The European Union on Tuesday congratulated Lebanon on the adoption of the law abolishing the death penalty, saying it marks a “significant step forward for human rights in the country.” “The abolition of the death penalty for all crimes, including through its retroactive application is an importan»»»

European gas storage has fallen further behind its usual pre-winter pace, with Germany just 47.6% full against a normal 75% for early August and the Netherlands at 38.5% against a typical 77%, fuelling fears that Europe will face yet another energy crisis of fuel shortages and high prices. The Krem»»»

Bulgaria has the potential to establish itself as a regional center for innovative medicine, which not only implements, but also participates in the creation of modern medical technologies, said Prime Minister Rumen Radev during a Council of Ministers meeting with representatives in the sector of i»»»

Bulgaria has the potential to establish itself as a regional center for innovative medicine, which not only implements, but also participates in the creation of modern medical technologies, said Prime Minister Rumen Radev during a Council of Ministers meeting with representatives in the sector of i»»»

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday (August 11) calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations, which he said would give U.S. children. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle gives us his analysis.»»»

Wall Street is modestly lower in premarket trading and oil prices settled despite lingering uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to the global flow of oil again. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked up 0.1% before the opening bell Tuesday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Ave»»»

JEDDAH: Qatar’s economy grew 2.9 percent in 2025, with non-hydrocarbon activity driving expansion as inflation remained contained and the country maintained a strong external position and resilient financial markets, according to official data. Non-hydrocarbon GDP grew 4.8 percent over the year, ex»»»

It's possibly the most important job of any Israeli prime minister: maintain good relations with the United States while pushing back on demands seen as undermining Israel's security. No one has managed the balancing act longer than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader»»»

Firefighters in western Libya fought Tuesday to extinguish the remnants of a massive fire caused by a drone strike on an oil facility, and a car bomb killed a senior military officer in the country's east, in the latest attacks in the chaos-stricken North African nation. The drone hit a gasoline ta»»»

The trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur started this week with jury selection, almost 30 years after the rap legend was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip. FRANCE 24's Wassim Cornet tells us more.»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russia fired North Korean missiles in an overnight attack that killed six and wounded 19 in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. At least six people were killed and 20 injured in the attacks. Follow our live blog for the latest develop»»»

Bulgaria still has not received information from Ukraine about the drone that was shot down near the village of Kardam, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said during a visit to the Yambol region. Bulgarian authorities have also not established whether the drone was carrying explosives. Stoyanov sai»»»

It's possibly the most important job of any Israeli prime minister: maintain good relations with the United States while pushing back on demands seen as undermining Israel's security. No one has managed the balancing act longer than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader»»»

Dubai: One is Washington’s closest regional ally, the other its principal adversary. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran are presenting Donald Trump with much the same problem: Neither appears willing to give him the Middle East exit he wants. Trump is signalling that he would like to lower the tempera»»»

The Global North is running out of missiles. Six months into the Iran war, and with Russia's winter bombardment of Ukraine just getting under way, the interceptors built to shoot down ballistic and cruise missiles are being fired faster than the West can build them — and Ukraine, whose skies have g»»»

Tankers flagged, owned or operated by G7-linked companies lifted 36.2% of Russia's crude exports in July, the highest share in a year and up from 34.4% in June, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea and Maritime Intelligence Risk Suite data, S&P Global reported. Russia exported 4.3mn b»»»

US military munitions stockpiles have shrunk sharply since the war with Iran began, with the five-month-old conflict now the main driver of depletion even for weapon systems the US had previously donated heavily to Ukraine, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International St»»»

Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday (August 11) as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the death toll from the country's most powerful earthquake in decades could rise. FRANCE 24's Camille Corcoran bri»»»

Turkey's parliament approved limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants on Monday, a key step in a peace process aimed at ending decades of conflict. However, the legislation excludes jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, whose release the group has made a central demand. Turkish lawmakers on Monday v»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has released its 2025 Annual Macroeconomic Review, highlighting the strong performance of the national economy, the continued momentum of economic diversification and the robustness of key macroeconomic indicators. QCB indicated that the annual review reaffirms»»»

European elites are in a panic over the IOC’s decision to lift sanctions on Russia’s Olympic Committee and athletes, and they’re plotting a full-scale counterattack, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement on Tuesday. The EU sees the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’»»»

South Korea plans to upgrade a key Army battle tank and an anti-ship missile program for the Navy, the arms agency said Tuesday. In this May 2023 photo, a South Korean artillery battery fires during a live-fire drill in Pocheon. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI | License Photo South Korea plans to »»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that North Korea's military cooperation with Russia poses a mounting threat to the Asia-Pacific region. In this July 28 photo, Zelensky (L) attends the funeral service for late Sen. Lindsey Graham in Washington, D.C. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/»»»

The Sofia City Administrative Court has overturned Bulgargaz’s refusal to disclose information about the actual quantities of natural gas delivered and the payments made under its controversial contract with Turkish state-owned company Botas for 2023-2025. The ruling is final and requires the state»»»

Turnover generated by Romania's forestry units totalled RON 4.132 billion in 2025, down 21.5% from RON 5.26 billion a year earlier, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Compared with 2024, sales volumes declined for forest and ornamental seedlings from forest nur»»»

Romania’s land market remained active in the first half of 2026, although few large transactions were completed, with many deals still under negotiation or at the pre-contract stage amid uncertainty over energy costs, construction budgets and the domestic political environment, according to an anal»»»

Tourist arrivals and overnight stays at tourist accommodation establishments, including apartments and rooms for rent, decreased by 2.5% and 5.7%, respectively, in June 2026 compared with the same month of last year, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Tourist a»»»

After ceramics, a universal heritage asset, Oltenia de sub Munte area also has in the matured Horezu cheese a trusted ambassador for consolidating the area as a tourist destination in Romania with a strong local identity.The factory in the Valcea town where this cheese is produced was recently incl»»»

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and the separation of the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot into three vaccines, despite scientific evidence supporting its safety and amid the country's worst measles outbrea»»»

Romania's population recorded a natural decrease of 7,247 people in June this year, with the number of deaths recorded being 1.6 times higher than the number of live births, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data published on Monday.According to official statistics, birth cert»»»

Brazil accounted for 86.1% of Romania's exports in 2024 to the four South American countries that are members of Mercosur and 58.5% of imports from the region, according to an analysis carried out by President of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) Tudorel Andrei."In order to highlight the i»»»

In 2026, Romania holds a favorable position in the European agricultural market, boasting an above-average grain harvest and satisfactory soil moisture levels across most of the country?at a time when several European nations are severely affected by drought, heatwaves, and wildfires?according to a»»»

War and Russian propaganda are two sides of the same desire for control on the part of Moscow, Foreign Ministry (MAE) spokesman Andrei Tarnea said on Monday, reacting to statements made by a Russian official about relations between Romania and the Republic of Moldova."Any Russian official speaking »»»

The Global North is running out of missiles. Six months into the Iran war, and with Russia's winter bombardment of Ukraine just getting under way, the interceptors built to shoot down ballistic and cruise missiles are being fired faster than the West can build them — and Ukraine, whose skies have g»»»

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a mutual-defence pact in Mecca on August 7 explicitly modelled on Nato's Article 5, but the agreement's first 48 hours — a Houthi strike on Saudi energy infrastructure that neither Ankara nor Islamabad answered — have already tested how much protection it ac»»»

Turkey’s foreign minister has warned that an “expanding war of destruction” could cause Russia to use nuclear weapons as “the last option available to it”. Hakan Fidan said that during a recent visit to Moscow, the Turkish delegation was close to raising the issue in talks with their counterparts b»»»

Russia killed at least three people, including a three-year-old boy, in a drone strike on the Kyiv-region village of Pukhivka overnight into August 9, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russia combined the attack with a six-missile ballistic strike on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure that killed »»»

Iran's five-month war with the US and Israel is edging toward a negotiated pause over the Strait of Hormuz even as its side effects keep spreading — with Yemen's Houthis hitting Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure twice in 24 hours and a still-unclaimed drone strike reaching as far as a refinery i»»»

Six years ago on August 9 2020, Belarusians went to the polls in a presidential election that Alexander Lukashenko rigged so brazenly — awarding himself over 80% of the vote against a political novice, former English teacher Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya) — that it triggered the »»»

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a mutual-defence pact in Mecca on August 7 explicitly modelled on Nato's Article 5, but the agreement's first 48 hours — a Houthi strike on Saudi energy infrastructure that neither Ankara nor Islamabad answered — have already tested how much protection it ac»»»

Turkey’s foreign minister has warned that an “expanding war of destruction” could cause Russia to use nuclear weapons as “the last option available to it”. Hakan Fidan said that during a recent visit to Moscow, the Turkish delegation was close to raising the issue in talks with their counterparts b»»»

The Global North is running out of missiles. Six months into the Iran war, and with Russia's winter bombardment of Ukraine just getting under way, the interceptors built to shoot down ballistic and cruise missiles are being fired faster than the West can build them — and Ukraine, whose skies have g»»»

Ukraine's ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has given President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a deadline of August 18 to reinstate him to the post or face mass protests, in the most direct political challenge the president has faced since taking office in 2019. "If our goal is to stop the war, then we»»»

Russia killed at least three people, including a three-year-old boy, in a drone strike on the Kyiv-region village of Pukhivka overnight into August 9, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russia combined the attack with a six-missile ballistic strike on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure that killed »»»

Six years ago on August 9 2020, Belarusians went to the polls in a presidential election that Alexander Lukashenko rigged so brazenly — awarding himself over 80% of the vote against a political novice, former English teacher Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya) — that it triggered the »»»

Turkey’s foreign minister has warned that an “expanding war of destruction” could cause Russia to use nuclear weapons as “the last option available to it”. Hakan Fidan said that during a recent visit to Moscow, the Turkish delegation was close to raising the issue in talks with their counterparts b»»»

Russia killed at least three people, including a three-year-old boy, in a drone strike on the Kyiv-region village of Pukhivka overnight into August 9, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russia combined the attack with a six-missile ballistic strike on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure that killed »»»

Dubai: ADNOC Logistics and Services reported a record second-quarter net profit of $951 million, or Dh3.49 billion, after earnings more than quadrupled from a year earlier, prompting the company to raise its full-year 2026 guidance for the third time. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheq»»»

The man charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, one of America's most notorious unresolved murders, goes on trial Monday in Las Vegas. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces one charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur'»»»

AMMAN — The manufacturing sector's gross domestic product (GDP) reached JD1.6 billion during the first quarter of 2026, according to a report on the executive programme of the Economic Modernisation Vision (2026–2029).Key achievements included publishing Jordan Ecolabel Regulations No. 1 of 2026, a»»»