Moscow has praised what it describes as a shift in Bulgaria’s rhetoric toward Russia and the war in Ukraine since the government led by Prime Minister Rumen Radev took office, saying Sofia’s position has become more restrained and includes what it called “rational elements.” The assessment came fro»»»

Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, the US-backed Board of Peace’s High Representative for Gaza, has defended a 15-point plan for the territory as the only way to prevent a repeat of the October 7, 2023, attack, despite its rejection by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The option we ar»»»

Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria is waiting for Ukraine to confirm whether a Ukrainian decoy drone that exploded near the Kardam border crossing on Saturday took off from Ukrainian territory, as investigators have so far been unable to recover flight coordinates from the device’s GPS»»»

Bulgaria is negotiating the purchase of new anti-drone systems following the recent incident near the Romanian border, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said, as authorities continue to investigate the origin and flight path of the Ukrainian-made drone. Stoyanov told BNT that the case had highlight»»»

A Bulgarian private company has been named as a participant in a planned international transfer of Turkish military equipment and ammunition to Ukraine, according to a US State Department notification submitted to Congress and published in the Congressional Record on August 6. The documents show th»»»

Ukraine did not intentionally direct the drone that entered Bulgarian airspace toward Bulgaria, Ukrainian Ambassador Olesya Ilashchuk said during a meeting with Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova at the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry. The meeting, which lasted around 30 minutes, was held after the unma»»»

A fire and explosions at a military production and storage facility near the village of Belitsa in Tryavna municipality led to the evacuation of all 300 workers at the site on Monday. Initial information indicated that the incident began when a truck caught fire, triggering a fire in one of the amm»»»

Bulgaria is in talks with the United States, the European Commission and Frontex over the acquisition of more effective anti-drone systems, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said following the crash of a Ukrainian-made decoy drone near the Romanian border. Demerdzhiev said Bulgaria currently has o»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday backed FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is in hot water over allegations of a workplace affair and criticism of a failed private investment scheme. “FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing Preside»»»

KABUL: Father after father AFP spoke to in Afghanistan about the education ban that stops their daughters going beyond primary school choked up in despair. The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fa»»»

Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia on Monday of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian ​detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse, with thousands still in captivity. Russia rejected the »»»

XIANGYANG, China: Typhoon Dolphin churned deeper inland to the central Chinese province of Hubei on Tuesday, prompting the closure of tourist areas and suspension of construction projects, as forecasters warned of the danger of extreme rainfall in the province’s mountainous northwest. The strongest»»»

About 10 young people were taken to a police station in Kara-Balta following a mass brawl, the Main Internal Affairs Department of Chui region reported. Police received information about the conflict on the night of August 8. According to law enforcement officials, a group of young people gathered »»»

Two police officers in Toulouse, France, were attacked by an assailant with a bladed weapon on Monday. Image courtesy of UPI Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Two police officers in southern France were attacked and wounded by a bladed weapon-wielding assailant Monday night, officials said, in what may have been a »»»

The search for three missing climbers in Kyrgyzstan has been ongoing for almost a week. Volunteers reported that a team equipped with a professional drone traveled to the search area the previous day. A vehicle carrying a generator, fuel, batteries and food departed from Osh for Sary-Tash, where it»»»

The previous political elite deliberately neglected climate protection and climate change, the Prime Minister said on Monday in a pre-agenda address to the National Assembly. Péter Magyar announced that in August of this year, 28 percent more water is being retained in Hungary than a year ago. The »»»

A powerful and destructive earthquake hit Colombia yesterday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude of 7.4. The governor of Colombia’s Chocó Department reported injuries and severe damage to buildings. The epicenter was located at a depth of over 100 kilometers, 5 kilometers east of the t»»»

Over the coming years, drinking water networks may be renewed through a 51 billion forint development programme aimed at reducing water loss, László Gajdos announced on his social media page on Monday. The minister responsible for the living environment justified the tender by pointing out that sev»»»

The gradual power increase of Unit 2 at the Paks nuclear power plant began on Monday at 6:00 p.m., the facility announced on its website. The plant stated that the slow rise in the Danube’s water level observed over recent days, along with a temporary, moderate increase in the water level, had made»»»

More than 600 applications have been submitted under the program to attract foreign specialists to Russia, including reputed experts from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Canada, Svetlana Chupsheva, the head of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) non-profit organization, »»»

KABUL: Father after father AFP spoke to in Afghanistan about the education ban that stops their daughters going beyond primary school choked up in despair. The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fa»»»

Tyler Boebert, the 21-year-old son of Rep. Lauren Boebert, was arrested Sunday on three counts of sexual exploitation of a child and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Photo courtesy Garfield County Sheriff's Office/Facebook Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Authorities in Colorado on Monday »»»

A yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg didn't respond immediately to a call for help from a skiff that ran out of fuel off the coast of Alaska, but a maritime law expert said Monday the crew may not have been obligated to after the Coast Guard determined the boat wasn't in distress. A spokesperson for th»»»

Former Ukrainian detainees and Ukrainian officials accused Russia on Monday of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian ​detainees, holding captives incommunicado and subjecting them to beatings, electric shocks and sexual abuse, with thousands still in captivity. Russia rejected the »»»

Dubai: Temperatures are expected to fall gradually across the UAE today, particularly in coastal areas, while winds could reach 40km/h and cause blowing dust, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said. Conditions will be fair to partly cloudy at times, with clouds developing over eastern areas »»»

Russian attacks killed five ​people and injured 20 in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Tuesday and also struck Kyiv, triggering fires in ‌the capital, officials ‌said. Zaporizhzhia Regional ​Governor ‌Ivan ⁠Fedorov ​said Russian troops ⁠deployed missiles and aerial bombs on »»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump departed ‌on a secret military flight from Turkiye last month when the White House said he was flying aboard Air Force One, an extraordinary move prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported Monday. Trump had ​taken the newly renova»»»

Oman said it was working to contain an oil spill off its southern coast after a tanker ran aground in June inside a protected marine area, triggering calls for action by environmentalists. It follows an investigation by AFP that found the ship had been stranded for weeks near al-Qibliyyah island af»»»

The trial of a former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur finally began on Monday, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the Cali»»»

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Schiff and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have released a new cybersecurity bill, the Water Cyber Shield Act. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Amy Klobuchar, D-»»»

MANILA: A Pentagon official on Monday asked allies in Asia to invest more in their defence and help deter aggression in the region and said the United States remains committed to do the same with “partners, not protectorates.” Elbridge Colby, an undersecretary of defence, made the remarks at a foru»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s rail network carried more than 83 million passengers in the first half of 2026, up at least 16 percent from the same period last year, according to Transport General Authority figures reported by the Saudi Press Agency in quarterly releases. Rail services carried more than 45»»»

The United States has entered a new phase in its confrontational strategy towards Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. After thirteen nights of US military strikes from July 11 to July 23, operations paused before resuming on July 29. They could be halted and restarted again, depending on Iran’s actions i»»»

A Russian attack in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia killed five people and wounded 20, regional authorities said Tuesday, as explosions rang out in Kyiv during what officials called a ballistic missile strike. Russia has been increasingly deploying long-range missiles against Ukrainian cities i»»»

My conversation with British comedian Ricky Balshaw begins with me doing what many able-bodied people probably do around disability: wondering whether I’m using the right words. Ricky, who has cerebral palsy after the umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck during birth, went on to win a Para»»»

Abdullah Ocalan, jailed founder of the Kurdish militant PKK group, is an icon for many Kurds but a reviled terrorist for many Turks who is now at the heart of the biggest push for peace in over a decade. The militant leader, who oversaw decades of violence against the Turkish state, last year threw»»»

Dubai: Offshore banks are reportedly refusing to issue or renew international credit cards for some wealthy resident Indians because of concerns over India’s rules on money held abroad. The development has raised a key question for UAE-based Non-Resident Indians: could their salaries and savings in»»»

The price of diesel — the fuel used by trucks, farmers, manufacturers and other major industries — has spiked in the US and Europe following a series of refinery disruptions that tightened supplies. US ultra-low-sulfur diesel futures jumped 7.4% to $4.19 a gallon, the biggest one-day increase since»»»

A bald eagle flies during an event in 2017 in Philadelphia. Jackie, perhaps the United States' most famous bald eagle and the subject of livestream cameras in California's Big Bear Valley, died Monday after an illness, Ojai Raptor Center said. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 1»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia was preparing to station more North Korean troops on its territory and had received more ballistic missiles from Pyongyang. Zelensky has repeatedly warned of deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing fo»»»

Dubai: An Indian expat in Dubai, who was on vacation in his hometown in Kerala, has died after contracting suspected leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, his family has told Gulf News. Teejo George, 48, died at a hospital in Kannur on Saturday, just two days after being admitted with diarrho»»»

A US appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to proceed against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap Inc., over allegations that their products were designed to cause addiction among young users. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected »»»

A major gasoline reservoir in Libya's Zawiya, west of Tripoli, caught fire and collapsed on Monday after what authorities said was an attack by unknown perpetrators. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said the tank contained some 4.5 million litres of gasoline. The reservoir is located at the secon»»»

When Iran named Mohsen Rezaei, 71, the move carried an important "message" to the White House and the world. The long-time IRGC commander previously threatened to capture "at least 1,000 Americans as prisoners”. Razaei, 71, a four-decade veteran of Iran’s ruling establishment, is also wanted by Int»»»

GAZA STRIP: Registration has opened for students seeking to enroll at Makkah School in the southern Gaza Strip, a Saudi-backed initiative aimed at helping children resume their education amid the devastation of the war, SPA has reported. The school, supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and»»»

Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks Wednesday at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. Blanche was officially sworn in as attorney general Monday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, was swo»»»

JERUSALEM: Donald Trump’s latest plan to end the Gaza war calls on Hamas to ‌lay down its arms as Israel withdraws from the territory, terms endorsed by the militants but rejected by Israel, which says it will not pull back until the group’s disarmament is complete. WHAT IS TRUMP’S LATEST PLAN FOR »»»

A US judge threw out a case against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani on Monday after the Trump administration decided to drop the fraud and bribery allegations against him. Court filings showed Brooklyn federal judge Nicholas Garaufis formally rubber-stamped a May request by prosecutor»»»

TRIPOLI: The governor of Libya’s central bank, Naji Issa, has resigned without giving a reason, several reports said on Monday. Private TV channel Al-Ahrar said Issa had confirmed his resignation. Issa and vice-governor Miree Al-Barasee were appointed by Libya’s parliament, which is based in the ea»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “very good” despite the Israeli leader’s rejection of a US-led Gaza plan. “The relationship is very good,” Trump said in response to a shouted question from a journal»»»