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A woman fleeing Afghanistan has given birth to a baby girl while on a flight to the United Kingdom. A Turkish Airlines flight said the 26-year-old woman identified as Soman Noori gave birth on Saturday August 28, after having contractions as the plane was midway between Dubai and Birmingham. With …

President Joe Biden says the US airlift from Kabul will continue despite a jihadist attack that killed over 90 people including 13 US service members. “We must complete this mission and we will,” he said. He also vowed to hunt down the perpetrators. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated …

A large explosion occurred outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul where the US military has been working to evacuate American citizens and at-risk Afghans, it was reported on Thursday. International broadcaster, Al Jazeera reported that the explosion went off outside the Kabul airport, where thousands of people have …

Kanye Omari West has filed legal documents in Los Angeles to formally change his name to Ye, TMZ reports. Kanye previously told Fast Company’s Mark Wilson in 2019 that he might temporarily change his name to “Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West” so that people “understand exactly what it is.” In 2018, the …

An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting …

A Ghanaian gay man and his foreign husband have gotten married in a lovely ceremony held in Germany. The couple, in a viral video, looked happy and fulfilled after their beautiful ceremony had been completed. They were accompanied by friends in the gay community. The two walked out of the …

At least five people are reported killed at Kabul airport as Afghans flee following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The Pentagon says all flights have now been halted after several incidents. The US is also sending another 1,000 troops to help with the evacuation. More than 60 countries have …

New Zealand has announced a snap lockdown after a man tested positive for Covid, the first case in six months. The case was detected in Auckland, which will be in lockdown for a week, while the rest of the country will be in lockdown for three days. Authorities say they …

Beyoncé, the R&B queen and multi-award-winning singer has announced that she is building a cannabis farm to obtain her own CBD. In an interview with U.S. magazine Harper’s Bazaar, Beyoncé talked about the benefits of CBD, the non-psychoactive chemical component of marijuana. “I discovered CBD on my last tour, and I’ve experienced …

Twenty-four members of the same family have died after consuming a suspected poisoned meal in northwestern Nigeria. The incident happened in Danzanke village – a remote community in the northwest Sokoto state. The state’s health commissioner, Ali Inname, told journalists that the family mistakenly used fertiliser chemical that looked like …