Washington’s former envoy to Kabul says an American citizen has been released by the Taliban government after being held for two months. Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as the US special representative for Afghanistan from 2018-2021, said on the social media platform X that Faye Hall will “soon be heading home” after she was arrested by…
A French tourist detained by Iranian authorities for more than two years has been released and returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Olivier Grondeau, 34, is “free” and with his family, Macron wrote on X on Thursday, adding: “We share his family’s immense happiness and relief.” Mr Grondeau was arrested in southern Iran…
Dolly Parton offered an emotional tribute to her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, who died earlier this week. The legendary country artist released a new song titled, If You Hadn’t Been There, in an Instagram post on Friday. “I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old,” Parton wrote. “We have…
Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after days of fears over the future of the ceasefire. They are Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn, and US-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen. Israel has said it will resume bombing if the three are not…
Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 1, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Bank shares rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve released parameters for its annual industry stress test showing smaller hypothetical shocks to the U.S. economy than in previous…
Cuba has started to release the first of hundreds of prisoners it agreed to free following a deal with the United States. Under the agreement brokered by the Catholic Church, President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism just days before his term ends. In return, the Cuban government…
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell…
Exactly 10 years after the jihadist gun-attack that killed most of its editorial staff, France’s Charlie Hebdo has put out a special issue to show its cause is still kicking. Things changed for France on 7 January 2015, marking in bloodshed the end of all wilful naivety about the threat of militant Islamism. Brothers Said…
Hamas has posted a video showing a 19-year-old Israeli captive, as indirect talks between the group and Israel on a ceasefire and hostage release deal resume in Qatar. The footage shows Liri Albag calling for the Israeli government to reach a deal. She was taken hostage along with six other female conscript soldiers at the…
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) released a notice regarding the Assistance of Scribe to PwD/ PwBD Candidates or SSC’s Scribe Procedure on the official website. A candidate applying for an examination cannot act as a scribe for another candidate in the same examination. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image) For Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBDs), the commission…
