Afghanistan’s gay community fears for their lives after Taliban takeover
instances of extreme violence directed at members of the LGBTQI+ community in Afghanistan’s, while LGBTQ Afghans say they fear for their lives now
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Teenager who died after falling from U.S. plane identified as Afghan national soccer player
A teenager from Afghanistan’s youth soccer team was one of the victims who fell from a U.S. C-17 military aircraft on Monday
Man sparks fury after asking mother at coffee shop to ‘breastfeed elsewhere’
A man has fiercely condemned on social media after revealing how he confronted a mother at a coffee shop who was breastfeeding her baby, he explained he was eating lunch when the woman walked in.
Soldier faces prison for serving cannabis cupcakes
He allegedly served cupcakes containing cannabis to his colleagues during a military exercise with live ammunition.
Swedish teen arrested after knife attack in school
Police said a 15-year-old boy was arrested for “attempted murder” after a school worker was seriously injured in a knife attack in Eslöv in the south of the country.
31-year-old woman accused of murdering 2-year-old boy after he was found injured in her home
A woman was charged with murdering a 2-year-old boy who died in the hospital after police found him critically injured in a home.
Daughter describes how Taliban beat her mother to death after she said she couldn’t cook for them
The woman was beaten to death, according to her daughter: “My mother told them, ‘I am poor, how can I cook for you,’ so the Taliban started beating her.”
Taliban violently disperse protest as Afghan president reappears in UAE
The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person as they quelled a rare public show of dissent. Meanwhile, the militant group met with former officials of the ousted Western-backed government.
Mother whose eyes were gouged out by Taliban claims women are ‘fed to dogs’
A mother who was tortured by the Taliban when she was two months pregnant has said she fears for the future of women as the militant group would “feed them to dogs.”
More than 600 people embarked on Air Force plane to flee Afghanistan
As the Taliban seized Afghanistan’s capital this weekend, a dramatic scene unfolded inside a U.S. military plane apparently filled beyond capacity with more than 600 people seeking to flee.
Single case of COVID sends New Zealand into lockdown in just a few hours
“Beating Delta means upping our game,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who announced that New Zealand would be under the strictest level of blockade after a single confirmed case of COVID-19.
Desperate Afghans try to board flights to escape Taliban
Crowds of Afghans desperate to flee the Taliban were filmed as they chased planes down the runway and some even clung to the wheels of a U.S. military plane.
Six people die in mass shooting in Plymouth, England
At least five people were killed and a suspect was found dead after Britain’s worst mass shooting in more than a decade occurred in Plymouth, southwest England, police said.
A roller coaster went off its track at a theme park in Scotland, injuring two children
A roller coaster went off its track at a theme park in the Scottish Highlands leaving two children injured and the passengers were reportedly taken to safety.
Man runs out of gym scared after ‘ghost’ drags him across the floor
In broad daylight in a gym in Colombia a man runs out in panic after a ghost dragged him across the floor while he began to do his routine exercises.
Russian helicopter crashes with 16 people on board
The Russian helicopter was carrying 13 tourists and three crew members. At least nine people survived, according to the local Ministry of Health.