Opinion | How China could shape future of the Middle East

Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, have exposed the fragility of the US-led international order and Western double standards like never before. It’s hard to understate the gravity of the situation, underscoring the need for urgent international intervention. Multiple Israeli scholars, human rights organisations and political leaders are publicly … Read more

Trump’s Washington crime crackdown has wokies howling while law-abiding approve – so isn’t it time we tried it here?

WHEN I recently landed Stateside, even my most right-on friends took me aside with hushed tones to warn which bits of town are strictly out of bounds. As a new arrival in Washington DC, I was immediately told to stay in my lane, never go to certain postcodes and never take the metro after sunset. … Read more

Bizarre! TikTok star gets teeth chipped on Delta’s business class, electric divider hit her face

Reality star Savannah Gowarty got her teeth chipped at Delta business class. (Photo: PYOK) Reality star Savannah Gowarty, a celebrity real estate agent who stars on Netflix’s Owning Manhattan, revealed she had a bizarre accident that involved her teeth getting chipped as she was traveling in the business class of a Delta flight from Lisbon … Read more

Flash floods kill more than 160 in Pakistan

At least 194 people have died in the last 24 hours in heavy monsoon floods and landslides in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Most of the deaths, 180, were recorded by disaster authorities in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan. At least 30 homes were destroyed and a rescue helicopter crashed during operations, killing … Read more

Kathryn Hahn on Going Big for ‘The Studio’ and “Chomping at the Bit” for More ‘Agatha All Along’

Kathryn Hahn is back in the Emmys hunt this year, nominated for her supporting turn as an overly on-trend marketing executive in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s comedy The Studio. It’s the kind of loud, big-swing comic performance that Hahn honed in the Adam McKay comedies of the 2000s, like Anchorman and Step Brothers—and then, … Read more

Sally Phillips interview: Bridget Jones and Austin star on her career and life as a mother of neurodivergent children

Sally Phillips was already feeling emotionally attached to the Austin script before she read it. The star of Bridget Jones’ Diary and ABC’s Austin was introduced to the idea of the TV series while “meeting Michael Theo himself on Zoom”. “And I was sold within five minutes,” she tells 9honey Celebrity, ”I mean, he’s so … Read more