BELGRADE - The City of Belgrade and Air Serbia will host the Wings of Change Europe 2027 conference, one of the most significant events in the European aviation industry, which will take place October 26 and 27, 2027, organised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Air Serbia has a»»»

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) - The European Union increased imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 60% in September compared to August, despite existing restrictions and Brussels' policy of abandoning Russian energy resources, according to a report by the Finland-based Centre for Research on Energ»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran is looking to create underground storage facilities for energy resources, said Saeed Tavakoli, deputy minister of oil and head of the National Iranian Gas Company, at the Russian Energy Week. The official said this during the session "3+3 Platform: Energy Cooperation as a Pi»»»

Tunis, Oct. 16 (TAP)- "Tunisia will forever hold its head high," President of the Republic Kais Saïed highighted as he chaired a ceremony on Thursday at the Martyrs Square in Bizerte in observance of Evacuation Day. "The homeland is a sacred legacy...»»»

Hungarian wages grew faster than expected in August, with the average gross salary exceeding HUF 740,000 and real wages rising by 8.6% year on year as inflation remained low. But the median salary reveals a more modest picture of what workers actually earn. Hungary’s average gross monthly earnings »»»

Syrian authorities have announced the arrest of a former paramilitary leader who is the main suspect in a massacre of nearly 250 civilians by Assad-allied forces during the country's civil war. A Syrian security source told AFP that Ali Kayali was apprehended in Lebanon during an operation coordina»»»

Due to its scale, the project ranks among the largest BREEAM-certified residential developments in Romania and reflects the market’s growing interest in international standards of performance, efficiency, and comfort in the residential sector. “Romania’s residential market is going through a phase »»»

By Latifa Husseiny From the moment news erupted that a truck was intercepted on Dahr Al-Baydar truck, Hezbollah opponents at home began exploiting the incident for political purposes. Fabricating hypothetical scenarios about the truck’s intended purpose and focusing on claims that it was to be used»»»

The digital platform HomeMed.bg, which connects patients and their relatives in need of medical care at home with healthcare professionals, was presented at a press conference at the BTA press club in Sofia. During the event, the Bulgarian Union of Physician Assistants and Feldshers (BUPAF) and the»»»

ABU FALAH: Clad in ‌black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village’s annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist. Some 80 settlers, some of them »»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told President Joseph Aoun in a phone call that he should not return several hundred kilograms of explosives seized by Lebanese authorities from Hezbollah, a U.S. official said. "He urged President Aoun to hold accountable all those who ordered, financed, and dir»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's August 2026 industrial turnover was up by 14.8 pct y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office. Relative to the 2025 average, it was up by 8.5 pct. By sectors, the mining sector registered a 46.2 pct turnover growth y-o-y, while the manufacturing indu»»»

Passengers grab him through the train window after an alleged theft attempt A suspected mobile phone snatcher's alleged theft attempt took a dangerous turn at a railway station in India's Bihar state when passengers grabbed his hand through a train window, leaving him dangling outside the moving co»»»

Major parties reject Arab-led coalition partners despite the prospect of election gridlock Baqa Al Gharbiyye: Mansour Abbas has done nearly everything Israel asks of its Palestinian citizens. The leader of a small Arab political party condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. He rarely speaks about th»»»

Video Subtitled by Al-Ahed News As reports emerge of restrictions on the hijab in schools in Azerbaijan, questions arise about religious freedom, personal identity and the meaning of democracy. In this context, the words of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali»»»

Video Subtitled by Al-Ahed News As reports emerge of restrictions on the hijab in schools in Azerbaijan, questions arise about religious freedom, personal identity and the meaning of democracy. In this context, the words of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali»»»

SECURITY Capital Weekly has a story titled "How Bulgaria Became Target of Russia’s Hybrid Warfare." The article argues that Bulgaria is particularly vulnerable to Russian hybrid warfare, including suspected sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation and economic pressure. "This country has a strategica»»»

NEW DELHI: Climate change is threatening livelihoods and forcing people from their homes across South Asia, but technology and government action could help limit the damage, the UN migration chief told AFP on Friday. Rising seas, flooding and drought threaten homes and farmland, Amy Pope, Director »»»

The visit of Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to Beirut, scheduled for Thursday, comes primarily to support the government of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, diplomatic sources in Washington told Al-Jadeed television. "The Qatari Prime Minister is carrying with him a compr»»»

Lebanese authorities have released a famous TikTok content creator arrested for drug trafficking and smuggling, dropping the charges against him under a new amnesty law. Georges Dib, better known as "Doctor Food" to his more than eight million followers, was arrested in August after being sentenced»»»

Foldable iPhone Duo promises new features and hefty costs Dubai: Apple's first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, opens for pre-orders in the UAE at 4pm today, Friday, October 16. Prices start at Dh8,499 for 256GB, making it the most expensive iPhone Apple has sold. Closed, the Duo has a 5.4-inch»»»

LUGANO - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade lost 3-2 away to Swiss side Lugano in a UEFA Conference League Match Day 1 clash on Thursday evening. Albian Ajeti put the hosts in the lead in the 27th minute following a defensive error by Red Star's Stefan Gudelj and an assist by Renato Steff»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4000 dinars for one euro on Friday, which is a slight change relative to Thursday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlements of Varvarovka and Nikolaevka in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. This allows to expand the security zone Russia is establishing to prevent Ukrainian shelling of Russian territories.Ukraine los»»»

A 16-year-old gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday before being killed by a community member who pursued him inside, police said. Two other people were wounded in the shooting. A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school»»»

By Staff, Agencies Senior US Department of War officials are planning to postpone the release of an internal investigation into a deadly strike on an Iranian primary school in Minab until after the upcoming US midterm elections, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The investigation concerns the Fe»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Layla Abdelké Yakoub, Tax Justice and Inequality Advocacy Officer at Oxfam France. "Today in France a billionaire pays less taxes proportionally than a nurse or a firefighter," explains Yakoub. She challenges the foundations of France's fiscal system, arguing t»»»

JAKARTA: Four people died on Indonesia’s Java island fighting the blazes that have sent toxic smoke across southeast Asia, closed schools and fueled a surge of respiratory complaints, authorities said Friday. The impact of the months-long fires has also prompted Singapore’s leader to vow legal acti»»»

DUBAI: When Abdallah Al-Dardari travelled to Riyadh in April, the Gulf was caught in the middle of the US-Israeli war with Iran, which had shut down one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, the Strait of Hormuz. Talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council during that visit produced an idea tha»»»

A teacher and at least 32 pupils were killed when a school roof collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, authorities said. At least twenty people were injured, three of them severely. The roof of a school collapsed in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Governor of the Qatar Central Bank HE Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al-Thani met with Chairman of Euroclear Group Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi along with the accompanying delegation, on the sidelines of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Wor»»»

Mansour Abbas has done nearly everything Israel asks of its Palestinian citizens. The leader of a small Arab political party condemned Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. He rarely speaks about the war in Gaza or Israel's occupation of the West Bank, instead focusing on local issues like crime. He broke a»»»

Hundreds of people gathered outside Bulgaria’s Presidency yesterday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Rumen Radev and President Iliana Yotova, protesting what organizers described as the government’s pro-Kremlin policies. The national demonstration was scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM, and m»»»

Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria had asked NATO for aircraft, air defense and counter-drone systems, and air patrols as attacks on vessels in the Black Sea intensify, while former prime ministers, ministers, military officers and diplomats issued an appeal urging the countr»»»

Irish author Sally Rooney can no longer sell her books in the UK because of her support for the activist group Palestine Action, her publisher Faber said on Wednesday. Rooney has previously expressed her support for the group, which was banned as a "terrorist" organisation by the UK government in J»»»

EU Council President Antonio Costa on Friday warned against withdrawing support from Ukraine, maintaining that it was time instead to step up the pressure on Russia. His remarks came ahead of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Follow our liveblog fo»»»

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry launched coordinated police operations in Sofia, Burgas and Aytos on Friday to combat vote-buying ahead of the October 25 elections, with officers also uncovering a laboratory producing synthetic drugs at a private residence in Burgas. The operations began early in the »»»

By Staff, Agencies US President Donald Trump has alleged that American missiles delivered to Ukraine under his predecessor, Joe Biden, were sold on the “open market,” questioning the whereabouts of billions of dollars in US military equipment and financial assistance provided to Kiev. Trump made th»»»

The draft 2027 state budget envisages increases in a range of social benefits, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova told journalists in Varna on Friday. She said pensions will be increased in the middle of next year. All family benefits for children will rise, Efremova added, explain»»»

The Government should submit to Parliament a joint report by the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW), and the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) on rising road traffic deaths and injuries, along with urgent measures, responsible officials, and deadlines, V»»»

The American midterm elections may lack pomp, but they won’t lack drama ‘Midterms’ may lack the pomp of a presidential race, but the world will be watching closely when Americans go to the polls on November 3. We have already seen the campaigning turning up a notch in the USA with President Donald »»»

Zacharia says she had registered to take the bar exam but then moved to China Washington: New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, under scrutiny over her legal credentials, seemed to acknowledge Thursday that she had failed the bar exam, but argued she was accurate in presenting herself as »»»

Shanzy Sial and Mohsin Lashari’s folk song wins fans across India Dubai: A Pakistani folk song is winning hearts across the border, with Chalre Chalre Waal attracting millions of views online and drawing comparisons with a popular Bollywood classic. The acoustic rendition by Shanzy Sial and Mohsin »»»

Tunis, Oct. 16 (TAP)- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed visited Thursday the Martyrs' Square in Bizerte to mark the 63rd anniversary of Evacuation Day .During the ceremony, the Head of State saluted the national flag as the national anthem was...»»»

Bangkok, Oct. 16 (SANA) International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for urgent international cooperation to address mounting risks to the global economy, including rising debt, rapid advances in artificial intelligence and growing cyber threats. “What we need at th»»»

By Staff, Agencies Prospects for a trade agreement between the United States and Mexico have weakened after US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick opposed significant reductions in tariffs on Mexican automobiles, steel and aluminum, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing people familiar wi»»»

There will be 11 F-16 fighter pilots by the end of the year, Major General Nikolay Rusev, Commander of the Bulgarian Air Force, told journalists on Friday. He was attending a ceremonial wreath- and flower-laying event at the Monument to the Aviator in Sofia to mark Bulgarian Aviation and Air Force »»»

Bend, United States: A teenager shot and killed three children and a teacher on Thursday at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon, police said, adding the assailant was later killed by an armed bystander who pursued him into the building. Officers rushed to Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, »»»

By Staff, Agencies The Deputy Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards [IRG] Major General Mostafa Izadi confirmed that Iran’s armed forces stand fully prepared to confront any enemy on land, at sea and in the air, stressing that the United States has suffered failure in Iraq just as it »»»

Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters on Friday that he expects to hold a meeting soon with the defence minister and the chiefs of defence of Turkiye and Romania. “We are collaborating with the Baltic states and have their political support, but the most important thing is to d»»»