Ikramuddin Saree, a former police commander in Afghanistan's Takhar and Baghlan provinces under the pre-Taliban republic, was shot dead on the evening of December 24 outside his office in Tehran.

The Taliban have ordered dozens of people to be killed by stoning and four convicts to be executed by having walls collapsed onto them, exposing the scale of brutality under the regime. Figures ...

Pakistan recorded its deadliest year of violence in a decade, with gunfights, airstrikes, and suicide bombings marking much of 2025, as relations with neighboring Afghanistan deteriorated. The number ...

22:31, Wed, Dec 31, 2025 Updated: 22:33, Wed, Dec 31, 2025 The Taliban have ordered the stoning to death of dozens of people and the execution of others by collapsing walls onto them, as the brutal ...

As tensions simmer between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Islamabad is shifting from coercive diplomacy to managed escalation to bring the Taliban to heel. This deterioration is striking, given Islamabad’s ...

An early version of the famous Betty Boop character is now in the public domain. Credit: Zhe Ji / Contributor via Getty Images Entertainment Fans of the 1930s character Betty Boop can rejoice as a ...

When President Donald Trump weighed in after the Seattle mayoral election to brand the winner, Katie Wilson, a communist, it was yet another example of national politics intruding on local political ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

‘I don’t have a lot of hobbies’: Danny Smith leaves Steelers, but is coaching 51st straight year ...