Citizens are relying more and more on the institution of the Ombudsman, Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva said on Bulgarian National Television's morning show on Saturday. She noted that around 11,000 complaints were filed throughout 2025, while 8,500 complaints had already been submitted in the first s»»»

Kinshasa: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Saturday that the death toll from the Ebola outbreak has risen to 648, while the number of confirmed cases has reached 1,830. The latest figures include infections and deaths recorded over the past 24 hours, the authorities s»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has projected that the repercussions of the military escalation between the United States and Iran on fiscal positions, foreign exchange reserves and food security will persist well beyond the end of the crisis for most frontier and emerging Asian economies. I»»»

At least 12 people have died and 23 others remain missing after a wildfire swept through an expat community in southern Spain, forcing residents to flee the flames by car and on foot, authorities said. The blaze broke out late Thursday in a remote, semi-arid area near the Sierra de Los Filabres mou»»»

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was wounded in the US-Israeli air strikes that killed his father and wife – even at their week-long funeral ceremonies this week. While his injuries and the threat of assassination could well have played a role in »»»

The National Assembly of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) will take place on Saturday at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, the forum's organizing committee said. Delegates will elect a party chair, national leadership and governing bodies, and will set the party's priorities for the nex»»»

Everett, United States: Boeing marked another step in a marathon comeback Friday when it celebrated expanded production of the 737 MAX, now an aircraft in heavy demand after earlier disasters tarnished the company's reputation. At a rousing ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by hundreds of Boeing emp»»»

Since 2016, the sole purpose of governance has been to enrich other people, said Bálint Ruff, the minister heading the Prime Minister's Office, on the podcast Ötpontban. The minister emphasised that since joining the government he has been in “shock” at what he sees — at what has happened in recent»»»

Iranian Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has issued a stark warning to Washington, declaring that Iran is ready for "total defense" if the United States betrays the ceasefire memorandum signed last month. "Only those who are prepared for war can negotiate with the Un»»»

When the alerts rang out in March, Dubai-based mum Niyati (name changed on request) didn’t quite know how to reassure her eight-year-old son at first. “He would just run to another room, every time there was an alert,” she recalls. Confusion and disorientation doesn’t have an easy language, after a»»»

US-Iran tensions remain a key regional concern as diplomatic efforts continue to prevent further escalation following renewed exchanges between Washington and Tehran. The developments are being closely watched in the UAE and across the Gulf, with the main concerns centred on the Strait of Hormuz, s»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian security forces have uncovered a secret cache of explosives linked to the militant cell responsible for the July 7 bombings in Damascus, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, adding that investigations were continuing to identify any remaining hideouts connected to the network. In »»»

Health officials say DR Congo is facing its fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with nearly 1,800 confirmed cases and at least 600 deaths. In the epicentre of the crisis, children who have lost their parents to the virus are left to rebuild their lives while communities struggle to contain the dis»»»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said that it has confirmed well over 800 infections by the food-borne parasite cyclospora in 31 states and is aware of at least 1,500 more potential cases. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA-EFE July 10 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control »»»

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: Substitute Mikel Merino popped up again to send European champions Spain into a World Cup semi-final with favourites France after a 2-1 win over injury-hit Belgium on Friday. Fabián Ruiz had given Spain the lead on 30 minutes before Charles De Ketelaere equalized, meaning Una»»»

INGLEWOOD, California: Spain ‌substitute Mikel Merino fired home from close range in the 88th minute to snatch a 2-1 win for his side over injury-hit Belgium on Friday and ​set up a semifinal clash with France. After the teams went in level at 1-1 following the first half, Spain found the winner wh»»»

Los Angeles, United States: Super sub Mikel Merino broke Belgian hearts and sent Spain through to a World Cup semi-final against France with a late goal in a gripping 2-1 win on Friday. The stunning finish at SoFi Stadium sets up a tantalizing showdown between European champions Spain and the tourn»»»

RIYADH: Saudi national team’s goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais signed on Friday a contract to join Al-Hilal coming from Al-Ula FC, media sources close to the management of the Riyadh-based club have confirmed. Following his first spell with Al-Hilal between 2022 and 2025, Al-Owais rejoins his old club »»»

BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed a young motorcyclist on Friday, Lebanese state media reported, the latest attack despite a truce in the Israel-Hezbollah war. “A young man from the city of Nabatieh was martyred in a raid by an enemy drone that targeted him this afternoon, when h»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States has agreed to continue talks with Iran, despite declaring that a ceasefire between the two countries is no longer in effect. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said Iran had requested further negotiations and that Washingto»»»

Displaced people collect their belongings at a makeshift camp along Beirut's waterfront June 30 before returning to their homes amid an Israel-Lebanon cease-fire. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEITUR, Lebanon, July 10 (UPI) -- Lebanon and Israel prepare to implement the first two pilot zones in southern»»»

Kinshasa: A deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation in the troubled region, Unicef's east Africa director warned Friday. Rich in precious minerals but riven by decades of conflict, eastern DRC is the epicentre of an ou»»»

CHICAGO, IL: As the last of eight Arab teams was eliminated from the final rounds of the World Cup, American Arab community leaders and sports enthusiasts said that they were concerned by what they saw as a bias by FIFA referees and officials during several games. The World Cup competition returned»»»

Protests in Kolkata, India, have sprung up this week -- and resulted in the death of an innocent man -- over outrage of the rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl. Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA July 10 (UPI) -- Violence erupted in India after a girl in eastern India was raped and slain, with a mob k»»»

LONDON: French President Emmanuel Macron has become the first European head of state to visit Damascus since the fall of President Bashar Assad in late 2024, marking another pivotal step in Syria’s emergence from years of diplomatic isolation. With Syria’s political transition still fragile, observ»»»

NEW YORK CITY: More than 18,000 new cases of chickenpox, ectoparasitic infestation and impetigo, a bacterial skin infection, were recorded in Gaza last week, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Friday, as communicable diseases continue to spread widely across the besieged enclave. Dujarric told »»»

Generative AI was expected to have a deflationary effect by reducing the cost of services and office work, but so far it is creating inflationary pressure in electronics. Demand from hyperscalers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle for AI data centers has sharply increased prices for DRAM,»»»

BUNIA: Four out of every five new Ebola cases in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a senior World Health Organization official said, warning that the true scale of the outbreak could be two to four times larger than official data suggest. The figures und»»»

LONDON: Israeli settlers demolished the Yanoun Mixed Basic School in a hamlet south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education. In a statement, the ministry said the school in Yanoun, which served about 15 pupils from first»»»

LONDON: British police said they had launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former government minister whose death was announced earlier on Friday. Widdecombe was a Conservative member of parliament between 1987 and 2010, and held several junior ministerial »»»

The President of Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Dr. Hans-Eckhard Sommer, and Ivan Ivanov, Chairperson of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees under the Council of Ministers, discussed the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in Bulgaria and Germany, the»»»

A guest column for Daily News Hungary by Emese Széll, Private Real Estate Advisor to Premium Clients in Hungary If you follow international property headlines, you have probably read that Hungary “reopened its golden visa” in 2024 — a rare move at a time when the rest of Europe was quietly closing »»»

Argentina is experiencing a new wave of mining investment, particularly in copper, while Chile seeks to capture more of the economic activity linked to those projects. File Photo by Mario Ruiz/EPA SANTIAGO, Chile, July 10 (UPI) -- Chile and Argentina have revived a nearly three-decade-old treaty to»»»

The European Council on Friday adopted country-specific recommendations for the Member States, including five recommendations addressed to Bulgaria covering economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies. The Council recommends that Bulgaria adhere to the maximum growth rates of ne»»»

NEW YORK: The International Atomic Energy Agency lost continuity of knowledge across all of Iran’s declared nuclear facilities following US and Israeli strikes that began Feb. 28, 2026, which “could not be restored,” a senior UN official told the Security Council on Friday. Rosemary DiCarlo, UN und»»»

Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Plan has received unanimous approval from the EU finance ministers, removing the final obstacle from bringing home thousands of billions of EU funds, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Facebook on Friday. Péter Magyar hails “superhuman effort” “Many did not believ»»»

El Alamein, Egypt: Hundreds of euphoric supporters welcomed home Egypt’s national football team on Friday after the country’s best-ever performance at the World Cup, which ended with a thrilling last-16 exit to Argentina. A sea of fans dressed in red, white and black filled the grounds outside the »»»

LOS ANGELES: European champions Spain are on a World Cup collision course with Kylian Mbappe’s France if they can beat Belgium in a quarter-final on Friday. At the spectacular SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the Belgians face the daunting task of breaking through a Spanish defense that has yet to conc»»»

1 of 3 | A person rides a motorcycle through street fires, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 1, 2024, a day after gang violence left at least five dead and twenty injured. File Photo by Johnson Sabin/EPA-EFE July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration's decision to »»»

London: Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova will fight for the Wimbledon title on Saturday, but the Czech pair's bond will remain intact no matter who wins their first Grand Slam crown on Centre Court. Muchova and Noskova have been friends for several years, spending time together off the court and »»»

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani’s diplomatic motorcade hit the road shortly after his appointment. From Riyadh to Beirut, Washington to Moscow, Shaibani has been at the forefront of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s bid to open a new chapter in Mideast history. But the rebel official-turned-dip»»»

Following fresh US strikes during the funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran stepped up pressure by targeting US allies and threatening American bases across the region in an effort to force Washington back to the negotiating table. According to FRANCE 24's Philip Turle, despite Donald»»»

On the eve of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, the bloc released a report titled ‘Defense Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2025)’. On the surface, the report shows a staggering increase in the level of defense spending by several NATO members over the course of the previous decade, wi»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Friday that a turning point in the war with Russia was “still a long way off,” despite hailing a string of recent successes for his troops. Kyiv’s army has halted the Russian advance across much of the front line in recent months, and deliver»»»

The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London after nearly 1,000 years early on Friday. The tapestry is on loan from France for a year and will be exhibited at the British Museum. Its journey has been surrounded by secrecy due to security concerns. On loan from its home in France, the tapestry wil»»»

The European Council on Friday adopted country-specific recommendations for the Member States, including five recommendations addressed to Bulgaria covering economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies. The Council recommends that Bulgaria adhere to the maximum growth rates of ne»»»

RIYADH: The head of Saudi Arabia’s green building organization highlighted the importance of creating sustainable communities at a UN forum in New York, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. Faisal Al-Fadl, secretary-general of the Saudi Green Building Forum, made the comments during an offici»»»

Hamas announced this week that it had dissolved the de facto government, saying it was ready to hand over power to a group of technocrats appointed by Donald Trump's Board of Peace. Israel dismissed the move as a stunt. But with the Israeli military continuing to bomb Gaza despite the ostensible ce»»»

London, July 10 (SANA) The United Kingdom on Friday welcomed the restoration of Syria’s rights and privileges at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), describing the move as a historic milestone. In a post on X, the Office of the UK Special Representative for Syria said t»»»

Our guest this week is Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the European Commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism.  Cancellations, delays and unventilated trains… Europe’s recent heatwave exposed some of the weaknesses of the bloc’s rail network. Despite ageing tracks and rolling stock, EU Transp»»»