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    Under Taliban, thriving Afghan music scene heads to silence
    International

    Under Taliban, thriving Afghan music scene heads to silence

    Kabul, Sep 23: A month after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the music is going quiet. The last time the militant group ruled the country, in the late 1990s, it outright banned music. So far this time, the government set up by the Taliban hasn't taken that step officially. But already,...
    Shooting in Russian university leaves 8 dead, more wounded
    International

    Shooting in Russian university leaves 8 dead, more wounded

    Moscow, Sep 20: A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and others wounded, according to Russia's Investigative Committee. The gunman has been detained, the Interior Ministry said. The Perm State University press service said...
    The Latest: Islamic State militants claim attacks on Taliban
    International

    The Latest: Islamic State militants claim attacks on Taliban

    Cairo, Sep 20: The extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly bombings targeting Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan. The claim, published late Sunday on the militant group's media arm, the Aamaq news agency, signals a growing threat to the Taliban by...
    Taliban replace womens government ministry
    International

    Taliban replace women's government ministry

    Kabul, Sep 18: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have replaced the women's ministry with an all-male "vice and virtue ministry" tasked with enforcing the group's rigid interpretation of Islam. The move Saturday was the latest to harken back to the group's harsh 1990s rule that imposed deep...
    North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters
    International

    North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters

    Seoul, Sep 15: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea in defiance of UN resolutions, the second weapons test in several days that experts say shows it's pressing ahead with its arms build-up plans while nuclear diplomacy with the United States remains stalled. South Korea's Joint...
    Brazilian soccer great Pelé leaves intensive care
    Sports

    Brazilian soccer great Pelé leaves intensive care

    Sao Paulo, Sep 15: Retired Brazilian soccer star Pelé was moved out of intensive care as he continues to recover from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon. The 80-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento was in good clinical condition and will remain "from now on recovering in his room" at...
    South Korea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices
    Sci - Tech

    South Korea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices

    Seoul, Sep 14: South Korea's competition watchdog plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems, in what would be one of the country's biggest antitrust penalties ever. The announcement on...
    Met Gala returns in style with Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rihanna
    Entertainment

    Met Gala returns in style with Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rihanna

    New York, Sep 14: Billie Eilish went full glam in a huge peach ball gown at the pandemic-delayed Met Gala on Monday night, while fellow host of the evening Amanda Gorman was breathtaking in cobalt blue custom Vera Wang with a diamond laurel wreath in her hair. Rihanna, ever the Met Gala queen,...
    Once inmates, Taliban now in charge in a Kabul prison
    International

    Once inmates, Taliban now in charge in a Kabul prison

    Kabul, Sep 14: Once, Kabul's main prison was crowded with thousands of Taliban captured and arrested by the government. On Monday, a Taliban commander strolled through its empty halls and cell blocks, showing his friends where he had once been imprisoned. It was a sign of the sudden and startling...
    Pentagon chief: Al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan
    International

    Pentagon chief: Al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan

    Kuwait City, Sep 9: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaeda extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power. "That's the nature of...
    Myanmars shadow government calls for nationwide uprising
    International

    Myanmar's shadow government calls for nationwide uprising

    Bangkok, Sep 7: Myanmar's National Unity Government, an underground body coordinating resistance to the military regime, on Tuesday called for a nationwide uprising. The shadow government's acting president Duwa Lashi La called for revolt "in every village, town and city in the entire country at...
    Soldiers detain Guinea
    International

    Soldiers detain Guinea's president, dissolve government

    Conakry (Guinea), Sep 6: Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sunday after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved in an apparent coup...
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