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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...
British soldiers accused of more abuses in Kenya: What we know
A Kenyan parliamentary report has accused British troops training in the country of widespread killings, sexual abuse and human rights and environmental abuses, following years of accumulated complaints from...
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...
Iceland to decide next week about Eurovision after Israel decision
Iceland will decide next Wednesday whether to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, public broadcaster RÚV announced on Friday after it became clear that Israel can take part in...
In Italy’s latest overtourism crackdown, Milan bans check-in boxes
Lock boxes for storing the keys to tourist apartments have become a symbol of Italy's problems with overtourism. Many locals find the lock boxes, hanging almost everywhere in large...
Eurovision 2026 crisis: Israel kept in – Who’s out and what next?
Israel has been given the go-ahead to compete in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, amid calls for the country’s exclusion due to the war in Gaza and allegations that...
