Gergana Krasteva

Gergana Krasteva | Foreign Correspondent

Gergana is Metro's first-ever foreign correspondent. She has carried out on-the-ground reporting in Lebanon, France, Moldova and Georgia, including the occupation line with South Ossetia. She is a John Schofield Trust 2023 fellow and a Digital Sherlock with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab.

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Everything we know about ICE agent Jonathan Ross who shot poet dead in her car

Channel: US US January 9, 2026
Syrian soldiers make their way through the snow in the country's mountainous Qalamoun region, near the border with Lebanon, during a patrol to secure the frontier and prevent smuggling operations on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump proposes 'ski resort for Israeli-occupied Syria' to bring peace

Channel: World World January 8, 2026
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Inside the daring US-UK operations to storm 'ghost fleet' oil tankers

Channel: World World January 8, 2026
Play Video FILE PHOTO: Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Donald Trump is 'destabilising global order with Greenland seizure threats'

Channel: World World January 7, 2026
Comp of US helicopter over the tanker

US forces dramatically seize Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic

Channel: World World January 8, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro

Russia urges Venezuela's sovereignty is 'respected' after US invasion

Channel: World World January 7, 2026
Supporters of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro carry his portrait

Mystery trader makes £300,000 profit after betting big on Maduro's capture

Channel: World World January 7, 2026
This grab taken on January 2, 2025, from UGC images posted on social media on December 31, 2025, shows protestors attacking a government building in Fasa, in southern Iran on December 31, amidst spontaneous nationwide protests driven by dissatisfaction at the country's economic stagnation. (Photo by UGC / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran offers people £5 a month to stop protests over economic crisis

Channel: World World January 6, 2026
Play Video Trump vows 'We'll run Venezuela' - as ousted Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York

Trump vows 'We'll run Venezuela' - as ousted Nicolas Maduro arrives in New York

Channel: World World January 7, 2026
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Woman 'in a coma' after 10 people 'drink cleaning fluid mistaken for alcohol'

Channel: World World January 2, 2026
FC Metz is deeply saddened to announce that Tahirys Dos Santos, a youth player for the club originally from Mont-Saint-Martin, was injured in the fire that occurred in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on New Year's Eve. Severely burned, the 19-year-old was airlifted to Germany, where he is currently receiving treatment. Deeply affected by this news, the club's management, players, coaches, and staff are in shock and extend their heartfelt condolences to Tahirys during this difficult time as he battles his illness. The club also wishes to offer its full support to his family and is working with medical authorities to arrange for Tahirys' transfer to Mercy Hospital, near his home. Updates on Tahirys' condition will be provided should there be any significant changes. In the meantime, FC Metz asks everyone to respect the privacy of Tahirys and his family.

Footballer 'severely injured' in deadly Swiss nightclub fire

Channel: World World January 2, 2026
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Former pupil at British school among missing after Swiss ski resort fire

Channel: World World January 2, 2026
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Ukraine fakes assassination of Putin's 'personal enemy' and uses bounty to fund war effort

Channel: World World January 1, 2026
Play Video TOPSHOT - One of the two trains affected after a head-on collision connecting Machu Picchu with Ollantaytambo is pictured in Pampacahua, Cusco Department, Peru, on December 30, 2025. At least one person died and 40 others were injured on December 30, 2025, in a head-on collision between two tourist trains on the route to Machu Picchu in southeastern Peru, authorities said. (Photo by Carolina Paucar / AFP via Getty Images)

Multiple British people involved in Machu Picchu deadly train crash

Channel: World World January 1, 2026
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Russia accuses Ukraine of new atrocity - after Putin drone attack claim debunked

Channel: World World January 1, 2026
Play Video An armoured Turkish gendarmerie vehicle leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

More than 120 ISIS suspects detained ahead of New Year's celebrations in Turkey

Channel: World World December 31, 2025