Arab Cinema’s biggest Cannes yet? Regional filmmakers shine across major festival sections / Image: File The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival 2026 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years yet for Arab and Middle Eastern cinema. From Palestinian and Moroccan stories to Egyptian industry collaborations and Iranian auteurs competing for…
The Trump administration is pushing to expand hunting and fishing access across national parks, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas by rolling back several existing restrictions on federal land.In January, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed agencies under the US Department of the Interior to remove what he called “unnecessary regulatory or administrative barriers” to hunting and…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in “good health” and suffered only minor injuries during the February 28 strikes, senior Iranian officials said on Friday, dismissing mounting speculation over his condition and ability to govern.The officials insisted that Khamenei remains actively involved in state affairs and accused Iran’s enemies of spreading “rumours and false claims”…
In the quiet high desert of Oregon, a small discovery is once again reshaping how we think about early human life in North America. It is not a dramatic artefact or a famous skeleton. It is something far more fragile. A tiny stitched fragment of elk hide, preserved inside a cave for roughly 12,400 years,…
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has announced a new system to punish streamers who use viewbots to fake their viewer numbers. The platform said it has been working on this problem for a long time because many creators use outside services to make their streams look more popular than they really are. Twitch says this hurts…
Mason Hull, popularly known as “Hullo,” was reportedly released on bond after being charged with 15 counts related to possession of explicit material involving minors. JiDion shared alleged jail records online and criticized Hull’s release, calling him a “danger to society.” The YouTuber also warned Sarasota residents to “be careful.” Hull has not publicly addressed…
YouTuber Ethan Klein caught screenshotting Anisa Jomha’s Instagram Story during live poker event as clip explodes online (Tecquila_sunset__/reddit) Ethan Klein may have found himself in another online storm after a clip from a live poker event quickly spread across social media. During the twelfth edition of the Celebrity Poker Tour Invitational on May 7, 2026,…
Laura Loomer publicly attacked Candace Owens for allegedly spreading conspiracy theories about the death of Charlie Kirk and targeting his widow, Erika Kirk. Loomer called Owens a “modern-day cult leader” and accused her of “destroying innocent people’s lives.” Erika Kirk also pleaded with Owens to stop discussing her family. The feud has since escalated with…
Newly declassified FBI documents have detailed extraordinary witness accounts of small, suited figures exiting mysterious craft during a massive wave of sightings in the 1960s.The records were made public on Friday as part of a transparency initiative led by the Trump administration. Among the hundreds of files, photographs, and videos uploaded to the department of…
Indian-American businessman Debashis Ghosh to lose US citizenship over past fraud. Debashis Ghosh, a 62-year-old Indian-American businessman, is likely to lose his US citizenship as the Department of Justice moved to denaturalize him along with 11 other individuals. Ghosh committed wire fraud before and after he became a US citizen in 2012 and he was…
Former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent has claimed that the US intelligence community agreed before the Iran war that Tehran was not actively developing a nuclear weapon.In a post on X on Thursday, Kent said American intelligence agencies, including the CIA, had claimed before the conflict began that Iran was not building a nuclear…
A newly released Pentagon video has sparked fascination over UFOs after appearing to show a strange “eight-pointed star” moving across the sky.The infrared footage was published on Friday in the UFO-related government files ordered by US President Donald Trump. According to the documents, the clip was recorded in 2013 by US Central Command personnel using…
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine starting Saturday, expressing hope that the temporary truce could pave the way for a long-term agreement to end the war.The ceasefire, which will run from May 9 to May 11, will also include a mutual exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each…
Texas woman Kelly Smith posts an AI-generated photo to mock Indians and says her new name is Pria. A Texas woman who claims to be running for the Texas governor election stoked some fresh anti-India sentiments as she ‘decided to become an Indian’ as all Indians, she said, have been claiming to be just as…
James Watson (Image: Wikipedia) Science is often viewed as a world of complex theories, difficult equations and highly technical discoveries. Yet many of the greatest breakthroughs in history started with a surprisingly simple idea. This approach is neatly summed up in a single quote from James Watson, who said, “Worrying about complications before ruling out…
Queen Victoria (Image: Wikipedia) History remembers rulers often for their wars, their political reforms, their royal ceremonies and their powerful speeches. But sometimes one quiet sentence can tell you more about a person than years of official records. One such moment came from Queen Victoria, who, upon becoming queen, reportedly said, “Then, dear Mamma, I…
A Reddit user shares why despite having H-1B in the US, life is not fulfilling. Getting an H-1B visa is a dream come true for many in the US as the work visa gives a foothold for some years but a Redditor who has it all shared how he has started questioning whether the fight…
A growing number of immigrants in US are abandoning their legal cases and choosing to leave the country, many while held in detention centres. This comes as voluntary departures are on a surge under Trump administration.Court data obtained by the Vera Institute of Justice shows that immigration judges issued more than 80,000 “voluntary departure” orders…
Rico Gedel allegedly stabbed former Welsh singer Ian Watkins to death in HMP Wakefield with a homemade blade, boasting about his “fame” afterward. Prosecutors claim Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth planned the attack, with CCTV showing Gedel entering Watkins’ cell shortly before the stabbing. Watkins, serving time for child sex offenses, had faced prior threats. Jurors…
MV Hondius visited world’s remotest island Tristan de Cunha and one passenger, a British national, is believed to be infected. Amid worldwide scare over Hanta virus, it has now emerged that a passenger from the infected MV Hondius visited a school on the world’s remotest island, Tristan da Cunha, colloquially known as Tristan. It is…
