Residents of the villages of Skobelevo, Bozadzhii and Chokoba in Sliven Region are collecting signatures against the deployment of US Boeing KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base in the neighbouring Yambol Region, Skobelevo Mayor Stelli Stefanova told BTA on Thursday. She said the in»»»

You might want to look away from this next story if you're afraid of heights. A young Austrian mountain biker has performed a world first - by riding off a hot air balloon on his bike. Don't worry, both had parachutes attached to them. The trick, which took place in Bulgaria, took two years to prep»»»

American requests to deploy military aircraft in Bulgaria have fundamentally changed over time and should not be treated as part of the same operation, former Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynski said in an interview with Bulgarian National Radio, commenting on the government's decision to allow the d»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: An Israeli drone struck the Ali Al-Taher area while IOF carried out a controlled explosion in the town of Kfar Tebn»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe IRGC: After US warships in the Indian Ocean exhausted their cruise missile stockpiles, the US military resorted Wednesday to B-1 bombers la»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has named youthful Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi as Commander-in-Chief of the country’s armed forces, replacing the old guard Oleksandr Syrskyi in the most significant change at the top of Ukraine’s military since 2024. Zelenskiy announced the decision»»»

Turkish Airlines is facing questions after one of its passenger flights from Tallinn to Istanbul reportedly entered Russian airspace, taking a non-standard route for the service, Estonia’s Eesti Ekspress and public broadcaster ERR.ee reported on July 22. According to Eesti Ekspr»»»

The presence of US Boeing KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base in Bulgaria is temporary and does not constitute permanent basing, Yambol Regional Governor Georgi Chalakov said in an official statement released to the media on Thursday. Chalakov noted that the decision to allow the a»»»

Dubai: An Egyptian court has ordered the detention of a man accused of breaking into a private garage in Alexandria and dismantling a rare 1961 Cadillac once owned by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, allegedly selling its parts as scrap metal over a period of several months without rea»»»

TEHRAN, (Sputnik) - Iran has warned the United Kingdom of the potential implications of its decision to provide its air bases allowing the United States to carry out strikes on Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnha»»»

Dubai: The conflict between the US and Iran has entered a more dangerous phase, with hostilities spreading across the Middle East and raising concerns over regional security, global energy supplies and international trade. Although the UAE has not been directly targeted, residents and businesses ar»»»

DAKAR: The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Congo as health officials race to contain a virus with no approved vaccine or treatment. An update from Congo’s public ‌health ⁠institute on Wednesday said there have been 2,536 confirmed Ebola cases a»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe IRGC: In response to the attack on Arbaeen pilgrims, we destroyed the US electronic warfare unit at Al-Udeid Air Base and struck its person»»»

DUBAI: US President ​Donald Trump promised on Thursday “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies, after the Yemeni fighters struck at least one oil tanker in the Red Sea, extending the Middle East war to a second major shipping chokepoint.The prospect that disruption could widen to»»»

The Pentagon’s plans to build Ukrainian Magura drones domestically won’t help it win conflicts, “because drones cannot win any war,” but it will “ensure a war-driven marketplace is well-situated for coming global economic and political shifts,” former senior DoD analyst-turned Iraq War whistleblowe»»»

There are no negotiations are between Bulgaria and Poland regarding the purchase of MiG-29 fighter aircraft, the Defence Ministry's press office said, responding to media reports claiming that Bulgaria had requested the Polish jets. On March 11, the Ministry cancelled a public procurement procedure»»»

LONDON: Britain said on Thursday it had withdrawn remaining diplomatic staff from Iran as the conflict between Iran and the United States escalates. “Due to the security situation, UK staff have been temporarily withdrawn from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely,” the Foreign Office sai»»»

PRAGUE: A Czech army Venom helicopter with five soldiers onboard crashed on Thursday, killing at least one, officials said. The accident took place around noon (1000 GMT) at an air force base in Náměšt nad Oslavou located 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of Prague, the Czech military said. The »»»

A New York Times investigation has found that recent Iranian attacks on US military positions across the Middle East inflicted damage on multiple American facilities, underscoring Tehran’s continued ability to carry out precise strikes despite repeated claims by the Trump administration that Iran’s»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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 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»»»

Iran’s latest round of missile and drone strikes disabled multiple US radar, communications, and air-defense systems in Kuwait, according to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC which claimed American bases across the region had suffered a “dark night.” In a series of statements carried»»»

Bulgaria's research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) is expected to celebrate Bulgaria's National Day, March 3, in Buenos Aires in 2027, together with the Bulgarian diaspora there, Rear Admiral Prof. Kalin Kalinov, Commandant of the Naval Academy in Varna, said here on Thursday. Kalinov als»»»

U.S. forces continued their attacks on Iranian military sites overnight, targeting maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites and air defense systems. File Photo by Hossein Esmaeil/UPI | License Photo July 23 (UPI) -- American forces carried out a 12th c»»»

Forest fires have set new records across four continents over the past two years, with the fire season starting earlier, affected areas expanding and economic and human losses increasing, the Branch Chamber of Woodworking and Furniture Industry said. Official data from the European Commission's EFF»»»

The reconversion of former industrial sites has become a cornerstone of global urban development, reclaiming spaces of historical, architectural, and economic value. In Bucharest, the CARO complex stands as one of the most prominent local examples of this transformation. by Ovidiu Poșircă Over more»»»

New Delhi: Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 41 people in India's northeast Assam state, officials said Thursday, as authorities pursued rescue and relief operations. Flood-related disasters are an annual occurrence across India during the monsoon months after the re»»»

Tokyo: More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo -- the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emergency services said Thursday. The figure was released as Japan sweltered in a heatwave that has killed at least 14 people over the pas»»»

Hungary will abolish VAT on prescription medicines from 1 September, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Thursday. The Hungary prescription drug VAT decision is the latest element of a broader tax overhaul launched since the new government and parliament took office in May 2026. Prescription m»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - The Iranian armed forces announced the destruction of the radar of the THAAD missile defense system and the Patriot air defense system at the US base in Jordan, the IRIB broadcaster reported on Thursday. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported the destruction of»»»

Forest fires have set new records across four continents over the past two years, with the fire season starting earlier, affected areas expanding and economic and human losses increasing, the Branch Chamber of Woodworking and Furniture Industry said. Official data from the European Commission's EFF»»»

RIYADH: Saudi mobile telecom operator Zain KSA has announced the commercial launch of Advanced 5th Generation technology for individual customers, becoming the first company in the Kingdom to offer this service. This comes as an extension of its leadership in developing digital infrastructure, foll»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "Units of the Tsentr Battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministr»»»

Romania’s retail real estate sector is undergoing a profound structural rebalancing as robust domestic capital and institutional funding step in to drive consolidation amid macroeconomic headwinds. Facing a revised 2026 GDP growth forecast adjusted downwards to 0.1% and the European Union’s highest»»»

HEADLINES Thursday’s media coverage is dominated by Parliament’s authorization of the temporary deployment of up to eight US aerial refuelling aircraft and 250 military personnel at Bezmer Air Base. Trud reports on the vote, while Nova TV, bTV and Bulgarian National Television (BNT) examined the po»»»

TOKYO: More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo — the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emergency services said Thursday. The figure was released as Japan sweltered in a heatwave that has killed at least 14 people over the past»»»

Bulgaria's Maritime Administration will carry out an inspection around the oil tanker Kairos, anchored in Burgas Bay, following reports of possible marine pollution near Pomorie and Burgas' Sarafovo borough, the Transport and Communications Ministry said on Thursday. The press release reads that pa»»»

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have forged a new agreement that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman formally signed the nuclear cooperation agreemen»»»

The rule of Vladimir Zelensky has been a catastrophe for Ukraine, and that is how it will be remembered once the dust of relentless info war campaigns in his favor – and against his critics – settles. While the corruption of the Zelensky regime is stupendous, that fact – sad as it is – is not what »»»

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said early Thursday they had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, and the U.S. military conducted a 12th night of strikes against Iran as the two countries vie for control of vital shipping lanes. The Houthi attack in the Red Sea threatened to open a new »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has highlighted the importance of adopting smart energy consumption habits in buildings to improve efficiency, reduce waste and support the country’s sustainability goals. The utility said improving the efficiency of energy»»»

Dubai: Jana Nayagan, out in the UAE cinemas today, isn't just another film release for Thalapathy Vijay's fans and it's being treated like a farewell celebration. The film, widely believed to be Vijay's final movie before he shifts his focus completely to Tamil Nadu politics, has sparked extraordin»»»

Poland has received a request from an unnamed NATO member regarding MiG-29 fighter aircraft that Warsaw plans to transfer to Ukraine, raising speculation that the inquiry may have come from Bulgaria. The information was disclosed by Polish Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski in an interview with»»»

The Russian armed forces have hit infrastructure facilities in the port of Odessa used for unloading and storing military cargo, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The Russian armed forces continued to launch group strikes with precision-guided air-launched weapons and unmanned aerial v»»»

On July 23, 2020, China launched the Tianwen-1 orbiter in its first attempt to reach the surface of Mars. The rover Zhurong set down on the red planet on May 15, 2021. 1 of 6 | The China National Space Administration published a stunning martian selfie captured by the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter above t»»»

Hungary is facing an increasingly severe drought, with almost 89% of the country now experiencing at least moderate agricultural drought, according to the latest data published by the national meteorological service, HungaroMet. The agency’s latest drought map shows that 89% of Hungary’s territory »»»

Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, emergency services said as Japan sweltered in a severe heatwave, with one person dead and four in a critical condition. The Tokyo Fire Department said 453 people were taken to hospital on Wednesday, the highest dai»»»

Hungary’s public broadcaster says its interim leadership has saved almost HUF 7 billion (around EUR 17 million) during its first two weeks in charge, while launching a comprehensive financial and organisational review and preparing a major overhaul of programming. In a statement released on Wednesd»»»