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The Taliban Government in Afghanistan has set out a new decree ordering barbers and barbershops to refrain from shaving or trimming customers’ beards, citing that it is forbidden in Islam. The decree was contained in a copy of the instructions signed by the extremist Minister Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Haqqani, for …

  Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said that women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to …

Meghan Markle is the smartest member of the UK Royal family, according to a new study. The research, by international education provider Oxford Royale, analysed QS World University Rankings on everything from academic reputation to faculty-to-student ratio for the institutions attended by key members of the Royal Family, Experts claim this …

Two hippopotamuses, Imani, aged 14, and Hermien, 41, have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo in Belgium. They have no symptoms apart from runny noses, but the zoo said they had been put in quarantine as a precaution. “To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. …

US vice president Kamala Harris will serve as acting president while President Joe Biden is under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, the White House has said. “As was the case when President George W Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in …

The United States government has removed Nigeria from its list of religious freedom violators, while blacklisting Russia, China and eight others “as Countries of Particular Concern for having engaged in or tolerated ‘systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom.” US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made this known on …

The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, says the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria.   Terrorists who tried to overthrow me are in Nigeria – Turkey President Erdogan said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with the President …

Queen Elizabeth will not step down as monarch despite concerns over her health after she was recently pictured using a walking stick for the first time in 20 years. The Queen turned 95 on April 2021. Her husband Prince Philip died at the age of 99 in April, days before …

Emerging reports suggests that the Director General at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is growing frustrated with the workings of the organization and is considering the idea of resigning if no headway can be found on critical issues, just seven months into her four-year tenure.   Bloomberg …

Former US President Donald Trump has disclosed that he’d like to beat up his predecessor Joe Biden in a boxing match. Trump made the disclosure about who he’d like to face in the ring during a promotional event for a boxing match between Evander Holyfield , 58, and Vitor Belfort, …