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Zelensky confidant dismissed from further posts amid bribery scandal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed his former chief of staff Andriy Yermak from the National Security Council amid a sprawling corruption investigation that has rocked Kiev.Yermak is also...
Ghassan Al-Duhaini to replace Abu Shabab as Popular Forces leader in Gaza
The deputy for the slain Yasser Abu Shabab, Duhaini was documented walking among the militia’s operatives and boosting their morale after his predecessor's death.Ghassan Al-Duhaini, deputy official to the...
‘More should be done’: UN pushes Syrian regime on justice for Druze, Alawites and minority groups
The UN condemned continued incidents of summary executions, arbitrary killings, abductions, sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, looting and the destruction of homes.The Syrian regime needs to take more steps to...
Bitcoin momentum builds in Abu Dhabi as global interest surges
Covering the rapidly expanding world of digital assets often means tracking the next major center of innovation. Right now that center is increasingly the Middle East, where Bitcoin MENA...
Uzbekistan launches €9.46 billion green energy push, covering nation’s power needs
Every home in Uzbekistan could switch on the lights using only clean electricity in 2026. The government says green energy generation will reach 23 billion kilowatt-hours, enough to cover...
Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service
Some of Europe's biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.Large conscripted armies were a feature of Nato states during the Cold...
Thousands of German pupils protest against military service plans
Thousands of schoolchildren in Germany demonstrated against the government's plans for a new voluntary military service in cities and towns across the country on Friday.Many of them skipped school...
Suspected Pirate Attack In The Mozambique Channel Leaves Two Sailors Dead On ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ Voyage
Two experienced sailors were discovered deceased aboard their yacht in the Mozambique Channel last week after issuing a distress call, according to The Guardian. Australian sailor Deirdre “Cookie” Sibly,...
Western countries press Tanzania to release bodies of post-election victims
Western embassies in Tanzania, including the UK and France, have called on the authorities to release all bodies of those killed in the October electoral violence to their families.Citing...
Olympian and other Eritreans freed after 18 years without trial, relatives tell the BBC
Thirteen people held for more than 18 years without trial in Eritrea have been released from a notorious military prison, relatives of the detainees have told the BBC.Among those...
