One hundred dollars for torching a van, a few hundred more for planting a bomb or quick cash for snapping a photo of a strategic location: Russian intelligence services have found a new, cheap – and increasingly effective – way to conduct sabotage operations across Europe. They are recruiting Ukrai»»»

The man suspected of shooting two National Guard soldiers near the White House on Wednesday was an Afghan national who worked alongside US forces in Afghanistan, US officials say. Washington has labeled the violence an "act of terror" and announced increased oversight of foreigners who entered the »»»

A jewelry store in Kalamata was burglarized early Thursday morning by three masked suspects, authorities said. The suspects appeared at 2:50 am on Aipytou Street and used a special tool to cut the outer metal security roller, creating a hole in its lower part. The process lasted about 10 minutes be»»»

Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursday. France has some of the worst prison overcrowding in Europe, and staff unions have complained the state is neglecting normal jails as it moves narco criminals into new s»»»

Ajman: His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, has ordered the release of 225 prisoners from the emirate’s correctional and punitive institutions ahead of the UAE’s 54th Eid Al Etihad (National Day). The inmates, from various nationalities, were c»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has ordered the release of 854 inmates from the emirate’s correctional and punitive institution. The inmates had been serving sentences in various cases. The pardon marks the UAE’s 54th »»»

Bulgaria's Deputy Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Mihail Popov, said on Thursday the exercise codenamed "Stone Wall 25" enhances NATO’s ability to expand multinational battle groups from battalion to brigade level and demonstrates the cohesion and solidarity of Allies on the Eastern Flank. He »»»

BISHKEK (Sputnik) - Russia cannot find itself in a situation where the United States conducts nuclear tests while Moscow spends another year and a half preparing for them, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "Preparing for real nuclear weapons tests takes time, and we certainly canno»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Atanas Zafirov said here Thursday that there can be no compromises on incomes, families, pensions, healthcare or the condition of municipalities. "If there is no possibility to continue the planned social policies, BSP - United Left will re»»»

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Trump orders 500 more Guard troops to the capital 1 of 11 | Police seal off the area at the crime scene where two West Virginia National Guard were killed near the White House in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Two West Virginia Nat»»»

DOHA: Qatar Tourism announced the winners of its third annual Tourism Awards on at Raffles Doha, honouring those advancing Qatar's global standing. Chairman of Qatar Tourism Saad bin Ali Al Kharji,said, "Today, we gather to celebrate excellence, honour dedication, and recognise the exceptional effo»»»

Dubai: Sobha Furniture has opened The Gallery, a flagship showroom at The S on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, set up as a working space for architects, interior designers, developers, and project partners rather than a retail store. The opening follows the brand’s participation in Dubai Design Week an»»»

DOHA: Lusail International Circuit (LIC), Qatar's premier motorsport venue, announced its double triumph at the third edition of the Qatar Tourism Awards. The Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2024, hosted at LIC from 29 November to December 1 has won awards in two prestigious categories: Pr»»»

As the information frenzy surrounding the ongoing Ukraine peace deal talks intensifies, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a series of comments on November 27 designed to cut through some of the haze and lay Russia’s demands a bit more clearly. Putin said that the US-backed 28-point peace plan (»»»

Doha, Qatar: Lusail International Circuit (LIC), Qatar's premier motorsport venue, is proud to announce its double triumph at the third edition of the Qatar Tourism Awards. The Formula 1® Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2024, hosted at LIC from November 29 to December 1, has won awards in two presti»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Atanas Zafirov said here Thursday that there can be no compromises on incomes, families, pensions, healthcare or the condition of municipalities. "If there is no possibility to continue the planned social policies, BSP - United Left will re»»»

European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch up to the US, China and private firms zooming ahead in the space race. The European Space Agency had asked its 23 nations to provide some»»»

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1 of 3 | The United State government will not participate in this year's World Aids Day, officials confirmed Wednesday. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The federal government will not participate in this year's World AIDS Day, a decades-old event to mourn people wh»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), in cooperation with Qatar Lawyers Association, organized a panel discussion on women in the digital age: between empowerment and cyber violence, within the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and »»»

President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, stating that Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow. Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of the Ukrainian territories Russia has seized by force. T»»»

The trial for the Halkidiki amusement park accident, in which a 19-year-old died in August 2024, commenced Thursday morning. Four people face prosecution: the amusement park owner, his wife as co-manager, the operator of the ride and the mechanical engineer who presented inspection certificates for»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's turn to the East is not connected to the events in Ukraine, as Moscow has been paying more attention to this side of cooperation since the 2000s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "The point is not that we are making some kind of strategic U-turn in conn»»»

Ukraine is running out of men, having lost 47,500 troops in October while mobilizing only 14,000, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed on Thursday. How do the facts on the ground affect the negotiating process? "The casualty trends are extremely negative for Kiev," National Defense magazine ed»»»

"Hang in there." Those were the last words Mr Chung said to his wife after a huge fire broke out in their high rise public housing complex in Hong Kong 's Tai Po district. It was around 15:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Wednesday when he got her panicked phone call. She said she couldn't get out of t»»»

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Several public school administrations have emphasized the need for students who were absent for medical reasons to provide the original medical sick notes and submit them to the school administration as soon as possible, in preparation for forwarding them to the Ministry of Education in accordance »»»

Southern Lebanon was subjected Thursday to a concentrated series of Israeli air raids, marking yet another blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty, the year-old ceasefire agreement, and UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The Israeli enemy’s aggression came in multiple waves targeting a wide str»»»

Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage. This is the latest exchange as part of a US-brokered ceasefire reached last month, whose first phase is winding down even as violence continues in Palestinian territories. Th»»»

Toronto, Canada: Canada and India have agreed to launch talks on a new free trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, the latest sign of thawing relations between the countries after a bitter fallout. Carney's office announced the talks after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on S»»»

BISHKEK (Sputnik) - The cities of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) and Dimitrov are completely surrounded by Russian troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "We will start with the area of ​​responsibility of our Tsentr [Center] group. The main operations there are taking place in the Kr»»»

Two members of the National Guard were shot and seriously wounded just blocks from the White House in Washington DC. They remain in a critical condition and the suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody. In response to the attack, President Donald Trump said he would deploy another 500 troops to t»»»

A severe weather warning has been issued for parts of Bulgaria for Friday, November 28, with authorities activating the highest alert level for several southern regions. A red code for extremely dangerous conditions will apply to Blagoevgrad, Smolyan and Kardzhali. Meteorologists expect particularl»»»

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Türkiye to continue being a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope on Thursday with a plea for peace amid efforts to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrive»»»

Ajman/Ras Al Khaimah: Police in Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah have announced National Day parades on Friday, November 28, as part of the UAE’s 54th National Day celebrations. Ajman Police said the parade will take place along Corniche Road at 4pm and will include military units. Motorists have been urge»»»

Georgia remains the dominant force in the South Caucasus banking and investment landscape, but neighbouring Armenia is rapidly emerging as a strong contender, according to the South Caucasus Banking & Investment Review 2025 published by consultancy GlobalSource Partners. Azerbaijan, although fiscal»»»

Serbia’s government plans to spend nearly €90mn over the next three years to reinstate mandatory military service, with the first recruits expected to enter barracks in early 2026, according to the draft 2026 budget and local media reports. The move comes amid rising militarisation in the Western B»»»

Dubai: The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai has signed a partnership agreement with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority, in a step aimed at enhancing institutional collaboration and unifying efforts across joint initiatives and projects. Sign up f»»»

Social media companies and the Australian government should be using their resources to remove predators and harmful content from platforms rather than banning under-16s, teenagers challenging the law have said. From 10 December, social media firms - including Meta, TikTok and YouTube - must ensure»»»

Gazprom has allocated about $500 million for provision of gas supply in Kyrgyzstan. Interfax and TASS reported, citing statements from the Russian side and information announced during talks with the Kyrgyz government as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Bishkek. According t»»»

At the CSTO summit in Bishkek, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke to journalists about the life of the ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev in Minsk. «Bakiyev is living well. Everything is fine. We will not let him go back to you anymore. I told him: ‘No trips, that’s enough! Live in»»»

Two inmates were on the run Thursday after reportedly sawing through the bars of their cell at a prison in eastern France and using bed sheets to escape from the facility, in the latest incident to sound alarm bells about security at France's overcrowded jails. Two detainees at a French jail sawed »»»

When France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy began serving a five-year sentence at La Santé prison in Paris, he brought three books with him: a two-volume biography of Jesus and Alexandre Dumas’s masterpiece, “The Count of Monte Cristo”. Twenty days later, Sarkozy walked out of the prison gates w»»»

A world-renowned American chef and blogger who now lives in Paris has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his love for the genre, and the difference between desserts in the English-speaking world and here in France. David Lebovitz has just revised his ninth book "Ready for Dessert", which includes both US an»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the People's Republic of China over the victims of a major fire in an apartment complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs »»»

Firefighters are still searching for hundreds of missing people after a massive fire tore through multiple high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong. At least 65 people died in the blaze - the city's deadliest in more than 70 years - at Wang Fuk Court's complex, which is home to thousands. The t»»»

Abu Dhabi: Lana Nusseibeh, Minister of State and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the European Union, has welcomed the European Parliament’s commitment to supporting peace in Sudan. She said the UAE remains fully committed to backing all regional and international efforts to end the civi»»»

Firefighters battled one of Hong Kong’s deadliest blazes for a second day on Thursday, struggling to contain a fire that swept through high-rise towers and killed at least 65 people. Three construction workers were arrested as rescues continued and smoke billowed from the Wang Fuk Court complex. Fi»»»

Iran will introduce a new gasoline price tier on Dec. 6, raising the cost of fuel purchased beyond monthly quotas to 50,000 rials (about 4 cents on the Iranian exchange market) per liter, officials said, in a shift that adds a third pricing level to the country's long-running subsidy system. Under »»»