Bansko has the potential to become a year-round spa and wellness destination, said Hristina Mihaylova, manager of the Casa Karina hotel complex in the mountain resort, in an interview for BTA. Hotels that operate throughout all seasons are focusing on investment and development outside the peak sea»»»

Pakistan's economy depends heavily on labor exports to the Gulf, where millions of its citizens work. The Iran war has complicated this, prompting the government to devise a new strategy. In recent years, Pakistan has significantly increased both its labor exports and the volume of remittances that»»»

DOHA: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi has discussed escalating regional tensions with Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Qatar HE Cao Xiaolin. Friday's talks in Doha focused on developments related to the ongoing military es»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatari Ministry of Defense announced that the State of Qatar was targeted today, Friday, by a number of drones launched from Iran. "Our Armed Forces, by the grace of God, successfully intercepted and neutralized all incoming drones," it added in its statement.»»»

A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a US official told Reuters on Friday, in the first such ‌known incident ‌since the US ‌launched its ⁠war with Iran ⁠on February 28. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not o»»»

Sudan ’s paramilitary forces killed at least 10 people on Thursday in a drone attack that hit a hospital in the south-central part of the country, said a medical group. Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes o»»»

Egypt will set up the Middle East’s first commodities exchange this year as Amman-based Sigma Investments has completed the feasability study at a cost of LE1.3 million, announced Supplies and Internal Trade minister, Khaled Hanafy, on Monday. The plan is to trade eight commodities through 2 millio»»»

A drone and a drone wing found in the Black Sea were defused by servicemen from the Bulgarian Navy, the press center of the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday. The tasks of defusing them were completed on Thursday and Friday. A module from the Naval Base - Burgas conducted reconnaissance and t»»»

Tehran: Iran deployed troops and offered a bounty as it launched a hunt for a US pilot whose jet Iranian media said had been downed by the Islamic republic's air defence systems Friday. US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for military operations in the Middle East, did not immediately respond»»»

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has intercepted a fresh wave of missile and drone attack launched from Iran, the country's defense ministry announced. A ministry statement on Friday said the air defense systems shot down incoming 18 ballistic missiles, four cruise missiles and 47 drones. The st»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is set to see rapidly changing weather conditions throughout April, with temperatures expected to rise gradually across most parts of the country by between three and five degrees compared with March, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). In its monthly outlook, »»»

Doha: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi has discussed escalating regional tensions with Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Qatar HE Cao Xiaolin. Friday's talks in Doha focused on developments related to the ongoing military es»»»

Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said predictability and a clear time horizon are essential in applying measures related to the impact of the Middle East crisis on Bulgaria. He was speaking at a meeting of the task force monitoring and controlling the prices of goods and fuels in response to t»»»

Dubai: Dubai-born Leva Hotels has announced its entry into North Africa with a new project in Casablanca. The brand will launch Leva Casablanca this summer through a management agreement with Ismail Oukrid, COO of the Group, Ares Invest, Oukrid Family Office. The property, formerly known as the Was»»»

A now hiring banner is seen outside the Davis Wire Corporation in Irwindale, Calif. on Jan. 27 2021. In 2021, New jobs grew while unemployment held firm in the United States in March with 178,000 nonfarm payrolls added, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | »»»

Dubai: NASA’s ambitious Artemis II mission, which launched on April 1, is sending four astronauts on a historic 10-day journey around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lifted Orion and its four-person crew - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and J»»»

Rome: Gennaro Gattuso quit as Italy coach on Friday, as the Azzurri's failure to reach a third straight World Cup continued to send shockwaves through Italian football. A World Cup winner in 2006, Gattuso leaves after less than a year in charge of Italy, a team which has fallen far behind historic »»»

Police on Friday arrested a 20-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting two minors at a coffee shop in central Athens. The incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m. in the Gazi district, when two girls, aged 17 and 16, visited a coffee shop on Persefonis Street. Police said the employee followed th»»»

Damascus, April 3 (SANA) Protests were staged across Syria on Friday in condemnation of a newly approved Israeli law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. In Lattakia province, residents of the southern Raml neighborhood rallied against the decision, waving Syrian and Pa»»»

Five political formations are currently positioned to enter the next Bulgarian parliament, according to a nationally representative survey by Gallup International Balkans conducted during the early phase of the election campaign. The data also indicate a slight increase in declared voter turnout, w»»»

Iran announced on Friday it has shot down a US fighter jet in the center of the Islamic Republic and a search and rescue effort is underway to locate two crew. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Friday that its air defenses shot down a US F-35 fighter jet over central Iran that ca»»»

Damascus, April 3 (SANA) UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo said Syria is at a pivotal moment, with improved stability and the end of the war and violence opening the door for long-term development and investment. In an interview with SANA at the conclusion of his visit to Syria on Thursday, De C»»»

Calls to conscript women into the Ukrainian army are growing – but the reality is that they are already being recruited as contract soldiers, Institute of CIS Countries researcher Alexander Dudchak tells Sputnik. "The [Ukrainian] regime is carrying out an outright genocide," Dudchak says. "At the b»»»

Dubai: More than 40 million students from 138,000 schools across 60 countries took part in the 10th edition of the Arab Reading Challenge, one of the world’s largest literacy initiatives, it was announced on Friday. In a post on X, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles in the Al-Sidr area of ​​Ainata town with a rocket barrage:»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the occupied city of Safed with a barrage of roc»»»

Inaccurate media reporting on the latest statements by the defense team in Charlie Kirk’s murder case shows that there is a real risk of “poisoning the jury” and affecting the trial, legal commentator and former lawyer David Freiheit has told RT. Earlier this week, several outlets reported, citing »»»

US President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was accused of mishandling the release of files related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Both Democrats and Republicans have accused Bondi, a longtime Trump loyalist, of attempting to conceal some emails and»»»

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has launched a campaign aimed at recruiting children as young as 12 for the “defence of the homeland”. More than a month into the war triggered by the US and Israel, rights groups highlight the life-threatening risks&nbs»»»

The Seventh Meeting of Heads of Ministries and Agencies of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states responsible for environmental protection concluded today, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan reported. As part of th»»»

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has officially sent a note expressing its intention to obtain observer status in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev said in an interview with Russian media. He noted that the decision is largely formal, as c»»»

The caretaker government has submitted to the European Commission the fourth payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), amounting to EUR 900 million, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister for European Funding Maria Nedina told a briefing here on Friday. Caretaker Finance Mini»»»

Islamabad, Pakistan: State-run public transport in Pakistan's capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month, officials said on Friday, after the government drastically raised fuel prices due to spiking global energy prices caused by the Middle East conflict. The announcement »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut chaired on Friday a session of a council coordinating activities and measures for GDP growth, at which it was noted that Serbia continued to register stable macroeconomic results and that March inflation had been at 2.8 pct. The council assessed macroeconomic and o»»»

Al Ain: The UAE’s Minister of Economy has reassured consumers that there are no signs of shortages in food supplies, urging residents to shop responsibly and avoid unnecessary stockpiling. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.During a field visit to the fruits and vegetable»»»

The war in Iran has driven up world food prices, the United Nations reported. Photo by Iranian Red Crescent/UPI | License Photo April 3 (UPI) -- The war in Iran has driven up global food prices and freight costs in March for the second month in a row, according to the United Nations Food and Agricu»»»

Dubai: Keolis MHI, the operator of Dubai Metro and Dubai Tram, has appointed Vikas Sardana as its new managing director as the company prepares for the next phase of its operations in the emirate. Sardana, who previously served as acting managing director and chief operating officer, takes over lea»»»

Dubai: Advocate Mohammed Siyad has withdrawn from representing Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith in an alleged attempted sexual assault case, following mounting backlash over his association with the film’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC). Ranjith, who was recently arrested in connection with the cas»»»

“First item—the emergency ordinance on the temporary reduction of the excise tax rate applicable to standard diesel fuel and the establishment of a solidarity contribution on revenues from the sale of crude oil and energy products derived from the processing of crude oil extracted from Romanian ter»»»

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied any involvement in attacks targeting power plants and water desalination facilities in Kuwait, accusing the Israeli army of carrying out the strikes. In a statement issued by its Public Relations Office, labeled Statement No. 53 of Operation “True»»»

Progressive Bulgaria leader Rumen Radev said on Friday that “it is absolutely impossible” for his political force to form a coalition with Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Delyan Peevski and GERB leader Boyko Borissov. Radev spoke at a meeting with citizens in Zlatograd (Southern Bulgaria) a»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced a temporary traffic diversion at the surface intersection of Hessa Street and First Al Khail Street to facilitate ongoing development works. The diversion will be in place from 11pm on Saturday, April 4, until 8am on Monday, April 6. »»»

Dubai: Dubai Police have issued a strong warning to motorists against dangerous driving behaviours that threaten road safety, stressing that violations will be met with strict legal action. Brigadier Jumaa Salem bin Suwaidan, Director of the General Department of Traffic, said recent videos submitt»»»

A 54-year-old truck driver was killed early Friday in a crash in the mountainous region of Agrafa in central Greece. The accident occurred near Metaxades Prasias village when the vehicle veered off the road under unclear circumstances and plunged into a 40-meter ravine, according to local media. Fi»»»

Cape Canaveral: NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the thr»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday his consultations with officials of political parties would be continued on Monday and that, in terms of formal law, early parliamentary elections could be held on May 31 at the earliest, or, potentially, in late March next year, in »»»

The Blue Bulgaria coalition stands for strong Bulgarian agriculture and clean food, Tsveta Kirilova, the coalition's top-of-the-list candidate in Haskovo, said during a meeting with voters, as quoted by her campaign headquarters. “Agriculture is not just a sector of the economy; it is the foundatio»»»

Dubai: A massive plume of smoke rose from Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery after a reported drone attack struck the facility, triggering fires across several operational units. Dramatic visuals showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky as emergency response teams rushed to contain the blaze. »»»

Dubai: As tensions continue in parts of the Middle East, Filipino seafarers operating in regional waters have been urged to remain calm, vigilant, and connected, with authorities rolling out dedicated hotlines to provide immediate assistance. In an advisory, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) »»»