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Weapons of war have increasingly found their way into the arsenals of domestic police forces.Few people know that better than protesters in Bangladesh. During the 2024 student uprising, the UN estimates that as many as 1,400 people were killed – the vast majority of them by firearms used by state security forces.But over the past few decades, police forces in wealthier parts of the world have also come to look and act more like armies. Leading the way has been the United States, where military tools and methods developed for faraway conflicts have found their way back home, onto the…

new video loaded: How Russia Is Distracting Citizens From the WarBy Ivan Nechepurenko, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Melanie Bencosme and Stephanie Swart•August 30, 2025Moscow is hosting a big summer festival as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. Katrin Bennhold, a senior international reporter for The New York Times, talks with Ivan Nechepurenko, a Times reporter in Russia, about the spectacle and what it says about Russian public opinion more than three and a half years into the war.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the Reporting

To leave or not to leave. That’s the question. Writer and director Amir Azizi (Two Dogs, Temporary) follows a young man in Tehran, Iran on the verge of emigrating in his latest feature, Inside Amir. “Amid scattered memories, unfinished conversations, and slow-moving days, he faces a decision he hasn’t fully made yet: to leave or to stay,” reads a synopsis for the movie. “The only thing he refuses to part with is his bicycle – a companion through the city’s streets and a symbol of his past.” And it highlights: “As his departure to join Tara, his girlfriend now in…

The country’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko confirmed that visitors from outside the African continent would now be required to pay their visa application fees online in advance. In his address, Prime Minister Sonko stated that the country is expected to generate an estimated 60 billion CFA francs in revenue from the e-visa fees. According to Sputnik Afrique, the reform was introduced as part of ongoing efforts to modernise and secure the country’s migration infrastructure. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Officials stated that the measure would strengthen administrative security, limit potential abuse, and simplify procedures for…

Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025Divided foreign ministers from the European Union are tussling over what action to take over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza after the bloc’s humanitarian aid chief called on them to “find a strong voice that reflects our values and principles” amid Israeli death, destruction and man-made starvation across the besieged enclave.Ministers from the EU’s 27 member countries have gathered to discuss the war at a meeting in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, on Saturday.They will also discuss a proposal to suspend EU funding to Israeli start-ups as initial punitive action. The bloc has so far failed…

And, after several “candid conversations”, they leave with “a very strong sense of confidence and satisfaction” that the Games – to be held from 23 July to 2 August 2026 – will be a success.”People might expect something like Glasgow 2014, but we have to manage those expectations,” CoCom chair Chris Chan told BBC Sport Scotland.”This Games will be lean and mean, short and sweet. “We need to send a message to Commonwealth nations and athletes that there’s still the wow factor that we had in 2014. And after sitting down with the organising committee, I’m totally convinced they’ve got…

Apple has officially set a date for its iPhone September event, which is due to take place on September 9. This year’s launch will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California. The company is expected to unveil the iPhone 17 range, which for the first time will include the iPhone 17 Air—though that name could change—Apple’s thinnest and lightest iPhone to date. We’re also expecting the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the AirPods Pro 3.The invitations included the tagline “Awe dropping,” along with the Apple logo in shades of blue…

Mogadishu, Somalia — Fresh airstrikes have targeted suspected Al-Shabaab hideouts in central Somalia near the border of the Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle regions, security sources said on Friday. The strikes, reportedly carried out by international partners supporting the Somali government, were conducted in coordination with the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), the sources said. The aerial operation struck militant positions in Hareeri Culusoow, Mareeg Caraale, and surrounding villages–areas believed to house Al-Shabaab fighters and command centers. These locations lie close to Masagaway town in the Galgaduud region. According to preliminary intelligence, the operation aimed to preempt a planned…

If you watched Ken Burns’ 16-hour “Country Music” documentary when it came out in 2019, you might’ve been wishing that every legend whose life flashed by too fast could get his or her own breakout, but Merle Haggard most of all. The singer-songwriter, who died in 2014, could frankly use a little help on the immortality front, especially if there’s a danger of the novelty song “Okie From Muskogee” becoming the one tune he’s remembered by … a fate that might be slightly worse than total cultural erasure. Thankfully, he’s found that posthumous benefactor he needed in Ethan Hawke, whose…

Angie Smith said she has asked brides if they are using slimming jabs after a trend emerged this year.