Shooter Veikko Tihvan has made Estonian sports history by winning the FITASC Compak Sporting World Championships in Rio Salso, Italy.

Kino Sõprus cinema chain showed its first film at Priisle Park in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district last week and is planning several outdoor screenings across the city in the coming weeks.

A bill aimed at clarifying the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) access to banking data and restoring its ability to conduct on-site inspections has passed its first reading in the Riigikogu.

The government will begin discussions on next year's budget and the state budget strategy at Stenbock House on Tuesday.

Sunday marked 87 years since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed. The agreement, between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, paved the way for Estonia's over 50 years of occupation.

Saaremaa Municipality has preserved a key piece of local heritage by completing a €3.4 million renovation of the over 200-year-old Laimjala manor house, which now brings a local district center, library, school, and kindergarten together under one roof.

Männiku lasketiirus peetavad U18 vanuseklassi Euroopa meistrivõistlused tõid Eestile esimese kuldmedali, kui neidude püssiharjutuses võidutses Olesja Issatšenkova.

Kui püüda ühe lausega öelda, siis Musta Kasti laudakabaree «Ruik!» võtab Tammsaare kuulsaima romaani kõige idealiseerituma tegelase, annab sada aastat tagasi kirjutatule värske hinnangu ning asetab peeglina vaataja ette.

It comes after Moscow warned of "consequences" over the reported use of British drones by Ukraine.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing over blueprints so Kyiv can build its own long-range missiles.

Scott Bessent says the US will sever all economic ties with the country and that any nation partnering with Iran financially will also be isolated.

Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016

PARIS — Saudi Arabia will spend €6 billion to build a massive entertainment complex boasting three theme parks near Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron said. Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed an agreement formalizing the deal to build what the French leader called “a new global destination” at the Elysée Palace on Monday. It is expected to create 22,000 jobs, Macron said. The massive project, which Macron said will also include hotels, catering facilities and housing for young workers and students, is being built on the former site of Mirapolis, a massive theme park that has been shuttered since 1991. Among the parks being built is one centered around manga, as POLITICO reported earlier this month. The development is also expected to include 50,000 m² of green spaces dedicated to biodiversity. Its developers say they aim to make it an “exemplary” project from an environmental perspective and a catalyst for development both for the local area and for France as a tourist destination. However, no specific timetable for completion has been announced at this stage. The memorandum of understanding signed by the Economy Minister Roland Lescure and the chief executive of Qiddiya Investment Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, is part of a series of agreements struck by Paris and Riyadh during the crown prince’s visit.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday unveiled a sweeping new effort to economically isolate Iran, warning foreign governments and companies that they could lose access to the U.S. financial system if they continue doing business with Tehran. The new campaign, which Bessent dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast,” however, stops short of immediately imposing penalties against financial institutions located in China and other countries that facilitate trade with Iran for oil and other commodities. Instead, Bessent delivered a stark warning that the U.S. would give countries a final opportunity to “remedy bad behavior” and get in line behind the Trump administration’s efforts to isolate Iran. “The Iranian regime faces a clear choice: severe global isolation or a path to reintegration with the global economy,” Bessent said. The Treasury Department broadened the types of secondary sanctions it may impose on countries that facilitate the flow of money to Iran and imposed fresh direct sanctions on dozens entities linked to Iran. And it ended certain exemptions to existing Iran sanctions that permitted the flow of remittance payments to the country and allowed Iranians to access the U.S. cultural and academic universities. Bessent said that President Donald Trump was calling foreign leaders with “specific requests” about cutting their economic ties from Tehran. U.S. officials from the Treasury and State departments and the Pentagon would be talking to their counterparts around the world seeking “immediate action” to cut off economic ties to Tehran. Bessent said the message to Iran’s trading partners and other countries that do business with the country was: “It’s no longer acceptable to operate in the gray spaces of this conflict” The move marks the Trump administration’s latest attempt to force an end to an increasingly unpopular war that has stretched into its sixth month. The war has disrupted global energy markets, raised the price Americans pay for gas and become a growing political liability for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections months away. It also puts Bessent at the center of the administration’s war efforts after months of military strikes, a blockade of Iranian ports and diplomatic talks have failed to secure a lasting agreement to end the conflict. The strategy could significantly raise tensions with China, which is a large buyer of Iranian oil. Treasury has already sanctioned smaller Chinese refineries, shipping companies and financial networks accused of helping Tehran sell oil. But targeting larger Chinese banks or companies that facilitate Iran-linked transactions could provoke retaliation from Beijing as Trump prepares for expected talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Asked about whether the U.S. would move forward on sanctioning Chinese banks on Monday, Bessent said that “no one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions.”

Israel has threatened intensified attacks and forced displacement in Gaza over children’s kites

New proposal would charge $103,265 for the US's H-1B visas, and make permanent a temporary rule challenged by courts.

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Trove of combat imagery used to train AI models to identify and strike Russian targets

Her proposed electoral reform could shore up the governing coalition despite its poor record in power