Political parties and law enforcement Friday followed up on a high-profile criminal case in which five men and a 15-year-old boy met a violent death between February 1 and 8. Their bodies were found in two remote mountain locations in Northwestern Bulgaria: a lodge near the Petrohan Pass and a camp»»»

1 of 6 | Metropolitan Police arrest people who support Palestine Action, which has been classed as a terrorist group, in August. On Friday, the High Court in London ruled that the British ban against the organization is unlawful. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The »»»

Munich: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met today with President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq HE Nechirvan Barzani, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation an»»»

Iranian authorities released the leader of the country's reformist coalition on bail Friday, days after she was arrested following anti-government protests, local media reported. Azar Mansouri, head of the Reformist Front, "was released from prison a few minutes ago after posting bail," her lawyer »»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Sayyed Abbas Araqchi and his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, held a telephone conversation on Friday. Araqchi expressed gratitude for the congratulatory message sent by Bahrain’s king to Iran’s president on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the »»»

The UK government's decision last July to ban the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful, Britain's High Court ruled Friday. British police have arrested more than 2,000 peaceful protesters for holding signs declaring their support for the proscribed group. Britain’»»»

Korea Coast Guard's patrol vessel Taepyongyang 16 takes part in the joint search and rescue exercise with Japan Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Guard in Kyoto-Prefecture, Japan on June 6, 2024. The Japanese fisheries agency said Friday that authorities seized a Chinese fishing boat off the coast of Naga»»»

Less than two months before Hungary's election, opposition leader Peter Magyar has accused his rivals of planning to blackmail him with a secretly recorded sex tape, and says he is filing a complaint with authorities. Magyar, who leads long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the polls, said he sus»»»

Efforts by the United States to secure an agreement with Iran continue, while Israel expresses deep skepticism over its feasibility. The Zionist political analyst Ariel Kahane, writing for the Israeli newspaper “Israel Hayom,” reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a brief visit »»»

The fifth meeting of the Belt and Road, Major Projects and Energy Subcommittee of the Saudi–Chinese High-Level Joint Committee convened via videoconference under the co-chairmanship of Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and Chairman of the National Development and Reform C»»»

Iraq is in talks with other countries including Arab and Muslim states to repatriate ISIS prisoners, its foreign minister said, and the US military said it had completed a mission to transfer thousands of ISIS detainees to Iraq from Syria. Speaking in an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of t»»»

Munich: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met Friday with Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia of the Federal Republic of Germany HE Hendrik Wust, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. During the »»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) is greeted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Photo by Sean Gallup/EPA Feb. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned the old world had been replaced with a new era in geopolitics that would require f»»»

Munich: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani participated Friday in the opening of the 62nd session of the Munich Security Conference in the Federal Republic of Germany. The conference, which continues until Sunday, discusses issues o»»»

Munich: President of the Republic of Finland HE Alexander Stubb, President, met today with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperati»»»

Bulgaria will take part in the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace initiated by US President Donald Trump, outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov confirmed while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The first session of the Council is expected to be held»»»

Dubai: A surprise fireworks display at Dubai Festival City kicked off the 250th Independence Day celebrations of the United States by American expats in the UAE on Thursday night. The US Consulate General in Dubai hosted more than 1,000 guests for a patriotic evening. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE»»»

MUNICH, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met on Friday with Barham Salih, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.During the meeting, they reviewed means of sustaining cooperation between Kuwai»»»

MUNICH, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met on Friday with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov on the sidelines of the 62nd Munich Security Conference, in »»»

The National Assembly on Friday approved at first reading amendments to the Social Insurance Code tabled by the Council of Ministers introducing a multi-fund model in supplementary pension insurance. The amendments were supported by 103 MPs from GERB-UDF, Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, »»»

The Israeli army and Mossad prefer that Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanon, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting this move due to “his personal and electoral calculations,” a senior Lebanese official quoted a Western official as saying. In remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper,»»»

Outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and outgoing Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev met with Nickolay Mladenov, the UN High Representative for Gaza, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, focusing on the evolving security situation in the Middle East. The discussion centered on devel»»»

The first meeting of the Kyrgyz—Tajik Intergovernmental Council was held in Bishkek today, February 13. The meeting was chaired by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev and Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda. Border and political dialogue The head of the C»»»

NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) under Tarique Rahman on Friday secured majority winning 209 parliamentary seats in the national elections.The Dhaka Tribune reported quoting Election Commission of Bangladesh that the BNP led by former Prime Minister Khalida Zia's s»»»

MUNICH, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met on Friday with Rashad Al-Olaimi, President of the Yemeni Presidential Council, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.During the meeting, they reviewed the strong bilaterial ties and way»»»

Bulgaria’s parliament has approved an agreement with North Macedonia to build and operate a cross-border railway tunnel connecting the two countries. Lawmakers passed the deal in both the first and second readings during a single parliamentary session. The agreement, signed on 6 November, marks the»»»

Under direction of the President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court issued a decision to appoint Sheikha Mariam bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as chairperson of Zayed Edu»»»

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Jeenbek Kulubaev, and his Kazakh counterpart, Yermeк Kosherbayev, held talks in Bishkek, the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Kyrgyzstan reported. The ministers discussed the progress of construction of an industrial trade and »»»

Young women celibrate casting their votes in Thursday's election with a selfie showing their inked thumbs outside a polling station at Dhaka Government Muslim High School in Dhaka, Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a resounding victory on Friday, wi»»»

Yuvraj Narayan was appointed group CEO of DP World on Friday, while Essa Kazim took over as chairman of the board. The decisions followed a decree by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, which saw the appointment of Abd»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European countries neighboring Russia have been talking in secret about getting their own "nuclear deterrent" capabilities for the first time since the Cold War, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the talks between governments and militaries. The talks are»»»

The 23rd International Beekeeping Exhibition was opened in Pleven on Friday. The event brings together over 120 beekeepers and companies from 20 countries, including Austria, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Finland, Hungary, who will have the opportunity to negotiate partnerships. Pleven tra»»»

ANKARA - Serbian Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarovic met with Turkey's Minister of Industry and Technology Fatih Kacir and Minister of Trade Omer Bolat on Friday to discuss advancement of economic relations, growth of bilateral trade and incentives for new investments between Serbi»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Swiss Foreign Ministry supports initiatives aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine and is ready to organize a meeting between representatives of Moscow and Kiev, Swiss Foreign Ministry Communications chief Nicolas Bidault told Sputnik. "Switzerland supports all diplomatic initia»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's embassies in Tunisia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, as well as the Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Consulate General in Geneva celebrated the 65th National Day and 35th Liberation Day, attended by senior officials, diplomats, and prominent public figures.In Tu»»»

MUNICH, Feb 13 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met on Friday with the Lebanese Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich.During the meeting, they reviewed the strong bilaterial ties and ways to furt»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Divisions emerged between European Union member states and the European Commission during an informal EU summit held at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium, a media has reported. Germany and Italy at the gathering on Thursday jointly asserted that the EU must exercise restraint in its»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday that she planned to meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference to discuss, among other things, Greenland, amid Washington's claims to the island. The Munich Security Conference is taking pla»»»

London: London’s high court on Friday upheld a challenge to a government ban on activist group Palestine Action, saying the proscription had interfered with the right to freedom of speech. A three-judge panel at the court found the ban was “disproportionate” and resulted in a “very significant inte»»»

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In a letter leaked on Libyan media dated 12 February, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Issa, requested that Libya’s Minister of Foreign Affairs instruct all embassies, missions, and international organizations operating in Libya to advise their citizens to refrain from buying o»»»

By order of outgoing Environment and Water Minister Manol Genov, four centuries-old trees have been declared protected, the press centre of the Environment and Water Ministry announced on Friday. Three of the trees are approximately 100 years old and are of the quercus cerris (Turkey oak) species. »»»

Japan seized a Chinese fishing boat Thursday and arrested its captain, authorities said Friday, alleging that the boat was sailing inside Japan's exclusive economic zone. Beijing has called on Tokyo to respect the rights of the vessel's Chinese crew members. Japan seized a Chinese fishing boat and »»»

As Lebanon prepares for its parliamentary elections, it is still not clear if and how the expatriates will participate. Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said that despite all the confusion, the elections will be held on time. In 2018 and 2022, expats voted for the 128 seats in Parliament. While th»»»

Tunis, February 13, 2026 (TAP) – Tunisia has launched a comprehensive strategy to double foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to 4 billion dinars in 2026, building on a 31% increase in FDI recorded in 2025, says Minister of Economy and Planning...»»»

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy issued a statement on Friday, detailing Social Minister Borislav Gutsanov's and his team's work from January 2025 to February 2026. Gutsanov reports that one of his successes within his mandate was the inspection of nursing homes for the elderly and the disco»»»

Dubai: A simple Instagram Story from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, turned into a viral moment this week. The royal's request for help naming his new puppy reached 17»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference with Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a global civil society coalition that won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He commended the organization's leading rol»»»

A UN human rights spokesperson said on Friday she was very worried about attacks on independent UN experts after European governments criticized the organization's special rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese. This follows condemnation from Germany and other states this week of Albanese's al»»»

The Kremlin said Friday that the next round of US-brokered talks seeking to end the war in Ukraine will take place in Geneva on February 17-18, Russian state media reported. "The next round of talks on the Ukrainian settlement will be held in the same trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine format, on Februar»»»