The first injectable flu vaccines are expected to arrive in Bulgaria by the end of October, Health Minister Katya Ivkova told reporters in Veliko Tarnovo, where she attended the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2026 at the Veliko Tarnovo branch of Varna's Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical Uni»»»

BUCHAREST: Romania resumed a search on Friday for seven sailors missing from a chemical tanker hit by a drone near its Black Sea coast, the latest in a series of attacks highlighting risks to commercial shipping near NATO’s eastern flank. The missing crew were among 12 sailors aboard the San Marino»»»

Tirana, Albania: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama called for calm on Friday and blamed "foreign hands" for days of violent unrest as protesters again gathered in the capital and other cities. Since Tuesday, violent demonstrations have gripped Tirana, with thousands of protesters calling for Rama's »»»

SportsRwandaFormula One in Rwanda: More sportswashing or opportunity for Africa?Jonathan HardingFormula One will return to Africa for the first time since 1993. There is concern Rwanda are using it as another sportswashing opportunity, but there is also hope the event's legacy can impact wider Afri»»»

Sofia Municipality and three companies from the construction and innovation sectors have established a platform to promote climate-neutral buildings and construction in the capital through expert exchange, joint work and innovative solutions, the municipality said on Friday. The founding memorandum»»»

Appointment of a new leader follows its biggest regional wealth investment in two decades HSBC today announced the appointment of Sami Abouzahr as Head of International Wealth and Premier Banking (IWPB), UAE and Middle East, effective immediately. Sami relocates to the UAE from Hong Kong, where he »»»

MANILA: Philippine authorities are preparing to bring home seven Filipino nationals injured in last weekend’s deadly Houthi strike in Riyadh, the Department of Migrant Workers has said. Filipinos are among more than 300 people injured when a Houthi missile struck King Khalid International Airport l»»»

GENEVA: Gains ‌in tackling malnutrition in Gaza remain fragile and could be undermined by disruptions to supplies entering the Palestinian enclave, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday, urging that all crossings remain open. Israel said on Wednesday commercial goods were no longer enterin»»»

DUBAI: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Friday reiterated his country’s support to Lebanese army. Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’s foreign minister, made the remarks after meeting with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda. “Qatar»»»

Iraq has lost around $60 billion during the Middle East war, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Thursday, with Iran blockading a waterway that is crucial to global energy flows. OPEC member Iraq was producing about four million barrels of oil per day before the conflict, exporting about 3.5 mill»»»

A Yemeni minister told AFP on condition of anonymity on Thursday that the country's prime minister was present at the presidential palace in Aden when the Iran-backed Houthis attacked the compound with missiles, though he was not hurt. The minister said that premier Shaya al-Zindani "was not harmed»»»

Reliance says it welcomes competition, after Musk blamed ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink’s delay Dubai: It all started in early October, when Elon Musk decided to vent out his frustration on his social media platform X. But what really was bothering the world’s richest man, that he had to publicly call it»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 16 (TAP) – The Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) will organise business-to-business (B2B) meetings in Russia from November 24 to 26, on the sidelines of the Peterfood International Food Exhibition in St. Petersburg, in collaboration with...»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei: Hegemony’s malicious network relentlessly perpetrates crimes against fr»»»

Damascus, Oct. 16 (SANA) Syria has extended its condolences to Pakistan following the collapse of part of a school building in Peshawar, which left several students dead or injured. In a statement issued Friday, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed the Syrian Arab Republ»»»

Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon resumed on Friday, with airstrikes, tank fire, artillery shelling, and ground incursions being reported by Al-Manar correspondents in several areas. Israeli warplanes struck southern towns of Al-Mansouri and Beit Yahoun, or reporter in southern Lebanon said. An I»»»

Possible solutions to the constitutional issue of the absolute ban on voting by prisoners and Bulgarian citizens under legal incapacitation, and the experience of other countries, were the main topics raised by Minister of Justice Nikolay Naydenov at a meeting with rapporteurs from the Venice Commi»»»

VIENNA - The Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) announced on Friday they intended to reintroduce train services between Vienna and Belgrade next year after a seven-year hiatus. The trains should run twice a day from Vienna and Belgrade, with a journey between the two cities to take around six and a ha»»»

Police restrictions and park closure follow protests over India’s voter-roll revision Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained from his Delhi residence on Friday, minutes before he was due to leave for a flag-waving protest rally, as authorities tightened restrictions and closed a »»»

The European Commission’s likely anti-asylum proposal to tackle sudden large arrivals may come before the end of the year, after warm endorsements by some 16 EU states during a breakfast on Friday (16 October) ahead of the second-day of the EU summit in Brussels. Beyond the warm words, the discussi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei on Sayyeda Zeinab birth anniversary: Supporting nurses, health sector essential to ensuring community’s we»»»

A 17-year-old Hungarian girl says a plain-clothes police officer promised to make her misdemeanour case disappear before taking her to a secluded street and asking whether he could kiss her. Her mother reported the incident to prosecutors the same day, and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee is provid»»»

By Staff, Agencies Hamas has marked the second anniversary of the martyrdom of its former political bureau chief, Yahya Sinwar, praising his role in the movement’s military and political leadership and describing his legacy as part of the broader Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence. I»»»

Amendments to the Waste Management Act will promote competition, reduce costs and potentially lower the final prices of a range of products, Progressive Bulgaria MP Stefan Sabrutev told reporters at Parliament on Friday. The amendments, adopted at second reading, halve the required bank guarantees »»»

Lebanon’s central bank has this week canceled the local license of Bank Saderat Iran, one of Iran's largest banks, as the United States steps up pressure on countries to sever commercial ties with Tehran. In an interview with Bloomberg, Central Bank Governor Karim Souaid stated that the move aims t»»»

Sheikh Mansoor honours winners of the 14th Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport Dubai: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has awarded $100,000 to a bus project in Jordan's capital and given away Dh240,000 in cash prizes to six UAE student projects at the Dubai Award for Sustainable Trans»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 16 (TAP) – Tunisia's 2027 Finance Bill proposes establishing a TND 5 million financing facility, under Article 16 of the chapter on supporting small businesses during their start-up phase. The facility will be funded from the resources...»»»

On the night of October 16, 1946, 10 individuals were hanged in the Nuremberg prison. These were the main Nazi criminals who had been captured and brought to trial. Despite the horrifying scale and brutality of the crimes, the Nuremberg Trials remain one of the most controversial proceedings in wor»»»

DHAKA: Abul Monsur Reaz was standing in a line to collect his boarding pass last Saturday, when a Houthi strike hit the Riyadh airport. Moments after the explosion, believing he was near his life’s end, the 38-year-old Bangladeshi pilgrim tried to remember the faces of his family back home: his 3-y»»»

LONDON: The security of the West is being fought over in the mountainous region surrounding the Yemeni city of Taiz, the country’s former prime minister has warned. If the key city falls to the Iran-backed Houthis, Western security will suffer enormously, said Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, now adviser to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine likes to hit its infrastructure in order to denigrate Russia and ask for help from the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. "Committing attacks, including on its own civilian infrastructure and civilians, followed by accusations again»»»

Bangkok, Oct. 16 (SANA) Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh met with Jihad Azour, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, to discuss Syria’s financial reform agenda and preparations for the IMF’s Article IV consultations. The meeting took pla»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Handala hacking group has claimed responsibility for breaching the communications of Tzipi Livni, a former “Israeli” foreign minister and deputy prime minister, alleging that leaked documents expose undisclosed cooperation between her and the entity's Prime Minister Benjamin »»»

Experts and people with disabilities discussed accessibility in Bulgaria as part of the international AccessibleEU project, which forms part of the European Accessibility Resource Centre and is funded by the European Commission. The forum took place here on Friday. Steli Peteva, Director of the Ins»»»

Beijing: China proposed export controls on Friday for technologies in the artificial intelligence, biotech and solar sectors, as it aims to rival the United States at the forefront of innovation. China and the United States have been locked in a tech race, with both sides accusing the other in rece»»»

Shevchenko claimed the title at the U23 World Wrestling Championships, defeating Belarusian Kseniya Terene in the final of the women’s 68kg category. Japan’s Rai Hoshino and Italy’s Laura Godino took bronze. The championships run through October 18. In May, United World Wrestling (UWW) announced th»»»

Riyadh airport remains closed as Indian carriers extend Saudi flight suspensions The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has issued a fresh advisory urging Indian nationals to follow local authorities’ instructions and exercise caution as flight disruptions continue across the Kingdom. In an update issu»»»

US President Donald Trump has accused Ukraine of selling American-supplied missiles on the black market, questioning the whereabouts of billions of dollars in military and financial aid provided to Kiev under his predecessor, Joe Biden. In an interview with Newsmax aired on Thursday, Trump lashed o»»»

Bulgarian Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva has asked Health Minister Katya Ivkova for an update on plans to consolidate adopted children’s medical and vaccination records in the National Health Information System (NHIS), the Ombudsman’s Office said. The request follows a complaint from a Sofia woman wh»»»

Peshawar, Pakistan: The families of children killed in a roof collapse at a school in northwest Pakistan called for "justice" on Friday, the day after more than 30 pupils and a teacher were crushed to death. A woman teacher and 32 students, mostly younger than 14, died in the building collapse in t»»»

More than 75% of polling stations will use voting machines under the amendments to the Election Code, and the system is ready for the elections, Information Services Executive Director Ivaylo Filipov said here on Friday after a public demonstration of the vote-processing system for the October 25, »»»

In the third quarter of 2026, the newly registered legal entities in the country were 7,968, and those that declared bankruptcy - 791, the National Statistical Institute announced on its website on Friday. Compared to the same quarter of 2025, the total number of newly registered companies decrease»»»

President and candidate for president in the upcoming elections Iliana Iotova is portraying her opposition to sending Bulgarian troops to the front in Ukraine as the main dividing line between herself and her opponents, Anna Bodakova said on Friday in a declaration on behalf of Democratic Bulgaria »»»

ROME: Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung surgery has progressed so normally that the Vatican on Friday stopped providing morning updates confirming he had woken up and had breakfast, even as questions swirled about what his cancer means for the future of his young pontificate. In the near term, Vati»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's Security Information Agency (BIA) marked its day and 127 years since the establishment of its first predecessor, the Department for Confidential Police Affairs, on Friday. BIA Director Vladimir Orlic laid wreaths at monuments to the first heads of the Department for the Protecti»»»

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 »»»

The National Assembly approved amendments to the Waste Management Act at second reading on Friday to halve the required bank guarantees for waste recovery organizations. Under the amendments, the bank guarantee for organizations recovering packaging waste was reduced from BGN 1 million to EUR 250,0»»»

LONDON: A federal judge restricted how the Justice Department could access records seized from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home before approving a search warrant, citing constitutional protections for members of Congress, CNN reported this week. US Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh required prose»»»

The ink had barely dried on an agreement between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump over Iran when events in Yemen placed fresh pressure on Beijing. The agreement nudges China gently off the fence, prompting Xi to press Tehran more than he has done to date, so the timing was»»»

Hungary has joined Italy, Poland and Czechia in demanding a delay to the EU’s planned carbon pricing scheme for heating and transport, triggering a three-hour argument at a Brussels summit. Most member states rejected the proposal, raising questions about the future of one of the bloc’s key climate»»»