Dusty Hill — the long-serving bassist of American rock-blues band ZZ Top — has died at the age of 72, his fellow band members announced on Facebook Wednesday. No cause of death was cited for Hill, who played bass for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers from Texas for more than 50 years. “We are saddened by the news …

American actor Angelina Jolie clinched victory in her custody case with ex-husband Brad Pitt. However, the legal battle has a long way to go before it could conclude. As per Los Angeles divorce attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan claims that there are a lot more moves left to be made in the case. In a chat with Us Weekly, Kaplan that the …

LOS ANGELES: A YouTuber famous for making “deepfakes” of scenes from iconic film and television shows including “Star Wars” has landed a job at Lucasfilm after wowing bosses at the Disney-owned company. The digital artist known only as “Shamook” is famous online for using cutting-edge technology to seamlessly map the faces of famous stars onto other actors’ bodies. Popular videos …

Jungle Cruise, Disney’s new nostalgia-soaked adventure film based on a 1950s theme park ride, has an unexpectedly modern twist — one of its main characters comes out as gay. A scene in which Jack Whitehall’s character discusses his sexuality with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Amazon boat captain, though far from ground-breaking by modern cinema terms, is a departure for the …

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan cannot be held “responsible” for the actions of the Taliban in the aftermath of US and its allies’ ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan, adding that his government is not a spokesperson for the militant group. “What the Taliban are doing or aren’t doing has nothing to do with us. We are not responsible, …

MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday it was beefing up the combat capabilities of its military base in Tajikistan and training local soldiers, as Moscow warned that fighters of the militant Islamic State group were moving into neighbouring Afghanistan. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was in Tajikistan on Wednesday for talks, said the security situation had rapidly deteriorated in Afghanistan …

NEW DELHI: Afgha­nistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban take control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, as a top-level delegation from the insurgent group visited China to assure officials of their international obligations. “An Afghanistan that does not respect the rights of its people, an Afgh­anistan that commits atro­cities against its own …

The top diplomats of India and the United States pledged on Wednesday to expand their multilateral security partnership, underscoring the deepening of ties between the two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met in New Delhi and sought to strengthen a regional front against Beijing’s …

Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday called the US “stubborn” in stalled nuclear talks in Vienna for discussing Tehran’s missiles and regional influence, likely signalling challenges ahead in efforts to revive its tattered atomic accord with world powers. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks come as his hard-line protege, President-elect Ebrahim Raisi, is poised to be sworn in next week as the head of …

KABUL: Like thousands of his compatriots, Abdel Khalid Nabyar waited outside Afghanistan’s main passport office to apply for the precious travel document that would allow him to leave the war-torn nation. With the Taliban making huge advances in the countryside as foreign forces wind up their withdrawal, many Afghans — those with the means, at least — are looking for …