How far will a government go to silence a voice it fears? That question looms large. Iranian authorities violently arrested Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in Mashhad, according to her foundation. She was detained alongside other activists at a memorial for Khosrow Alikordi. He was a lawyer whose suspicious death last week had sparked
What do you even say when gunmen walk into a hostel before sunrise and open fire on people just trying to unwind? That’s exactly what happened in Pretoria, where a brutal attack left twelve people dead — including a three-year-old child. Police say 25 people were shot at what they described as an “illegal shebeen,”
Who said China isn’t interested in foreign films anymore? Disney’s Zootopia 2 just shattered that narrative. It became the highest-grossing animated foreign movie in China — and it did it in less than a week. By Monday morning, box-office tracker Maoyan showed the film roaring past 1.95 billion yuan ($275 million) in just six days.
How does a fire rage through a Hong Kong high-rise like a wildfire in the city? On Wednesday, flames tore through Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, leaving at least 44 dead and 279 missing. Scores of residents were still being pulled from burning apartments by early Thursday. It’s the deadliest fire in Hong Kong
Two Russian warships tried cruising through the English Channel—but the Royal Navy wasn’t having it. HMS Severn intercepted the corvette RFN Stoikiy and the tanker Yelnya, keeping a close eye as they sailed past Dover. Sounds tense? That’s just the latest in a string of Russian naval intrusions. Just last week, the spy ship Yantar
MrBeast — yes, the most followed YouTuber on Earth with over 450 million subscribers — just dropped something huge in Riyadh. And no, it’s not another viral challenge video. It’s a full-on temporary amusement park called “Beast Land.” Open from Nov 13 to Dec 27, the park is packed with obstacle-style challenges straight out of
What if a life-saving stroke surgery could be done by a doctor sitting thousands of miles away? That futuristic idea just became reality. Doctors in Scotland and the US have completed what’s believed to be the world’s first robot-assisted remote thrombectomy. The procedure removes deadly blood clots after a stroke. Prof Iris Grunwald from the
Donald Trump has sparked global controversy — again. This time, he’s pulled the US out of the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, claiming white South Africans are being “killed and slaughtered.” But is there any truth to that? Experts say no. “It’s a total disgrace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, accusing South Africa of
More Irish citizens are being deported from the United States than at any time in recent years. The spike is raising alarm among immigration lawyers and families alike. Between January and September 2025, 99 Irish nationals were deported. That’s a jump of more than 50% compared to the previous year, according to figures seen by
When Google and Amazon signed a $1.2 billion cloud deal with Israel in 2021, they reportedly agreed to a bizarre condition — a secret “winking mechanism.” The code, hidden in financial transactions, would quietly alert Israel whenever its data was handed over to foreign authorities. Sounds like a spy movie, right? According to leaked documents
TotalEnergies just got hit with a legal reality check. A Paris court ruled that the oil and gas giant misled the public by exaggerating its climate commitments. It was a global first against a major fossil fuel company for “greenwashing.” The court found that the company’s claims about reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 were “misleading.”
A federal judge has just thrown a wrench into the Trump administration’s plan. The plan was to lay off thousands of government workers during the ongoing shutdown. Unions say it is a politically driven downsizing spree. US District Judge Susan Illston sided with two major unions, temporarily blocking layoffs across more than 30 federal agencies.
