Afghanistan back in Dark Ages as Taliban orders executions under collapsing walls
The Taliban have increased their use of corporal punishment, with public floggings and executions on the rise.
Month: January 2026
Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living
PM to highlight energy bill and interest rate cuts, plus end to two-child benefit cap, and to invite his MPs to ChequersKeir Starmer will attempt to rescue his relationship with disillusioned voters and his own fractious MPs in a new year push to reduc…
Latest Seahawks injury updates on Rashid Shaheed, Charles Cross
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald gave injury updates on Rashid Shaheed, Charles Cross and Josh Jones among others.
Iranian protesters attempt to break in to government building – The protests over a plummeting currency and spiralling inflation are Iran’s biggest since 2022, reaching their fourth day on 31 December.
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Trump backs away from deploying national guard in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
Decision comes after DoJ stopped contesting California court’s ruling to return control of guard to state’s governorDonald Trump has staged a sudden climbdown from his attempts to impose federal troops in law enforcement roles on Democratic-run cities,…
Disney World worker injured trying to stop runaway boulder at Indiana Jones show
Another worker stopped the boulder before it reached spectators.
Contested Horizons in Post-Ba’ath Syria
Syrian politics today looks like a frontline of totalising projects competing to own the future in the name of the nation, the revolution, or the country.
Mass protests sweep Somalia after Israel recognizes breakaway Somaliland
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Trump drops National Guard deployment plans in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
US President Donald Trump has stepped back from plans to deploy National Guard troops in several large, Democrat-led US cities, he announced on Wednesday. The decision underscores the legal and political limits he has faced in using the military to su…
Disney World worker is injured trying to stop runaway boulder at Indiana Jones show
A Walt Disney World worker in Florida was injured while trying to stop a runaway prop boulder during the park’s Indiana Jones live show.