Some of the largest protests in modern Bulgaria's history broke out throughout the country on December 1 against a 2026 budget that would see taxes hiked and social-security contributions raised by a government many Bulgarians view as corrupt.
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Amid massive Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, one group of firefighters was forced to battle a blaze engulfing their own vehicle after what they claim was a targeted drone strike.
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Kyiv has released a list of hundreds of artworks it alleges were stolen as Russian forces withdrew from Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, three years ago.
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A glitzy hotel development project led by Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, is moving toward reality in the Serbian capital. But protesters are calling for a war-scarred building at the site to remain as a de facto memorial to NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.
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Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New photos show how water levels have dropped dramatically compared to images taken a year ago. Iran's water crisis stems mainly from reduced rainfall and mismanagement of resources.
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For 80 years after the bombing of Hiroshima, the airfields of Tinian Island, from where the bombers took off, were mostly abandoned to the jungle. Now, amid a push to strengthen America's military strength in waters near Taiwan, the historic airfields are being restored for use by modern bombers.
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A small band of explorers are cracking into the radioactive mines where the Kremlin once used slave labor to dig out its uranium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
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