The court has issued European and international arrest warrants against Ádám Matolcsy and György Stofa, both implicated in the MNB case. The Budapest Metropolitan Court informed MTI on Tuesday that the Buda Central District Court had issued European and international arrest warrants against two ind»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s far-right and religious governing coalition, but exit polls Wednesday suggested the election had no clear winner and indicated that the long-serving Israeli leader was far from defeated after three years of war ign»»»

Brazil's former presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the US, sources said Tuesday, despite his passports being cancelled after he failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand them over as part of a money laundering probe. Bolsonaro's whereabouts had been a source of spec»»»

The turnout tells the tale. Israelis casting ballots in their largest numbers in decades in the first general election since the October Seventh attacks of 2023. A referendum on the bloodiest day in the nation’s history? Definitely that. And more: What kind of Israel do citizens want?  While t»»»

LONDON — Tech firms rose Tuesday for a second day as AI titan Anthropic's IPO filing revived optimism over the sector.But gains were tempered as traders awaited key earnings reports and central bank meetings.In New York, the tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way, up more than one per cent in midday trading»»»

A month before Sunday's vote, every major pollster had Iliana Yotova at least 17 points ahead of Andrey Gyurov and some had her within reach of 50 percent. When the Central Election Commission announced the official result, the incumbent president had 528,951 votes, or 34.76 percent, against Gyurov»»»

A list of academics, engineers, artists and activists chosen by Serbia’s student assemblies defeated long-ruling president Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party Sunday. The shock victory comes after nearly two years of student-led anti-corruption protests – and may serve as a mode»»»

Israel faces coalition talks as no clear winner emerges from election exit polls Israel’s election ended on Tuesday without a clear winner, exit polls suggest, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future uncertain and potentially setting the stage for weeks of coalition negotiation»»»

WASHINGTON: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s broad assertions about Arab contributions to humanity’s scientific and literary discoveries at a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have drawn criticism just days before midterm elections. “There’s 500 million»»»

Warsaw-listed Medicalgorithmics signed a strategic partnership with Singapore’s Care Vision Health Care to commercialize its cardiac monitoring technology in Malaysia and Singapore. Care Vision will distribute Kardiobeat.ai ECG monitors and offer analysis services using Deep Rhythm Platform and Dee»»»

Israelis were voting Tuesday (October 27) in a tense national election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the wars that have since shaken the Middle East.»»»

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said she sees no escalation in relations with North Macedonia over Iva Mihailova’s stay in Bulgaria, stressing in an interview with bTV that Skopje must fulfill its commitments to the European Union and improve conditions for Bulgarians living in the cou»»»

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has confirmed that Bulgaria’s October 25 presidential election failed to produce a winner, with only 1,525,034 of the country’s 6,584,025 eligible voters casting ballots, or nearly 23%, according to the final results announced by the Commission. “No president o»»»

Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gathered outside a polling station where the leader was voting on Tuesday. This is Israel's first election since the October7, 2023 Hamas attack and is seen as a referendum on Netanyahu. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali reports from Jerusalem.»»»

Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. FRANCE24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.»»»

Five-year bond draws AA- ratings from S&P and Fitch, the highest for corporate blue bonds Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar has issued the first blue bond in its US$6 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme. The US$600 million five-year tenor bond is rated AA- by S&P and Fi»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party asked election authorities on Tuesday to extend polling hours as it sought to mobilize voters. "We have submitted a request to extend voting hours," Likud said in a message on Telegram.»»»

Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chair of Yes, Bulgaria, has accused Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov of effectively supporting Iliana Yotova in the presidential runoff by ruling out votes from his party’s supporters for her rival, Andrey Gyurov, despite having demanded Yotova’s resignation days earlier. In a »»»

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has asked a court to keep Turkish businessman Eyup Temiz in permanent detention after charging him with the intentional killing of former Member of the European Parliament Slavi Binev, while media reports have raised questions about a business dispute and footage »»»

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji met Tuesday with Irish Foreign and Defense Minister Helen McEntee and thanked her for “her country's role in the UNIFIL forces and the sacrifices made by its soldiers.” “We agreed on the necessity of maintaining an international presence in the South, and we discussed»»»

In video response on Tuesday, vice-presidential candidate Georgi Kandev has challenged Kiril Valchev to say whether he would step down as Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), questioned his position on pardoning convicted drug traffickers, and asked whether he acknowledges that such»»»

Ahead of a court hearing in the case against Kiril Petkov over the March 2022 arrest of GERB leader Boyko Borissov, Progressive Bulgaria MP and former Interior Ministry chief secretary Petar Todorov recounted the events surrounding the arrest to reporters on Friday. Todorov is one of the witnesses »»»

Tunis, Oct.27 (TAP) - The economic empowerment of women in the Mediterranean region took center stage at a conference organised on Tuesday in Tunis by the Organisation for Cooperation for the Development of Emerging Countries (COSPE).Representatives...»»»

JEDDAH: Fifty young men and women from AlUla will receive training in public speaking, presenting and storytelling under a program designed to help residents showcase the governorate to international audiences. The Kafaa Association for Youth Development will organize the “AlUla Ambassadors x Saudi»»»

Gen. Emil Tonev, head of Bulgaria’s National Service for Protection (NSP), told a court on Tuesday that there had been discussions in then Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s office about finding bags of money at the home of Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB, during a search. Tonev testified in the case aga»»»

As Israelis head to the polls this Tuesday, among those voting are 2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel, some of whom live in mixed Jewish-Arab towns. One of them, Lod, has long been seen as symbolic of this coexistence. However in 2021 the town was the scene of violent clashes, whose consequen»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cast his vote on Tuesday (October 27) in Israel’s general election. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more.»»»

ATLANTA, Georgia – AI-driven Flock cameras made by an Atlanta-based company are sprouting up across the US, sparking alarm and bipartisan, citizen-driven campaigns as the new technology emerges as a 2026 midterm campaign issue. While politicians hedge and local officials rush to»»»

NEW DELHI: Diplomats from Arab League member states are undergoing training this week at the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service in New Delhi as part of the inaugural program of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum. The forum is a high-level diplomatic platform that guides and strengthens relati»»»

Bulgaria’s road death rate fell by 28% between 2014 and 2024 but remained above the EU average, according to a European Commission report presented on Tuesday. The number of road fatalities in Bulgaria declined from 93 per million inhabitants in 2014 to 74 in 2024, compared with an EU average that »»»

The Association of European Journalists in Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has accused the government press office of creating conditions for censorship after it instructed media outlets to report Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s statements accurately and in full, amid a controversy over his support for presid»»»

François Picard welcomes Helena Ivanov, Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, a London-based foreign policy and national security think tank advocating liberal democracy, strong transatlantic alliances, robust Western defence capabilities and the international promotion of democra»»»

Two 19-year-old German citizens accused of deliberately setting fire to Starlink communication antennas near Sofia have been arrested in Duisburg and are expected to be extradited to Bulgaria, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said. The two men are suspected of involvement in the arson on October »»»

A U.S. State Department spokesman has snapped back at Druze leader Walid Jumblat over remarks voiced in his latest interview. “In keeping with his long record, Walid Jumblat will do and say whatever is best for Walid Jumblat, with little regard for principle, his own constituency, or the future of »»»

Yes, Bulgaria co-leader Ivaylo Mirchev accused Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov of effectively backing Iliana Iotova in the presidential runoff by declaring that his party’s supporters would not vote for her rival, Andrey Gurov. In a Facebook post, Mirchev said Kostadinov had demanded Iotova’»»»

Bulgaria ranked third in the European Union for the steepest annual decline in industrial production in August 2026, with output falling by more than 9.4%, as weaker European demand put pressure on Bulgarian exporters and forced businesses to seek new markets and cut costs. The slowdown in the Euro»»»

New EU legislation will waive airfares for people accompanying disabled passengers if the companion’s presence is deemed required by the airline. Updated passenger rights greenlit by MEPs last week (20 October) close a loophole allowing airlines to turn away passengers with reduced mobility. Once a»»»

A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls on Tuesday (October 27) for the first time since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's rightward drift. FRANCE 24's Noga Tornapolski tells us more.»»»

Israelis are voting in a pivotal election Tuesday (October 27) as their country wrestles with unresolved wars, continues to reel from Hamas' 2023 attack and is deeply divided over the character of the state and the right person to lead it. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more from the ground. He»»»

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks with Iran on Monday in an attempt to stop the Middle East war from reigniting, with Tehran saying the discussions were "very good". Officials from the three Mecca pact countries flew to Iran as part of efforts to "de-escalate betwee»»»

AI giant Anthropic has publicly filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with US market regulators. The document offered a glimpse into the company's finances but also contained nearly 100 pages related to risks around investing in the firm. The filing revealed that in the first half of 2026»»»

Polls opened Tuesday in Israel’s critical national election viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky explains that “the name of the game” after Election Day is whether the country’s fractious opposition, including»»»

Israelis are voting Tuesday in the first general elections since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a fight for political survival. The vote follows three years of regional wars, with Netanyahu running neck and neck with centrist rival Gadi Eisenkot. Isr»»»

Authorities have taken custody of a laptop and other belongings linked to Thomas Markle Sr Dubai: The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating the reported discovery of suspected child sexual abuse and exploitation material and other personal belongings allegedly linked to Thomas Markle Sr»»»

Bulgaria’s Government Information Service has rejected accusations that the Council of Ministers’ official communication channels were used for election campaigning in support of Iliana Yotova, urging media outlets to report Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s positions accurately. The statement followed »»»

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned on Monday that a $3.4 billion European Investment Bank loan to Airbus could jeopardise a tariff truce between Washington and&nbs»»»

Orlin Vladimirov has received a final 20-year prison sentence for murdering his wife, Evgenia, whose body was found in a suitcase in a body of water near Pernik in October 2021, while his father, Plamen Vladimirov, has been acquitted, according to rulings upheld by Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassa»»»

The Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the National Center for Polar Studies, and Kaufland Bulgaria will hold an official press conference in Sofia on Tuesday to mark the launch of the 35th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. During the event, expedition leader Prof. Christo Pimpirev and the logistics team»»»

Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks in Iran on Monday aimed at preventing renewed fighting in the Middle East, with Tehran describing discussions as “very good”. The diplomatic push, attended by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, followed warnings from W»»»