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Bulgaria arrests 35 in large-scale trafficking of cultural goods

(Reuters) -Bulgaria has arrested 35 people linked to a criminal network involved in large-scale trafficking of cultural goods across Europe, BTA news agency reported on Thursday, quoting the head of the country's anti-organised crime unit.

"We have conducted 131 searches. Within 24 hours, 35 people were detained, we found thousands of cultural valuables, with the numbers still increasing, and over 50 antique firearms," the head of the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (GDBOP), Boyan Raev, told a news briefing, according to BTA.

Members of the police raid a property where they found various cultural items and artefacts at an unknown location, Bulgaria, in this screen grab from a handout video released on November 20, 2025. EUROPOL/Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. DIGITAL: EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Turkish MPs to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan in prison, state media say

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish lawmakers overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group will visit its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in his island prison, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Friday.

The move, whose timing is not yet known, comes after a surprise call for such a visit from President Tayyip Erdogan's ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahceli. For his part, Erdogan has indicated he may be open to having Ocalan address lawmakers.

A portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and a sign with the words "Serok Apo," are displayed on a hillside in the Qandil mountains, Iraq, October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Indian warplane crashes at Dubai Airshow, killing pilot

An Indian fighter jet crashed during a flying display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, killing the pilot in front of hundreds of shocked onlookers.

The Indian-made Tejas warplane was executing a manoeuvre when it plunged to the ground and erupted in a fireball. The pilot was unable to eject.

The crash happened in full view of a packed grandstand watching the aerobatics display on the last day of the Middle East's biggest air show.

Dubai's government-run media office confirmed the "tragic death of the pilot" and the Indian Air Force (IAF) announced an inquiry.

India's home-grown Tejas fighter jet performing at the Dubai Airshow

Indian Tejas fighter jet crashes in a ball of fire at Dubai Airshow, killing pilot

By Shivam Patel, Federico Maccioni and Tim Hepher

NEW DELHI/DUBAI (Reuters) -An Indian home-produced Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire at the Dubai Airshow during an aerial display on Friday, killing its pilot, and the Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause.

Footage from the site showed black smoke rising behind a fenced airstrip. Dubai's government shared a photograph of firefighting teams dousing smouldering wreckage.

An Indian home-produced Tejas fighter jet loses altitude before crashing during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from an eyewitness video. JIGNESH VARIYA via REUTERS

Food supply improving in Gaza since truce but long way to go, says UN

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -More food supplies are getting into Gaza since the October ceasefire but are still falling short of huge humanitarian needs as winter rains risk spoiling delivered foodstuffs, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday.

"Things are better than before the ceasefire, but we have a long way to go. Sustained support is an important endeavour to help families rebuild their health, their nutrition and their lives," WFP spokesperson Martin Penner told reporters in Geneva via video link from the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in the northern Gaza Strip, September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Two Palestinian youths killed in clashes on the fringes of Jerusalem

Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian teenagers on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority said Friday, while the Israeli police said they had opened fire on people posing a threat.

"The young man Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marbou (18) and the boy Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh (16) were martyred by occupation forces gunfire in the town of Kufr Aqab," the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.

Mourners carry the body of 16-year-old Palestinian Sami Mashayekh during his funeral

Gaza women, children injured by Israeli military during shaky ceasefire, MSF says

GENEVA (Reuters) -Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that its medical teams in Gaza had treated Palestinian women and children this week for injuries from Israeli airstrikes and gunfire, almost six weeks into a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Since Wednesday, medical staff in northern and southern Gaza have treated women and children with open fractures and gunshot wounds to their limbs and heads, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres, a charity also known as Doctors Without Borders.

Mourners react as they attend the funeral of Palestinians who, according to medics, were killed in overnight Israeli strikes, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens in escalating West Bank violence

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents said, as violence surges in the territory with a growing number of dead.

Forces shot Sami Ibrahim Mashaikha, 16, and Amr Khaled Al-Marboua, 18, in Kfar Aqab and both later died of their wounds, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian Authority that exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank.

Relatives of one of two Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli raid, react near their body ahead of their funeral, at a hospital in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader

Air cargo services between India, Afghanistan to be launched soon

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launchedsoon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday, during a visit by Afghanistan's Taliban Trade Minister Al-Haj Nooruddin Azizi to New Delhi.

"I am pleased to announce that the air freight corridor on the Kabul-Delhi sector and Kabul-Amristar routes have been activated and cargo flights on these sectors will come very soon," the official, Anand Prakash, said.

(Reporting by Nigam Prusty; Writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)

Afghanistan's Taliban Trade Minister Nooruddin Azizi addresses a delegation during a meeting in New Delhi, India, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

Iranian director Jafar Panahi ramps up French Oscars campaign

After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States -- visiting Los Angeles, New York and Telluride -- as he promotes his Oscar-hopeful "It Was Just an Accident."

The film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has been selected by France as its official nomination for the Academy Awards, and is widely expected to make the shortlist for the Best International Feature at the gala event in March.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi is promoting his 'It Was Just An Accident' for the Oscars