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The Taliban is intensifying a ban on music. In the western city of Herat, residents say that members of the Taliban's morality police have searched cars and confiscated MP3 players and USBs containing music. Others say the militants are seizing musical instruments, which they then burn publicly.
NATO member, Norway, plans to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as stated by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Thursday. This comes during Kyiv's challenging efforts to counter Russia.
Top officials in the Bahamas have announced a legislative package that would legalize marijuana for medical, religious and research purposes. Personal possession of small amounts of cannabis would also be decriminalized, and past convictions for simple possession would be expunged. Together, the suite of bills would establish a local framework for marijuana production and, according […]
As the crackdown against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua continues, President Daniel Ortega’s regime declares the Jesuit religious order illegal and ...
A Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group that supported the Wagner mercenary rebellion has announced it will no longer fight in Ukraine, accusing the Kremlin of abandoning its leader.
A Russian S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in occupied Crimea on 23 August by a new Ukrainian-made missile.
A Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group that supported the Wagner mercenary rebellion has announced it will no longer fight in Ukraine, accusing the Kremlin of abandoning its leader.
Brazil Supreme Court ruling puts homophobic hate speech on the same legal level as racist hate speech, a decision applauded by rights activists in a country with rampant violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
Ukraine has overcome the complex Russian defenses and is advancing up to 1,000 meters a day, Gen. Mark Milley of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Ukraine has targeted Moscow and the surrounding region with drone strikes almost daily in recent weeks, striking deep within Russia's territory.
Wine consumption in France has decreased by about 25% from 2005 to 2001, while the country has seen a boom in the non-alcoholic drinks market.
Throughout their counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops have managed to attack through Russia's first main defensive belt in some areas along the front lines, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said in an interview with Al-Mamlaka TV, a Jordanian public broadcaster, published on Aug. 25.
Mexico latest country where government is considering passing new laws to criminalise environmental destruction
According to sources in the SBU, “dozens” of Russian servicemen were killed and wounded in a drone attack which the Kremlin has said caused no damage and was successfully thwarted.
A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University said his mother was arrested in Bangladesh after he criticized the country's government in a Facebook post.
Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure.
Ukrainian defence forces, together with the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), have launched a drone strike on the 126th Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, based in the village of Perevalne in temporarily occupied Crimea. So far several dozen Russians are reported to have been killed or wounded.