Malaysians celebrate Anwar Ibrahim’s rise to prime minister | Politics News

Malaysians celebrate Anwar Ibrahim's rise to prime minister |  Politics News

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

Leilani Simon, mom of missing Georgia toddler Quinton Simon, charged with murder

Leilani Simon, mom of missing Georgia toddler Quinton Simon, charged with murder

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

Green Power Ranger dead at 49, actor Jason David Frank who played super hero ‘dies from suicide’

Jason David Frank (second from right) was best known for his portrayal of the Green Power Ranger, though he would go on to portray Rangers of a number of colors, including white

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

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reveals daughter at missile launch | Nuclear Weapons News

North Korea's Kim Jong Un reveals daughter at missile launch |  Nuclear Weapons News

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

Pakistan bans its official Oscar entry Joyland | Arts and Culture News

Pakistan bans its official Oscar entry Joyland |  Arts and Culture News

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

Director Paul Haggis claims he’s ‘financially decimated’ and can’t afford to pay $10M to publicist

Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis has been ordered to pay an additional $2.5million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10million dollars

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 arrest 46 people over Istanbul explosion | News

Turkish police arrest 46 people over Istanbul explosion |  News

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

Harvey Weinstein’s penis looked like it ‘had been chopped off, sewn back on’: accuse

Harvey Weinstein's penis looked like it 'had been chopped off, sewn back on': accuse

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

Elon Musk slams Mark Ruffalo on Twitter, tells him ‘not everything AOC says is 100 percent accurate’

Elon Musk slams Mark Ruffalo on Twitter, tells him 'not everything AOC says is 100 percent accurate'

‘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