Bulgaria has adopted the euro as of today, becoming the 21st member of the eurozone, Euronews writes. This means the country abandons its national currency, the Bulgarian lev. The Balkan country, with...
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At least 10 people have been killed in a fire that broke out during a New Year’s celebration at a ski resort in Switzerland, RT reports. According to The Mirror, another 10 people sustained burn injur...
Ukrainian armed forces made a drone attack on a café and a hotel on the Black Sea coast in the Kherson region on New Year’s night, killing more than 20 people, RIA Novosti writes, citing Kherson regio...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree granting pardons to 22 individuals, meduza.io reports, citing Lukashenko’s press service. Of those pardoned, 20 had been convicted on char...
Tourists in Italy’s capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 ($2.34) entrance fee if they want to see its famed Trevi Fountain up close, the BBC writes. The new barrier for visitors to view the Baroque...
Two tankers off the Florya coast in Istanbul—one Azerbaijani and the other flying the Turkish flag—have sent a distress signal, Turkish media report. Rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene. Th...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent congratulatory messages to foreign leaders on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pas...
U.S. President Donald Trump has once again spoken about his role in the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan and about a related phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin. During a meet...
Iran will respond swiftly and forcefully to any act of aggression against the country, Ali Shamkhani, political adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote on X, commenting on state...
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of 110 suspects in an anti-terror operation, including those planning attacks during the New Year holidays, ria.ru reports. “Arrest warrants...
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The drone strike, the details of which have not been prev...
The Saudi Arabia–led coalition has announced the launch of a limited military operation in Yemen’s Hadhramaut province following the seizure of the Al-Mukalla port by the Southern Transitional Council...
