Outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov will participate in the first Eastern Flank Summit on Tuesday in Helsinki, the Bulgarian government information service announced. The meeting is part of broader efforts to strengthen Europe’s defence posture and represents a key step in coordinating defence»»»

Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday in protest against a mass cull of cows ordered to contain the spread of a skin disease. Local officials have urged Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to urgently intervene. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorn»»»

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media at St George Hospital after visiting Ahmed al-Ahmed in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday. Photo by Bianca de Marchi/EPA Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The father-son duo who killed 15 people and injured 40 others in Sunday's Bondi Beach shooting were motivat»»»

A father and son were likely driven by "Islamic State ideology" when they fired on Bondi Beach in one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on Jewish crowds thronging the famous beach for Hanukkah on Sunday »»»

Europe is obstructing efforts to reach a Ukraine peace deal because leaders facing trouble at home are shifting their political problems onto the international stage, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has said. Speaking to reporters over the weekend, Salvini, who is also the minister of »»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has opened the 11th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (COSP11) in Doha. The conference, which runs from December 15 to 19,»»»

Ukraine is a “black hole” of corruption that has swallowed billions of euros sent by the European Union, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. Kiev was rocked by its latest major graft scandal last month when a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Timur Mindich, was accused »»»

Brian Walshe, husband of missing Cohasset mother of three Ana Walshe, was found guilty of murdering his wife Monday. File Photo by CJ Gunther/EPA Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Brian Walshe was found guilty of killing his wife, Ana Walshe, 39, and dismembering and disposing of her body, though her body was never»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with KfW Director for Southeastern Europe and Turkey Klaus Muller on Monday to discuss further cooperation between Serbia and the German development bank and current projects and possibilities for further cooperation as part of»»»

Recent statistics cited by the British newspaper Daily Mail suggest a surprising trend: a growing number of Polish workers are leaving the UK and returning to Poland. Nearly 100,000 Poles are said to be considering or undertaking a return, driven by a desire for better living conditions and greater»»»

GERB MP and former economy, energy and tourism minister Delyan Dobrev triggered sharp reactions online after claiming that Bulgaria saw no inflation during the time Rosen Zhelyazkov was prime minister. In a Facebook post, Dobrev wrote that prices had remained unchanged under the Zhelyazkov cabinet,»»»

Kuala Lumpur: The Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting to assess the latest developments in the border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand has been postponed, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said here on Monday. "It allows us to ensure that everything is properly in place," he told th»»»

Volodymyr Zelensky and his European handlers have finally recognized a glaring truth that US President Donald Trump was long aware of: “There's no way for Ukraine to join NATO,” says ex-German army officer Major Florian Pfaff. This belated realization explains why Zelensky is now saying that Ukrain»»»

New Delhi: Football superstar Lionel Messi ended his whirlwind tour of India on Monday with a lap of honour in New Delhi, thrilling thousands of fans and thanking them for "all the love and support". The 38-year-old Argentine great greeted chanting supporters at a nearly packed Arun Jaitley Stadium»»»

The EU intends to direct money from frozen Russian assets toward supporting Ukraine's military efforts in the ongoing conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. "Therefore, today's task will be to make it clear that the risk of co»»»

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney as an “act of evil anti-Semitism,” vowing a decisive response to the attack. The incident left at least 12 people dead and more than two dozen wounded. The attack on Sunday was perpetrated by two gunmen who »»»

Amman: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Jordan’s Amman Monday afternoon as he kicked off his three-nation tour which will also include visits to Ethiopia and the Sultanate of Oman - all countries with which India shares both age-old civilisational ties, as well as extensive contemporary bila»»»

Dubai: A new record for the world’s longest commercial flight route has been set by China Eastern Airlines, which has launched a 29-hour journey linking Shanghai and Buenos Aires, according to international media reports. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The flight cove»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) enjoys promising investment opportunities in several sectors. Madbouly made the comments on Sunday, December 14, 2025, during his meeting with SCZONE Chairman Walid Gamal al-Din to review efforts to lure further local and fo»»»

India on Monday unveiled a sweeping redesign of India’s rural employment architecture, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. Officials described the new law as»»»

An unarmed bystander intervened during the deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, disarming one of the gunmen, according to footage circulating online. Two gunmen attacked the Chanukah By the Sea event on Sunday, shooting multiple members of the local Jewish community. One of the attacker»»»

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference on Monday, a day after a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Steven Markham/EPA Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his government will seek to strengthen »»»

Several thousand people protest on Saturday evening in Victoriei Square in the capital city Bucharest, showing banners and chanting messages in support of an independent justice system, and demanding the resignation of the current president of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ), Lia Sav»»»

More than 12,000 people have signed, so far, an online petition launched by the Declic community calling for the urgent dismissal of Catalin Predoiu from the offices of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, while accusing him of being the main political responsible for the "disastrous" st»»»

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan stated on Friday, during a visit to the A3 motorway construction site in Oradea County, that rebuilding citizens' trust in institutions ? particularly in the justice system ? is a critical priority for Romania."Restoring trust in institutions is a priority, including the»»»

Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the the city's controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison and is expected»»»

Australia's prime minister proposed "tougher gun laws" on Monday a day after gunmen killed 16 people in a mass shooting targeting a Jewish festival at a Sydney beach. "The government is prepared to take whatever action is necessary. Included in that is the need for tougher gun laws," Prime Minister»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees as he held talks in Berlin with US envoys that were set to continue on Monday. The Ukrainian leader rejected the US push for ceding territory to »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Sunday compared Ukraine to a black hole that absorbs money and the future of the European Union. "Ukraine is a black hole absorbing billions of euros, rational economic thinking, and the sustainable future of the European Union," Fico said on »»»

Sydney: The death toll from the shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach has risen to 16, including one child, New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed to ABC. The attack, carried out by two gunmen, has drawn widespread international condemnation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese»»»

The National Bureau of Investigation (BKH) has issued a statement rejecting claims made by Prime Minister Edi Rama regarding a security incident at the Prime Ministry. Earlier on Sunday, speaking at the opening of his podcast Flasim, Rama said that several BKH agents had knocked on the door of the »»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has called for a serious institutional review after what he described as a security incident involving agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (BKH). Speaking on his weekly podcast 'Flasim', Rama said BKH agents had entered the Prime Minister’s Office without»»»

Sydney: An attack by two gunmen on Sydney's Bondi Beach targeted a Hanukkah celebration, killing 11 people and drawing international condemnation. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the shooting -- which ended with one gunmen killed and another wounded and in custody -- an act of terror, a "tar»»»

In an interview with Mandiner’s Hotel Lentulai podcast, Prime Minister Orbán delivered a stark warning: "The use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine would be an act of economic warfare." In a year marked by global turbulence, the prime minister called this potential move by Western powers "»»»

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited a police alcohol checkpoint in central Athens on Saturday evening, accompanied by Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis. Mitsotakis praised officers for their work, calling it “life-saving” and observed procedures used to test drivers for alco»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted for the first time to the Constitutional Court’s decision to lift the suspension of Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku. Speaking on his podcast 'Flasim', he said the court’s decision to review his appeal on the merits had removed wh»»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has criticised the judiciary after the Constitutional Court reinstated Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku. Speaking on his podcast Flasim, Rama condemned a parallel move by judges seeking to increase their own salaries. Rama described »»»

Atanas Pekanov, former Deputy Prime Minister responsible for managing European Funds in several caretaker governments, has commented on the challenges facing Bulgaria’s next caretaker cabinet. Speaking to BNT, Pekanov emphasized that the new constitutional rules governing caretaker governments are »»»

KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Sunday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.His Highness the Amir also received Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud A»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Sunday Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah. (end) gta»»»

Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Malta have urged the EU to explore alternatives to seizing frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, Politico Europe reported on Friday, citing an internal document. The European Commission hopes to pressure individual member states into approving the plan ahead of the Eu»»»

Providence, United States: Hundreds of police officers hunted Sunday for a gunman who killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University, plunging the eastern US campus into lockdown. The streets around the university in Providence, Rhode Island were filled with emergency vehicles hours »»»

Two people were killed on Saturday and nine were wounded in a shooting at Brown University, the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island said. The suspect remains at large, according to police. A gunman killed two people and wounded nine others on Saturday at Brown University, plunging the eastern US camp»»»

Israel said Saturday it had killed top Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike in Gaza after an explosive device wounded two Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory as both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire that took effect on October 10.  Israel said it killed a top Ham»»»

Cambodia said on Saturday that Thai jets continued bombing its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the two neighbours had agreed to halt border fighting. The conflict, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their frontier, has killed »»»

The US plan to end the war in Ukraine allows for Kyiv to join the EU in 2027, a senior official said Friday. Even if the bloc's Moscow-friendly governments such as Hungary were to agree to Ukraine's accession, complex questions would need to be quickly resolved, European diplomats and officials sai»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 13 (KUNA) -- Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah visited the general directorate of land border security during which he was briefed on measures to safeguarding borders.The visit came within the framework of security leadership's keenness on pursuing »»»

Doha, Qatar: Ici C’est Paris Park by Qatar Airways will be open to the public on 14 December from 5 pm to 10 pm, and on 15 December. 16 and 17 December from 3 pm to 10 pm. Designed as an inclusive, family-friendly, and intergenerational space, it invites residents, visitors, families, and football »»»