»»

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Prayers pour in as Pope Leo faces first surgery since taking office Pope Leo XIV entered a Rome hospital smiling and waving Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a nodule on his lung. The Vatican said the operation to remove a pulmonary nodule, a small growth of tissue in the lung, would be carried ou»»»

Bulgaria will deploy two additional unmanned systems and strengthen monitoring of the Black Sea as attacks on commercial vessels bring the conflict closer to its territorial waters, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told journalists at the National Assembly. “Escalation is already underway and cont»»»

Insurance for oil tankers operating in the Black Sea has climbed from about USD200,000 to USD2.5 million per vessel in recent months, raising crude oil transportation costs and adding pressure to fuel prices in Bulgaria, Evgeni Simeonov, special commercial manager for Lukoil’s companies in the coun»»»

Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov has called for stronger intelligence sharing and coordinated surveillance with Romania and Turkey following overnight drone attacks on two commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said. Stoyanov spoke by phone on October 13 with Romanian »»»

The latest strikes on commercial vessels in the Black Sea occurred in Bulgaria’s contiguous zone, closer to its territorial waters than last week’s attacks, which took place farther out in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The two vessels were hit overnight, exactly one week after the ALFA WAT»»»

BELGRADE - Telekom Srbija CEO Vladimir Lucic said on Tuesday his company would obtain a US operating licence in mid-November and start operating as a mobile operator on the US market in December. "Telekom Srbija will launch a mobile operator via the AT&T network in December this year. We thought it»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev met with Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova at the Council of Ministers on Tuesday to discuss drone attacks on two commercial vessels near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, saying that although the drones’ origin had not been conclusively established, the outcome»»»

Six sailors were injured in a drone attack on the cargo ship Chelsea 3 near Byala, while all 15 crew members were evacuated, and at least four people were rescued after a second vessel sank near Krapets, Varna Regional Governor Mario Smarkov said. Five of the injured sailors from Chelsea 3 suffered»»»

Bulgarian political figures called for a stronger response to repeated drone attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea, with Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova describing the strikes near the country’s territorial waters as unacceptable and several politicians urging immediate consultations with»»»

Russia said on Monday that European Union countries had bought $320.7 billion worth of its energy resources since 2022, despite sanctions over the war in Ukraine. The figure fuelled tensions as European officials criticised a US deal to import Russian diesel, while Stockholm called for the bloc to »»»

Representatives of public administration and the business community from Romania and Turkey discussed the development of bilateral economic cooperation and the identification of new business opportunities during the Bucharest-Ankara Business Forum, an event organized by the Bucharest Chamber of Com»»»

Istanbul: Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he would be happy with a single goal victory at Galatasaray in the Champions League today as his team face one of the world’s ‘best atmospheres’. The Catalan giants have won all nine games they have played this season across all competitions, scoring 39 go»»»

A young antique collector builds a timeless haven in Abu Dhabi's Mina Port Abu Dhabi: There is a sound Youssef Akram Fahsa has been carrying for most of his life, and it is not music. It is water. Water falling slowly, without any hurry, into the stone basin of a fountain in the middle of a courtya»»»

Teenager shoots headmaster, teacher at French school A 14-year-old boy opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in France on Monday, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before being disarmed by a member of staff, local authorities said. The shooting took place at Joseph-Lakanal middle sc»»»

Turkey's intelligence services on Monday said PKK militants had withdrawn from four key bases in northern Iraq, confirming a move announced by the Kurdish group last week. "Four PKK hideouts in the Metina and Baze regions of northern Iraq were evacuated as of October 8," security sources said in a »»»

Airport strikes put Saudi military options, Gulf security and regional alliances in focus Dubai: Deadly Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s airports have raised fears of a wider regional war, as Riyadh steps up military operations against the Iran-backed militants, regional allies rally behind the kin»»»

Romania ranks fourth in the top European countries with the cheapest housing, after Turkey, Serbia and Albania, with an average price of EUR 1,917/sqm in 2025, up 14.4% from the previous year, the highest increase among the countries analyzed, according to Deloitte Property Index 2026, conducted in»»»

By Staff, Agencies United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has reported that “Israel” is detaining 49 Syrian nationals and carried out 280 armed incursions into several areas of southern Syria during September. A statement from Türk’s office said recently released detainees re»»»

President Iliana Yotova said in an interview with bTV that Bulgaria has yet to establish who was behind attacks on two commercial vessels in the Black Sea, adding that the country would not seek to invoke NATO's Article 4 because the strikes occurred within its exclusive economic zone, outside its »»»

Bulgaria will push for coordinated European action to improve security in the Black Sea and stop attacks on commercial vessels, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said ahead of the EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg. Petrova said recent developments pointed to an escalation of the war and »»»

By Mohamad Hammoud How Gaza stripped away the masks of Western human rights, Muslim solidarity and international justice. October 7, 2023, unleashed a political tsunami whose waves traveled far beyond Gaza. It did not create the world’s contradictions; it exposed them, forcing nations, institutions»»»

Bus overturns near Bursa-Izmir motorway entrance as authorities investigate crash Dubai: At least 11 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus collided with a truck and overturned in western Turkey on Sunday, authorities said. The crash occurred near the entrance to a motorway linking Bursa with»»»

The rhetoric of the Zionist political leadership has become increasingly laden with boasts about the supposedly unparalleled military power that has enabled it to commit some of the most notorious crimes of the era. The genocide in Gaza, widespread destruction in Lebanon, and intensive strikes on S»»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa region, announced its results for the nine months ended September 30, 2026. Commenting on the results, Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Group Chief Executive Officer of QNB Group said: “Our performance for th»»»

New law requires platforms to verify users' ages and protect children from harmful content Turkey on Saturday formally declared a ban on the use of social media for under-15s, scheduled to come into effect on November 1. It has joined a growing number of countries legislating to protect children an»»»

Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov and Navy Commander Rear Adm. Kiril Mihailov said an inspection of the merchant ship Able, damaged in a drone attack in the Black Sea on the night of October 6, found no drone debris that could establish the origin of the unmanned vehicle. The vessel remai»»»

Foreign diplomats and international schools in the Saudi capital took safety measures on Thursday as loud blasts rattled the city and Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed a new attack against its airport. In a further blow to Riyadh, Turkey ruled out sending troops to confront the Iran-backed militia, des»»»

On October 6, drones struck two commercial vessels inside Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, roughly 70 nautical miles off the coast near Cape St. Atanas and the town of Byala. It was the first attack of its kind recorded there. The Togolese-flagged vessel suffered severe structur»»»

Nine Syrian sailors are missing following a drone strike that sank a commercial ship off the coast of Bulgaria, a Syrian official told AFP on Thursday, after rescuers called off search operations. Bulgarian authorities said no survivors had been found from the ship, after drones hit two commercial »»»

Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday ruled out sending troops to confront Yemen's Houthi forces, despite a defense pact with Saudi Arabia. "This is a defense agreement," said Hakan Fidan. "This is not an offensive agreement. That is, Turkey will not send its troops to another country's territory t»»»