Taliban ban women from parks, morality ministry says
Afghan women will no longer be allowed in parks, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s morality ministry said, in part because they had not been meeting its interpretation of Islamic ...
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Turkish prosecutor says Erdogan rival should be convicted, banned from politics
A Turkish prosecutor requested on Friday that a court convict and impose a political ban on Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, for insulting public ...
Suspect in fatal stabbing of Brussels policeman was known radical
The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Belgian police officer was on a security agency list of radicalised Muslims and had been taken to a psychiatric ward hours before ...
Ukrainian official describes chaotic Russian withdrawal from strategic city
Russia announced the completion of its withdrawal from the strategic city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Friday and a regional official said Ukrainian partisans had raised a flag there, ...
Former FIFA head Blatter says Iran should be barred from World Cup
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter thinks Iran should be barred from the World Cup amid widespread protests in the Islamic Republic sparked by the death of a woman in the ...
Alex Jones ordered to pay $473 million in punitive damages in Sandy Hook defamation case
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages for his defamatory claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting, a Connecticut judge ruled on Thursday.
The ruling came a ...
Emirates plane returns to Athens after U.S. security tip off
An Emirates plane flying to New York from Greece was forced to return to the Athens International Airport after a security alert, police sources said on Thursday.
Greek authorities were ...
Drone taxi takes first spin in air traffic near Paris
An electric helicopter with multiple rotors took its first flight in conventional air traffic near Paris on Thursday as it prepares for commercial flights from 2024.
The Volocopter test aircraft, which ...
African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty
African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders ...
Maddison, Wilson and Rashford named in England World Cup squad
England have included in-form Leicester City midfielder James Maddison in their squad for the World Cup in Qatar, with forwards Callum Wilson and Marcus Rashford also selected.
Maddison and Newcastle ...
Irish inflation hits 38-year high of 9.2%
Annual inflation in Ireland hit a 38-year high of 9.2% in October, up from 8.2% a month earlier after fresh electricity and gas price increases kicked in, Central Statistics Office data showed ...
Record-breaking $1.5bn art sale for late Microsoft co-founder’s collection
Five dozen works from Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh and other revered artists brought in $1.5 billion on Wednesday at an auction of part of the vast collection of paintings and ...
Incredible England thrash India to reach T20 World Cup final
Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler shone in a record unbroken opening partnership as a ruthless England humiliated India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval on Thursday to storm into the ...
Liverpool survive shootout in League Cup, Man City see off Chelsea
Holders Liverpool survived a penalty shootout to see off third-tier Derby County on Wednesday and reach the League Cup fourth round while Manchester City won a heavyweight tie with Chelsea 2...
Crypto markets teeter with FTX after Binance abandons bailout
Cryptocurrency markets nursed heavy losses on Thursday, with bitcoin pinned near a two-year low as investors fretted about the fallout from the implosion of crypto exchange FTX.
Larger rival Binance ...
Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs
Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives early on Thursday, while control of the Senate hung in the balance, two days after ...
FIA head warns online abuse will destroy F1 unless stopped
The head of Formula One’s governing body has warned that online abuse, including death threats, against volunteers and officials would destroy the sport if left unchecked.
International Automobile Federation (...
Canada’s Davies goes from refugee camp to World Cup
Alphonso Davies’ unlikely path to spearheading Canada’s first World Cup campaign in nearly four decades began in a West African refugee camp where children’s dreams are eclipsed by ...
Croatia, runners-up in 2018, seek to go one better in Qatar
Croatia head to the Qatar World Cup in the unusual position of looking like one of the stronger teams, having thrived on their reputation as outsiders for much of the ...
Control of U.S. Congress unclear as Republican ‘red wave’ fizzles (updated)
Republicans made modest gains in U.S. midterm elections but Democrats performed better than expected, as control of the Senate hinged on three races that remained too close to call ...
Meta slashes workforce by 11,000 as it sinks more money into metaverse
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, in one of the year’s biggest layoffs as the Facebook parent battles soaring costs ...
Turkey arrests bakers’ union head for calling bread-eating societies ‘stupid’
Turkey jailed a bakery union head for “publicly insulting the Turkish nation” on Wednesday, state media reported, after he said society’s “stupid” fondness for bread explained why it had ...
Climate action is ‘good business’, says new UN climate chief
Wealthy countries – like poorer ones – stand to reap huge economic, social and environmental gains by swiftly ramping up renewable energy and other climate action, the new U.N. climate chief ...
Fresh wave of Ukrainian refugees expected as Russia targets power
Eastern European countries are preparing for a possible wave of Ukrainian refugees as Russia targets power and heating plants ahead of winter, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying about 4 million people ...