Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World ...

Iran and Egypt have filed formal protests with FIFA after Seattle designated their upcoming game at the 2026 World Cup as a “Pride Match” to align with the city’s annual Pride weekend. The group-stage ...

Iran’s football boss has labelled World Cup game chosen by organisers as an LGBTQ ‘Pride Match’ as an ‘irrational move’.

Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh reveal the origins behind the Oscar hopeful, which tells a deeply emotional story in a ...

Filmed in shimmering black-and-white, Two People Exchanging Saliva is, in some ways, a valentine to the Hollywood and ...

A PERVERT undertaker sexually assaulted an 18-year-old colleague while she was looking after a dead body. James Jarvie, 63, ...

When the furiously up-tempo chorus of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now explodes into your ears, something remarkable happens. Your ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance. The eyes turned towards her in Tehran's renowned ...

TEHRAN, Iran — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main worry.

The #MeToo movement may have faded from the news, but its influence still reverberates in the literary world. Recent years have seen a handful of authors reassessing relationships between young women ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. On a busy sidewalk outside a café, a group of young people, many of them women, bob their heads to the beat of “Seven Nation Army,” by the White Stripes. Huddled ...

Bill Condon, left, Jennifer Lopez and Tonatiuh attend a special screening of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" at The Shed on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Bill ...