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Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says
The Taliban’s morality police have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles, and others for missing prayers at mosques during Ramadan, a U.N. report said Thursday, 6 months after laws ...
Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson
New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday. Coming off a 2024 ...
WMU gets ready to play in first ever Frozen Four
The Broncos will play fellow NCHC foe Denver in the national semifinals on Thursday. (April 10, 2025) The Broncos will play fellow NCHC foe Denver in the national semifinals on Thursday. (April 10, ...
US-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina is released in prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington
A U.S.-Russian dual national jailed in Russia on treason charges was freed Thursday in a prisoner exchange with Washington, ...
WEATHER AWARE: Beautiful day ahead then thunderstorms arrive late tonight
Good Thursday morning! Another clear and cool start to the day with temperatures falling into the 40s across the region. The day ahead will be sunny and pleasant with ...
EU chief welcomes Trump’s tariff pause but is quiet about the bloc’s own retaliatory duty plan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily halt ...
2 leading Turkish journalists are detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work
Two of Turkey’s leading journalists were detained Thursday on what their newspapers said were false charges stemming from their work. Writers Timur Soykan of BirGun and ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...
Defense chiefs from around 30 countries expected at NATO for talks on a future Ukraine force
Britain and France are convening a meeting of defense ministers from around 30 countries on Thursday to press ahead with ...
China reaches out to others as Trump layers on tariffs
China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on more tariffs, in what appears to be an attempt by Beijing to ...
Hope of finding survivors fades in aftermath of Dominican club roof collapse
Rescue crews in the Dominican Republic on Thursday dug through the remains of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed earlier this week, killing at ...
Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill
After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the night to satisfy GOP ...