Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that the Shawwal moon had been sighted, and Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated today (March 30), according to Arab media reports. Reports indicate that the moon-sighting committee convened after Maghrib prayers and confirmed the sighting of the new moon, marking the end of Ramadan after 29 days of fasting. An official statement from the Royal Court confirmed that today, Saturday, is the last day of Ramadan, and tomorrow, Sunday, will be celebrated as Eid al-Fitr across the Kingdom. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has also announced that Sunday, March 30, 2025, will be the…
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In the hours following a massive earthquake that flattened buildings in Myanmar’s Mandalay on Friday, survivors desperately sifted through the debris with their bare hands in attempts to rescue those still trapped. Lacking heavy machinery and with authorities largely absent, residents and rescue workers in the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city told Reuters they were struggling to extract survivors crying out for help. Htet Min Oo, 25, narrowly survived after a brick wall collapsed on him, trapping half his body. He reported that his grandmother and two uncles remained buried under the rubble of a building, which he tried in…
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to protest the imprisonment of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a leading rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, marking the largest demonstrations Turkey has witnessed in over a decade. Following Imamoglu’s detention last week and subsequent jailing pending trial on graft charges, hundreds of thousands across the nation have responded to opposition calls by taking to the streets. While protests have remained largely peaceful, nearly 2,000 individuals have been detained. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), along with other opposition parties, human rights organizations, and Western nations, have denounced the case against…
Exhausted and overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar’s second-largest city pleaded for help on Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds of people trapped in buildings destroyed by a devastating earthquake. Friday’s shallow 7.7-magnitude quake demolished dozens of buildings in Mandalay, the country’s cultural capital and home to over 1.7 million residents. On one street, a monastery’s clock tower lay collapsed on its side, its hands frozen at 12:55 pm — just minutes after the quake struck. Among the worst-hit structures in the city is the Sky Villa Condominium development, where more than 90 people are feared trapped. The quake reduced the…
A woman has been successfully rescued alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay, 30 hours after a devastating earthquake struck Myanmar, leaving fears of dozens trapped beneath the debris. Rescuers were met with applause as 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing was brought out of the Sky Villa Condominium and carefully removed from the rubble on a stretcher. Her husband, Ye Aung, who had been anxiously awaiting news, embraced her as she was lowered on the stretcher. “Initially, I didn’t believe she would be alive,” Ye Aung told AFP while waiting for his wife to be recovered. “I…
Christine Taylor has credited her portrayal of Marcia Brady in ‘The Brady Bunch Movie’ for helping her secure a role in the 1996 horror film ‘The Craft.’ In an interview with People Magazine, Christine explained that while Marcia wasn’t a villain, she possessed a “little villainess” side that aided her in playing a villain in ‘The Craft.’ She stated, “I did The Craft fairly soon after I had done The Brady Bunch Movie, and Marcia, in a way, is her own little villainess.” “Though she’s not overtly a villain in The Brady Bunch, I felt like there were little bits…
Dame Helen Mirren, the Oscar-winning actress, 79, is not a fan of the James Bond film franchise. She is set to co-star with former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan in the upcoming crime series “MobLand.” Mirren clarified that while she admires Brosnan, she cannot ignore the “sexism” present in the 007 films. “I have to say I was never a great fan [of Bond]. I’m a huge fan of Pierce Brosnan, I mean a massive fan… And indeed Daniel Craig, whom I’ve met and know a little bit,” Mirren told The Standard. She continued, “The entire James Bond series, it was…
The final season of ‘The Boys’ is currently in development, and its creator, Eric Kripke, has shared the latest progress on social media. On X, Kripke responded to a fan’s inquiry regarding the progress of the final season. He tweeted, “Season 5 is halfway through shooting. #VoughtRising writers’ room is crafting brilliant scripts, and new super suits are being designed. It’s all happening #TheBoys.” Previously, Kripke acknowledged the series’ evolution into a political show. “Look, I think ‘The Boys,’ for better or worse, is a political show at this point. I think season four was political.” He further told Forbes,…
Meghan Markle, who married Prince Harry in 2018, is facing criticism for complaints she made prior to her 2017 Vanity Fair interview. The Duchess of Sussex reportedly asked former editor Graydon Carter to avoid making her then-boyfriend, Prince Harry, the primary focus of the cover story. Now, former royal photographer Arthur Edwards argues that Meghan should have been grateful for the spotlight she received. Speaking to The Sun, Edwards stated: “She had nothing to complain about. “She received excellent publicity, and she was relatively unknown. “I had never heard of her when I first learned of her connection to Harry.…
Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ has generated a significant backlash on social media due to its sensitive social themes. Among those reacting is Elon Musk, who amplified a post on X accusing the show’s co-creator, Jack Thorne, of “anti-white propaganda.” The post alleged that the creator “race-swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy, and the story portrays him as being radicalized online by the red pill movement.” Musk, addressing his nearly 220 million followers, simply wrote “Wow” under the post. Thorne, in response, stated on The News Agents podcast, “We’re not making a point about race with this.…
