For Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters, his appointment as Malaysia’s new prime minister has been a long time coming. The 75-year-old opposition leader secured the Southeast Asian country’s top job on Thursday after his king intervened in the political impasse that followed last weekend’s inconclusive general election and named him the country’s 10th prime minister. It was … Read more
The mother of Quinton Simon, the 20-month-old Georgia boy who vanished last month, has been charged with his disappearance and murder, police announced Monday. “We are deeply saddened by this case, but we are thankful that we are one step closer to justice for little Quinton,” the Chatham County Police Department tweetedin announcing the arrest … Read more
Actor Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger in the 1990s, is believed to have committed suicide at the age of 49. According to his representative, Justine Hunt, Frank died in Texas. He was a longtime resident of Houston. ‘Please respect the privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time as … Read more
Photos released by North Korean news agency are first official confirmation of the existence of Kim Jong Un’s daughter. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented his daughter to the world for the first time in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand inspecting the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). North’s official Korean … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani government has banned the film Joyland, which was the South Asian nation’s official entry for the Oscars, for containing “highly objectionable material”, with the controversy triggering social media debate on the issue of censorship. The film, which portrays a love affair between a man and a transgender woman, has won … Read more
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis claims he’s ‘financially decimated’ after being ordered on Monday to pay an additional $2.5million in damages in a rape lawsuit. It brings the total to $10 million for the pain and suffering a woman went through who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago. Jurors decided on the additional, … Read more
Turkish police have arrested 46 people over the explosion in central Istanbul that left at least eight people dead and 81 others injured, Istanbul police have said. Interior minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters on Monday that the suspects included “person who left the bomb that caused the explosion” on a busy thoroughfare in Turkey’s largest … Read more
Kristina Hirsch, 63, is suing Warren Beatty over allegations he groomed her for sex in 1973 when she was 14 and he was 36 The woman who is suing Hollywood legend Warren Beatty for allegedly raping her when she was just 14 says she believed the relationship between the actor in his mid-30s and the … Read more
One of the women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault described his penis as “disgusting” and said in court Monday it looked like it “had been chopped off and sewn back on.” “I didn’t really see a full sack, I literally just saw a penis,” the accuser — known to the court as Jane Doe … Read more
‘Hot take: not everything AOC says is 100% accurate’: Elon Musk calls AOC a liar – after she claimed he had limited his Twitter account – as he replies to Mark Ruffalo who told him to ‘get off Twitter’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 33, criticized Musk, 51, for ‘selling people on the idea that “free speech” is … Read more