More and more Middle Eastern women thrive as comedians. Could their success on stage, in the film industry, at comedy festivals and on social media foster empowerment for the next generation of girls?...
For two weeks recently, most of my evenings were spent in Douyinâs live-stream section. On Douyin, TikTokâs sibling platform in China, shopping, entertainment and conversation blur into an endlessly s...
The Arwa Amba in northern Ethiopia has been widely hailed for its radical commitment to equality, peace and pacifism. Now, fighting has erupted on its doorstep, and the community is struggling to stay...
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of "infinite synthetic content" means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, an...
Protests in Iran began days before the new year and have spread nationwide to more than 170 locations in 25 provinces. With increasing discontent over the faltering economy and protesters now chanting...
Protesters gathered in major European cities in solidarity with the ongoing demonstrations in Iran amid a communications blackout. Protests erupted in Tehran and across Iran two weeks ago over dire ec...
More than 1,000 people applied for test-free driving licences on Monday, with the 300 daily slots filled in about half an hour, after Hong Kong authorities moved the process online to tackle long queu...
Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an âunprecedentedâ hike in the use of capital punishment. âIt is very alarmi...
đ Key Facts â Gen Z is driving a nostalgia-fueled plush toy craze. â The trend links to delaying adulthood. â E...
International conflict is pushing some Americans to consider relocating abroad. Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images Some Americans are looking to move abroad amid global and domestic tensions, ...
đ Key Facts â Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a 60 Minutes segment about men deported to an El Salvador prison. â The...
The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another a...
Iranians living overseas rallied in London, Berlin, and other major cities on Saturday to protest the Islamic Republic and show solidarity with the mass demonstrations in Iran. Meanwhile, inside the c...
Inuit fear loss of language and traditions if Donald Trump succeeds in grabbing the vast Arctic island...
He was seen as a beacon of hope in Berlin city politics and wanted to bring law and order to the German capital, but after the scandal over his playing tennis while tens of thousands were without powe...
đ Key Facts â At least 70,669 Palestinians killed since October 2023 â 171,165 Palestinians wounded in the same period ...
Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's ousted shah, urged Iranian security forces and government employees on January 11 to join the swelling protest movement in the Islamic republic. But despite wa...
A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a full hearing about their dismissal, according to Bloomberg and IGN . After Ro...
In early December, Joshua Aaron, the developer behind the ICEBlock app - designed to let people alert others about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents - filed a federal la...
Economists and tax collectors might be underestimating its impact...