Baghdad: In a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game enjoyed by Iraqis during Ramadan called “mheibes.”
“It’s a heritage game, the game of our ancestors, which…
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Iraqis find Ramadan joy in centuries-old ring game
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Are those abroad widening the class divide back home?
Danai Nesta KupembaBBC News
The Plug EntertainmentAfrobeats performances during holiday periods draw in big audiences with many from the diaspora Scenes playing out in Nigeria during holiday periods could be in a movie: emotional reunions at…
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Fear and anger as ‘battle for the soul of Romanian democracy’ looms
Sarah RainsfordEastern Europe correspondent
Reporting fromPoeni, Romania
BBC/Sarah RainsfordThe nationalist George Simion is polling strongly in Romania ahead of elections The Romanian village of Poeni has a couple of shops, a kebab grill and a pack…
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Readers share acts of strangers’ kindness
Family handoutAthena Rowley and her son Robert received unexpected gifts after going trick or treating Readers have told the BBC about strangers’ random acts of kindness, following research that found people underestimated the good intentions of…
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Ukraine fighter pilot’s wife’s hopes and fears ahead of ceasefire deal
Zhanna BezpiatchukBBC Ukraine
Maria SmerechanskaMaria’s life has been reduced to waiting for the next phone call from her husband – never knowing if it might be the last.
Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from…
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The man with a mind-reading chip in his brain, thanks to Elon Musk
Lara Lewington, Liv McMahon & Tom GerkenBBC News
BBCHaving a chip in your brain that can translate your thoughts into computer commands may sound like science fiction – but it is a reality for Noland Arbaugh.
In January 2024 – eight years after he…
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Turkish prosecutors demand Istanbul mayor Imamoglu to be jailed pending trial
ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have asked a court to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and four of his aides pending trial on terrorism and corruption charges, Imamoglu’s office said, as thousands of people across the nation protest what they…
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A life searching rows of unclaimed bodies for missing brothers and sons
Farhat JavedBBC Urdu
Reporting fromBalochistan
BBC/Farhat JavedSaira Baloch is among thousands of women in Balochistan seeking answers about men they say were forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s security forces Saira Baloch was 15 when she stepped…
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US strikes Hodeidah airport; Yemen launches drones at USS Harry S. Truman
The U.S. naval forces carried out three strikes on the Hodeidah airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city, and five strikes on the Majzar district in Yemen’s central province of Marib on Saturday night, the Ansarallah-run al-Masirah TV reported.
The…
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Military pressure will bring hostages back from Gaza, Netanyahu adviser says
JERUSALEM: The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement…Continue Reading