When My Hips Learned to Speak Arabic

I never thought my hips would become storytellers. In a quiet studio in Bangsar, with the faint scent of oud incense in the air and the rhythmic heartbeat of the tabla echoing through the floor, I found myself swaying, undulating, unlocking and locking muscles I never knew I could command. I am a Malaysian girl…

When My Hips Learned to Speak Arabic

Gunmen storm a Nigerian school and kidnap students during exams, police say

ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen attacked and kidnapped students taking secondary school examinations in conflict-battered Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, police said Monday. The attack happened Monday morning at the Lassa Day Secondary School in the Askira-Uba area of Borno. Police spokesman Nahum Daso told The Associated Press that hours after the attack 10 people were…

Gunmen storm a Nigerian school and kidnap students during exams, police say

Trump Says Dept. of Interior Will Build Golf Course in D.C.

Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump has diverted a significant chunk of government resources toward the supposed beautification of the nation’s capital. He “fixed” fountains,  gilded statues in his favorite shade of gold, and planned self-aggrandizing monuments. Now, with the semiquincentennial only a few days away, it’s clear the president’s year of lavish renovation…

Trump Says Dept. of Interior Will Build Golf Course in D.C.

Delcy Rodríguez’s Venezuela is in such dire straits she can’t afford to reject aid from either friends or foes

Four hours after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela’s northern coast and the capital of Caracas, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced on X that he had offered aid to the Venezuelan government to help deal with the aftermath of the tragedy. Ninety minutes later, Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez retweeted the message from the…

Delcy Rodríguez’s Venezuela is in such dire straits she can’t afford to reject aid from either friends or foes