The Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the rules for registering political parties, coalitions and initiative committees seeking to participate in Bulgaria's presidential and vice-presidential elections scheduled for October 25. Parties and coalitions must submit their registration appl»»»

The Plovdiv District Court has ordered former police officer Todor Lapkov to remain in custody over the alleged killing of a 21-year-old man in the town of Saedinenie. Prosecutors accuse Lapkov of shooting the young man with an illegally held hunting rifle before dismembering his body and concealin»»»

A 36-year-old man has been detained in Karlovo after eight vultures and a raven were found dead from suspected poisoning in the Balkan Mountains near Botev Peak. Police said evidence of poisoning was discovered and the man confessed. He is being held for 24 hours and is expected to be charged. The »»»

Several phone calls, not just one, took place last week between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Roman Gofman, the new head of Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, before the strike on Abu al-Duhur airport in northern Syria, near the Turkish border on 18 August. Former Mossad chief D»»»

At least two Palestinians were martyred and another was injured, with many others being arrested in the West Bank, as Israeli occupation forces stepped up attacks overnight and into Friday morning. In Jenin, Fathi Khazem, father of slain Palestinians Raad and Abdulrahman Khazem, was shot and killed»»»

The surface-to-air missile system will be deployed in the Norwegian brigade based next to Russia’s Kola Peninsula. The NASAMS and NOMADS missile systems will be part of the Finnmark Brigade, the commander of a newly established combat air defence unit confirmed to the National Defence Magazine (For»»»

The project Accessible Culture – Sofia for All examines the accessibility of Sofia’s cultural institutions for people with visual impairments, the project organizers said on Friday. A joint initiative of ARTessible Association and the Louis Braille, 1928 National Community Centre for the Blind, the»»»

Police in Karlovo (central Bulgaria) have arrested a 36-year-old man for the poisoning of eight vultures at the foot of Mount Botev in the Balkan Mountains, the Plovdiv Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry said Friday. Officers from the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime als»»»

Tunis, Aug. 21 (TAP)- The weather on Friday is slightly cloudy across the country, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) said, growing very cloudy in the afternoon in the northwest and the midland with rain and hailstorms expected.Localised...»»»

GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially,” with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and»»»

LONDON: Spain and local authorities in Ceuta must provide adequate shelter to migrants and asylum seekers who arrived in the exclave last month, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Those who wish to apply for asylum should also be given the opportunity to do so, the organization added. “Thousands of»»»

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump heads to South Carolina on Friday to campaign for Darline Graham, a political novice whose unexpected bid for a six-year US Senate term will test the president’s influence in a heavily Republican state.Trump will appear at an evening rally for Graham at the Myrtle Beach Con»»»

A helicopter is now being used in Batken region to deliver support structures to hard-to-reach areas, the Ministry of Defense of Kyrgyzstan reported. The structures are being transported to areas where military personnel are carrying out state border security duties. To reduce delivery times and th»»»

Construction of a brick manufacturing plant with a capacity of up to 400,000 bricks per day has begun in Aidarken, Batken region. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in Batken region Mamyrzhan Rakhimov, representatives of the State Development Ban»»»

Dubai: UAE telecom operator du has launched a series of back-to-school offers, including discounts of up to 50 per cent on selected Power Plans for six months. The promotion also gives customers an additional 60GB of data when they subscribe to annual prepaid Flexi plans, aimed at providing greater»»»

The Green Balkans environment protection organization has proposed the bearded vulture as a symbol of Bulgaria for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, hoping that it will enhance the protection of the species. The organization cites conservation efforts to restore the vulture population in Bulgari»»»

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Funding for education in Kyrgyzstan increased from 40 billion soms in 2021 to 75 billion soms in 2025. Cabinet Chairman Adylbek Kasymaliev said at the national pedagogical forum «Education That Changed the Era: A Creative Teacher — A Developed Country.» Preschool education coverage has also increas»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s population grew by more than 1.1 million people in five years, reaching 4.58 million by the end of 2025, as the emirate continued to attract workers, professionals, investors and families from around the world. Data released by Digital Dubai through the Dubai Data and Statistics Esta»»»

Al Ain: Al Ain City Municipality has completed a 14-kilometre windbreak project along Tahnoun bin Mohammed Road, planting 1,807 ghaf trees in an effort to curb drifting sand and improve protection for motorists and nearby communities. The project is designed to create a natural green barrier capabl»»»

A dramatic police chase unfolded at Lake Balaton on 20 August after a driver who was initially stopped near Aszófő allegedly sped away, crashed into several police vehicles and tried to hit officers on a cycle path. Four police officers suffered minor injuries, while the driver was taken to hospita»»»

Yamuna Hasan walked away from an Oxford University Debate as Best Proposition Speaker after taking on a defining dilemma of the AI age. This also became a humongous "hats off" moment as it was filled with prestigious, respected, and highly esteemed personalities generously applauding this teen sens»»»

Oslo: Flights in Norway would be disrupted on Friday and through the weekend due to a walkout by some air traffic controllers, after negotiations on working conditions failed, airport authorities said. The Norwegian Air Traffic Controllers' Association has scheduled a walkout for 12 controllers at »»»

INGOT Group, the multi-licensed brokerage group founded in 2006, celebrates its 20th anniversary with the launch of Rise, a trading app built from the ground up for a new generation of traders. A different kind of trading appThis generation reads the markets through the same channels that drive cul»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines were an act of terrorist sabotage against the EU, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Earlier this week, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Germany should not prosecute suspects in the sabotage of the Nord Stream ga»»»

Dubai: The UAE’s National Committee for the Agentic AI Project has launched a unified guide for designing government services around artificial intelligence assistants, as the country moves towards a model in which AI can understand a customer’s request and carry out the necessary steps on their be»»»

The cap on urban planning coefficients and the uncertainty surrounding the territorial infrastructure contribution are the provisions of the new Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Construction Code (CATUC) expected to have the greatest impact on the real estate market, according to Crosspoint Real »»»

Israel has acknowledged that its troops killed Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, and opened a criminal investigation into the incident. At the same time, it has refused to pursue a probe into the death of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in a separate attack. Both incidents occur»»»

Nearly six months into the Iran war, US President Donald Trump is reaching for a different weapon. After months of air strikes, threats of massive attacks and faltering attempts at diplomacy, Trump has promised an “economic D-Day” against Tehran — an unprecedented campaign of financial pressure int»»»

The Danube's water level along the Bulgarian stretch is 1.80 metres below the low navigable water level, Ivelin Zanev, executive director of the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River, told BTA on Friday. As a result, navigation along the Bulgarian stretch of the river»»»

DOHA: International warnings and condemnations have intensified against Israel's settlement policy in the occupied West Bank following its announcement of a tender to construct 1,234 settlement units east of occupied Jerusalem, a move that seeks to impose new realities on the ground and threatens t»»»

The Almaz-Antey system, marketed by Rosoboronexport, delivers a rare range of 1,000 kilometers and accuracy measured in meters against fixed targets with known coordinates. The Garpia-A1E loitering munition centers on the BLA-D attack drone - a flying-wing design powered by a gasoline engine and a »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The situation of the Serbs in Kosovo has become catastrophic, and Russia is calling on all international bodies to take measures to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe from taking place there, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. "The situation of t»»»

Drone footage released by the UK’s Border Security Command on Thursday shows French police intercepting migrants attempting to cross the English Channel illegally. The officers reached the beach as dozens of migrants wearing life jackets were pushing an inflatable boat towards the water in an attem»»»

Dubai: A 26-year-old Belgian car salesman has been formally recognised as the son of Prince Laurent of Belgium, bringing a long-running paternity story into the spotlight of the Belgian royal family. Prince Laurent legally established his parentage with Clement Vandenkerckhove during a civil ceremo»»»

Freedom Yatirim Menkul Degerler A.S., a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s Freedom Holding (Nasdaq/FRHC), has received an operating license from Turkey’s capital markets board (SPK), FRHC said on August 19. Freedom Yatirimm has become the first broadly authorized foreign brokerage firm to receive such a li»»»

President Joseph Aoun is leading an effort, in cooperation with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, to pursue a military cooperation agreement between Lebanon and the European Union with the aim of bringing in a European military force to replace UNIFIL, whose mandate expires at the end of this year, al-Ak»»»

The Formula 1 H2O Grand Prix of Kyrgyzstan on Issyk-Kul Lake was broadcast on 44 international media platforms. Head of the State Tourism Agency Eduard Kubatov said at a press conference. According to Kubatov, the races became a major international media event. He noted that Formula 1 H2O World Cha»»»

Breaking News banner. Image courtesy of UPI Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Five people were missing feared dead and eight others were injured early Friday after a major fire razed a restaurant with residential apartments above in the Swiss alpine town of Thusis. Cantonal police in the eastern Graubünden region s»»»

Dubai: Philippine Airlines (PAL) is bringing back its “Ultimate Seat Sale,” giving travellers seven days to book special deals on domestic and international routes. The promotion runs from August 24 to 30, with the airline set to reveal the full range of fares and offers when the sale begins. For t»»»

Hosting the Formula 1 H2O World Championship on Issyk-Kul Lake generated about $12.5 million for the economy of Kyrgyzstan and the region. Head of the State Tourism Agency Eduard Kubatov said at a press conference. According to Kubatov, new infrastructure for the championship was built in the villa»»»

Dubai: YouTuber Puroshottam Vashisht and his friend Sachin carried out an unusual experiment at the Haridwar Kawad Mela, with Vashisht posing as a beggar and reportedly collecting Rs4,000 in eight hours. The duo visited the religious gathering in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, to test how much money they c»»»

Western Valuers and Surveyors, a RICS-regulated valuation and advisory consultancy based in Dubai, has published a study examining how the valuation of plant, machinery and equipment is being used to support corporate tax filing and financial reporting in the UAE. The study, released this month, se»»»

DUBAI: American actor and singer Jaafar Jackson appeared on the cover of GQ Middle East’s September issue, photographed in Versace. The 30-year-old son of Jermaine Jackson played the late singer in “Michael,” the biopic directed by American filmmaker Antoine Fuqua that opened in Saudi cinemas on Ap»»»

An artificial intelligence assistant has been added to the official website of the 2026 World Nomad Games, allowing users to ask questions about the Games and receive answers in Kyrgyz, Russian or English. The new solution was launched as part of a partnership between the World Nomad Games and Kyrg»»»

BusinessGermanyWhy Germany's gas storage levels are so lowNik MartinGermany's gas storage facilities are only 50% full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends. With around three months until winter, DW asks whether the country can refill its reserves in time. https://p.d»»»

I arrived back in the UAE to be welcomed by a missile alert. It was just hours after the aeroplane’s wheels touched the runway and while our children played in the communal pool. The kids jumped out, knowing the drill well by now, and asked many questions about why alerts were following us around t»»»

Over the past two weeks, Egypt has repeatedly stressed its right to prevent any actions by Addis Ababa on the Nile River that could harm its water interests, stressing that it possesses the “right to self-defense” over Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). According to experts who spok»»»

NEW YORK: Ivonne A-Baki has a simple diagnosis for what is wrong with the UN. It is not the Charter. It is not simply the Security Council veto. And it is not a problem that can be solved by creating more bureaucracy. “The problem with the UN is that there is no trust,” the Ecuadorian-Lebanese dipl»»»

Deputy Prosecutors General of the CIS member states held a meeting in St. Petersburg, the Commonwealth’s Executive Committee reported. One of the issues discussed by representatives of supervisory authorities concerned the development of joint measures to recover assets from abroad, including the c»»»