Dua Lipa took to social media to share the exact moment when she was informed about her six Grammy nominations in 2020. The post in question features a video where the singer can be seen sitting on the edge of her couch with her phone in hand, screaming “You’re [expletive] joking me.” The singer couldn’t even believe the news herself, …

Miley Cyrus has always been an open book and just recently, the singer chose to dive deep into her motivation behind choosing a life of sobriety. She explained to Apple Music’s New Music Daily, “A fear of death is instinctual… 27 to me was a year that I really had to protect myself. That actually really made me want to get sober …

Roadside bombs exploded in central Afghanistan on Tuesday killing at least 13 civilians and a traffic policeman, officials said, even as government negotiators and the Taliban meet to try to end decades of war. Tariq Arian, spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, said 45 people were also wounded in a late afternoon blast in Bamiyan city in Bamiyan province. Several shops …

Lower-caste Dalit women in northern India are targeted for rape by upper-caste men who usually escape justice as survivors bow to pressure to drop their cases, researchers found in a study released on Wednesday. Only 10 per cent of 40 rape cases involving Dalit women and girls in Haryana state ended with the conviction of all those charged, and these …

PARIS: Airline revenues this year will plunge by 60 per cent as a result of the coronavirus pandemic which threatens the survival of the industry, the International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday. “The Covid-19 crisis threatens the survival of the air transport industry,” with 2020 likely to go down in history as its worst year ever, IATA said. It …

The Grammy nominations are out and like always, there are some who are over joyous and others who are bitter about being ignored! Here’s everything you need to know about the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles on January 31, hosted by Trevor Noah: All hail Queen B Beyoncé leads the Grammy Award nominations with …

PARIS: French authorities on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the forceful removal by police of a camp of migrants in central Paris that prompted outrage over the “brutal” tactics used. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said he had agreed to a proposal by the Paris police chief to immediately refer the issue to the National Police Inspectorate General (IGPN), which investigates …

ADDISABABA: Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights watchdog accused a Tigrayan youth group on Tuesday of killing hundreds of civilians as federal and local forces both claimed advances in a three-week war in the country’s mountainous north. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said enemy soldiers were surrendering as it advanced towards the regional capital, but the Tigrayans reported they were resisting and had …

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has approved legislation in the country’s most populous state that lays out a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion. The decree for the state of Uttar Pradesh was passed on Tuesday and follows a campaign by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s …

BANGKOK: Thai police on Tuesday summoned seven leaders of anti-government protests to face charges of insulting the monarchy, a day before a planned demonstration to demand that the king give up control of the royal fortune, a police source and a rights group said. It will be the first time such charges have been brought under so-called lese majeste laws …