As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner

As the Taliban starts enforcing draconian new rules on women in Afghanistan, it has also begun to target a group that didn’t see tight restrictions on them coming: Afghan men. New laws promulgated in late August mandate that men wear a fist-long beard, bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior, widely interpreted as Continue reading

MrBeast: Inside the scandal facing King of YouTube

In July, the 26-year-old American said he had hired investigators after his former co-host Ava Kris Tyson was accused of grooming a teenager. Later, further allegations about business practices surfaced on an anonymous YouTube channel, claiming to be a former employee. Some of his philanthropic efforts – such as building wells in Africa, and paying Continue reading

An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history as others remained missing hours after the blast. The blast struck a coal mine in Tabas, about 540 kilometers Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Trump declares deep blue New York in play over illegal immigration: ‘We think we can’

Former President Trump joined “One Nation” host Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Channel for an exclusive interview during a day of campaign stops Wednesday in New York, including a rally on Long Island. “But most importantly, and immediately, we’re going to close our border because we have millions and millions of people pouring in from Continue reading

Cards Against Humanity files lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX on allegations of trespassing in Texas

Game company Cards Against Humanity filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX, claiming the spacecraft launch company of illegally trespassing on South Texas land and damaging vacant land the game company owns. “Notwithstanding the fact that CAH owns the Property and SpaceX has no interest therein nor any right to its use, SpaceX has Continue reading

Billionaires poured millions of dollars into presidential super PACs in August

The nation’s wealthy opened their wallets in August with a focus on election season, donating millions to the super PACs backing Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and Democrats and Republicans throughout the country, according to monthly reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. The largest single-contributor donations went to MAGA Continue reading

Exploding pagers leave clues to Israeli ‘red button’ plot, officials say

The blackened husks of pagers and handheld radios that exploded in a colossal attack on Hezbollah this week have become fragmentary clues to how Israel orchestrated what current and former Israeli and Western security officials said was part of an elaborate, decade-long effort to penetrate the militant group. Advertisement Israel’s reason for pressing one such Continue reading

Government defeats no-confidence motion by 86 votes to 67

READ MORE Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl said the debate had been “a disgrace” with constant heckling and interruptions between Government and Opposition benches. Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen has faced criticism for his remarks during the debate where he said extending the eviction ban would be like “making sweets free for children”. “It’s Continue reading

For Americans scarred by Beirut bombings, a measure of delayed justice

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Behind the stone walls here of the Beirut Memorial, fog filtered in Saturday through a grove of Bradford pear trees planted 40 years ago to commemorate the deaths of more than 270 U.S. troops who were killed in a series of militant attacks in Lebanon. Steve Aiken, a retired Marine Corps sergeant Continue reading