When King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in the Sistine Chapel this week to pray alongside Pope Leo XIV, it won’t just be a royal photo-op — it will be the closest Britain has come to healing a five-century-old religious rift born of politics, power, and love. The Big Picture For the first time…
Taptap Send, a popular UAE remittance app, has temporarily paused transfers for a system upgrade, leaving expats worried before payday/ Image: X Taptap Send, a mobile remittance platform popular among UAE expatriates, has temporarily paused its services for a system upgrade. The app, which allows users to send money abroad at no cost, has reportedly…
Oregon democrat Senator Jeff Merkley delivered a nearly 23-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor from Tuesday into late Wednesday, one of the longest recorded in recent years. He used the speech to criticise US President Donald Trump‘s policies, calling him an authoritarian for using the military in Merkley’s hometown of Portland and prosecuting political…
At some point in late July, Barack Obama picked up the phone and decided to do the very thing Barack Obama once promised never to do. According to a report in Washington Post, the former president called Eric Holder. They’d been pacing in moral circles for days, torn between the democracy they’d idealised and the…
Six people were killed and at least 36 were injured overnight on Wednesday in a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, according to authorities. The strikes targeted a kindergarten, power plants, and other locations. In Kyiv, two people were killed and 21 others were injured, while four died in the Brovarsky district of Kyiv…
Gold Prices Plunge Sharply in UAE After Diwali, Offering Buyers a Breather Dubai: Gold prices in the UAE have experienced a significant correction following recent historic highs, providing welcome relief to buyers after months of record-breaking surges post Diwali 2025. The tumbled rates in the wake of Diwali is creating a buzz among buyers looking…
In a recent parliamentary session, Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage drew attention to the racial and sexual abuse suffered by victims of grooming gangs in towns such as Dewsbury and Rotherham. Citing witness testimony from one of the convicted cases, she said perpetrators had openly expressed racial hatred during assaults, using crude and violent language to…
Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan appointed as Saudi Arabia’s new Grand Mufti by royal decree/Image: X Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan as its new Grand Mufti, the highest religious position in the Kingdom, succeeding the late Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh who passed away in September. This appointment by…
DHAKA: Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sent 15 serving army officers to jail to face trial on charges of enforced disappearances, murders and custodial tortures during former PM Sheikh Hasina’s tenure. The officers were taken into custody by the army on Oct 11 after a special tribunal ordered their arrest in cases of…
Image Via Taylor Lorenz’s Instagram TikTok and Twitch journalist Taylor Lorenz has sparked discussion over safety at TwitchCon after defending the convention’s security measures. Her comments came following viral footage showing streamer Emiru being inappropriately touched by an attendee, which raised widespread concern about creator safety. Lorenz acknowledged the incident as unacceptable but argued it…