Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has become one of the fastest-growing ways Egyptians shop online and in-store. Rising prices, currency fluctuations, and the need for flexible cash flow have pushed millions of shoppers toward installment apps instead of traditional credit cards or bank loans. Among the ma»»»

Trakia Economic Zone is one of Bulgaria’s industrial hearts, Plovdiv Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov said Tuesday at the opening of an expansion of the production capacity of the high-tech plant of ZS Europe, located in the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) – Maritsa Industrial Zone, in the village of Radinovo. “»»»

Around 30 hectares of the photovoltaic park at the Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant were affected by a fire that broke out on September 4, the police in Kyustendil said. Around 100 hectares of the park were saved, but the fire destroyed cables, inverters and photovoltaic panels. The cause is being inv»»»

The far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) sweeping victory in Saxony-Anhalt has triggered a strong response across Central Europe, raising the question of whether the result is an isolated protest vote or an early warning of a broader nationalist shift that could reshape European politics, incl»»»

MCI, which describes itself as the largest mid-market tech private equity fund in the CEE region, said on September 7 that it plans to invest PLN100mn-200mn (€23mn-46mn) per year in one to two new investments and pursue one to two exits from its current portfolio in the wave expected in 2026-2»»»

Lithuania's Northway Biotech has opened a €61mn cell therapy and personalised medicine centre in Vilnius, expanding the country's capacity to develop and manufacture advanced therapies, the company announced on September 4. Lithuania aims to grow its life sciences sector to 5% of GDP by 2030.&»»»

The Czech police protection unit has launched a probe into an appearance by Czech Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka (Motorists) in an interview with the Detektivní Parta (Detective band) online platform. Macinka agreed to the fake interview which took place »»»

Uganda has appointed global commodities trader Vitol to market its newly branded Pearl Sweet crude, with the country targeting its first exports from early 2027 as its oil infrastructure nears completion. Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) said Vitol would market the government's and UNOC's allocat»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondents across southern Lebanon report Israeli demolition operations in the towns of Tallousah, Bani Hayyan and Al-Mansouri»»»

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The UAE also condemned the continued targeting of commercial vessels in the Red Sea Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks launched by the Houthi group on civilian and economic facilities in the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan, and Najran in the K»»»

Crisis-hit Volkswagen has struck a preliminary deal to sell its Osnabrück plant in Lower Saxony to the state government and Israeli investor Aurelius Capital.  From mid-2027, the iconic factory is expected to start producing equipment for Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, the company behind the»»»

Al-Manar’s correspondent reported that a hostile tank fired smoke shells towards the surroundings of Kfarchouba. An Israeli force had moved at dawn towards the outskirts of Kfarchouba, where it positioned itself for a while, planted the entity’s flag, and left. Additionally, Al-Manar’s corresponden»»»

Tunis, Sept. 8 (TAP)- Temporarily stormy and occasionally intense rain is expected as of Thursday afternoon in the north. Rainfall is forecast to range between 30mm and 50mm, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) said in a weather...»»»

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan hosted the inaugural meeting of an interagency working group tasked with developing a state program for waste management in the Kyrgyz Republic. The meeting was held in a hybrid format, attended by international expe»»»

The US military and intelligence community are quietly considering a smaller US footprint in the Middle East after months of Iranian attacks exposed vulnerabilities at American bases and killed 18 US service members, the CNN reported on Tuesday. The discussions include reducing troops and facilitie»»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev launched the "Little Big Heroes" initiative at a ceremony at the Interior Ministry on Tuesday, where he honoured children and young people for courageous and commendable acts. Demerdzhiev said that in recent weeks, young people in Bulgaria have drawn public attent»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Monday that Chinese investment has a place in Bulgaria and that its presence is evidence of growing confidence in the country. Inaugurating the expansion of the production capacity of the high-tech plant operated by ZS Europe, located in the Maritsa Industr»»»

Achievement reinforces position as trusted international payments partner for businesses EFICYENT, a global cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform, today announced that it has surpassed $10 billion in total cross-border transaction value, marking a significant milestone in the »»»

Kyrgyzstan intends to become a regional hub for virtual assets and blockchain technologies. President Sadyr Japarov made the statement at the third meeting of the National Council for the Development of Virtual Assets and Blockchain Technologies. Participants discussed the launch of the digital som»»»

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic has once again been ranked among the highest-rated central bank governors in the Central Banker Report Cards 2026 published by the global financial magazine Global Finance, receiving an A- grade, the NBS announced on Tuesday. "G»»»

The house of MP Melhem al-Hujeiri, a member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc, came under gunfire at dawn in the northeastern town of Arsal, media reports said. Al-Jadeed television said the house was hit by several gunshots that caused damage. Security forces have since arrived at the scen»»»

China's exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods as its record trade surplus widened further, its customs agency said Tuesday. The data was broadly in line with what economists had expected and comes just ahead of a planned meeting between Chin»»»

Discount applies to holders of Sanad and eligible people of determination cards Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday announced a 50 per cent discount on driver licensing services for People of Determination as part of measures aimed at making its services more accessible. The disc»»»

Rethinks its regional footprint as Iran war raises questions over what to rebuild Dubai: The Iran war may end up redrawing America’s military map of the Middle East. After months of Iranian missile and drone attacks exposed vulnerabilities across a network of US bases and intelligence facilities bu»»»

DOHA: Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met with Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Pierre Krahenbuhl, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they reviewed the relations between the Sta»»»

Experts say AI fluency and human skills matter most when routine work is automated Dubai: Employees worried about AI replacing parts of their jobs may need to pay closer attention to how they use the technology, with experts warning that handing over too much of the thinking can weaken the very ski»»»

The event will be held in Moscow on October 28-29, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Other elements of the agenda are ensuring sovereign equality and developing joint approaches to building a fairer and more polycentric world order, the ministry added.The statement was released in c»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Belgrade on Tuesday. Mirziyoyev is on a two-day official visit to Serbia. The two presidents met at the Palace of Serbia shortly after 11 am. The tete-a-tete meeting was followed by a session of Serbian and»»»

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Prime Minister Rumen Radev officially opened on Tuesday the production capacity expansion at the high-tech plant of ZS Europe, located in Maritsa Industrial Zone, in the village of Radinovo, part of the Trakia Economic Zone. The project is the result of a strategic decision by Chinese company Shang»»»

The Moral, Unity, Honour (MECh) party submitted documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to participate in the October 25 presidential and vice-presidential elections. “We have collected 5,000 signatures through the party’s structures. We have not changed - the main motive guiding us in p»»»

Israel launched a wave of air strikes across southern Lebanon, killing 13 people, including women and children, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Monday, marking an escalation after weeks of relative calm. Israel said it would continue targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah over alleged ceasefire violatio»»»

Attacks on Saudi Arabia Tuesday claimed by Yemen's Houthis wounded more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom's southern region, authorities said, in a major escalation in the renewed conflict between an important US ally and the Iranian-backed rebe»»»

Canada's counter-tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the two countries heated up. Ottawa's pushback comes weeks after US President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on a similar value of Canadian products, over what Washington de»»»

BREAKING NEWSAbu Dhabi Police has urged the public to rely on official sources for information Abu Dhabi Police teams and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority are responding to a fire that broke out this afternoon, Tuesday, September 8, at a factory in the Musaffah area, ICAD 3. Authorities are re»»»

Israel's President Isaac Herzog warned against British sanctions on settlements in the occupied West Bank expected to be announced on Tuesday, saying the decision would "fall on the wrong side of history". "Later today, we expect to see headlines announcing certain British trade sanctions on Israel»»»

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia genuinely wants to contribute to ending tensions in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "Russia is genuinely interested in contributing to efforts to calm the situation, as well as to other regional issues of mutual interest," Lavrov sa»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia contributes significantly to the stability of the entire global economy, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Tuesday. "Undoubtedly, Russian-Saudi cooperation has today become an important factor of global economic s»»»

Iran’s acting defense minister has issued a stark warning to Washington, asserting that the Islamic Republic possesses both the technological capability and military readiness to target and destroy American warships involved in what Tehran decries as an illegal economic blockade of Iranian ports. I»»»

Geneva, Sept. 8 (SANA) The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomed accelerating reconstruction efforts in Syria and progress in building accountability institutions, stressing the importance of accountability to the country’s transitional justice process.In remarks before »»»

GERB, the largest opposition party in Bulgaria, announced Tuesday that it is not going to field a candidate for the October 25 presidential elections. The decision was made at a meeting of the narrow party leadership the same day and was made public in a press release. It said that the reasoning la»»»

Geneva: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese called on people not to turn rubble removal operations in areas of the Gaza Strip under Israeli military control into a means to "erase traces of atrocity crimes." Albanese said that the operati»»»

Hungary has ordered 10 employees of the Russian Embassy in Budapest to leave the country, saying their activities were incompatible with the conduct expected of diplomats under the Vienna Convention. FM Orbán announces leaving 10 embassy employees Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced the decision»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3710 dinars for one euro on Tuesday, which is a slight change relative to Monday, 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 »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he believed the government would in the future be prepared to provide even more significant support to volleyball, water polo and other sports that were bringing the most success to Serbia. "We will take something away from those who bri»»»

Arab Finance: Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corporation plans to assemble a new series of Toyota vehicles in Egypt in the coming period, President and CEO Toshimitsu Imai said during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, as per a statement. Madbouly met with Imai at the governmen»»»

SYDNEY: Researchers in Australia have identified a strong genetic link between gut-related health conditions and depression, offering new insights into why physical illnesses often accompany the mental health condition. Physical illnesses can contribute substantially to poor health outcomes in peop»»»

No single topic dominates Tuesday's news media. POLITICS On Bulgarian National Television's morning show, sociologist Boryana Dimitrova of Alpha Research and political scientist Dimitar Ganev of Trend discussed the role of initiative committees in the campaign for the presidential elections, as wel»»»