The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home

Trumpeter fled Afghanistan after the Taliban, who prohibit music, regained power. He's seeking asylum in the U.S. along with other refugees ...

Jam session: Why a train or a church may be the hottest new music venue

DJs on trains, gigs in elevators, concerts inside churches, raves at cafés. Don’t be alarmed. Music venues are enjoying a bit of a stretch ...
Louder

Wolfgang Van Halen comes of age on Mammoth's thundering third album The End

Admittedly, the family genes and reputation helped, but he’s been standing on his own two feet since his 2021 album Mammoth ...

A Popular Afghan Singer Challenges the Taliban With Song

After living for decades in exile, chased by war and religious bans, Naghma persists in singing to her people.
Hindustan Times

YouTube down: Google's video and music streaming services face widespread outages

YouTube and YouTube Music face massive outages in the U.S., with more than 200,000 users reporting issues Wednesday afternoon. YouTube is down for thousands of users in the United States on Wednesday ...
Louder

"For a song about facing death it's remarkably joyous": Former world snooker champion and modular synth player Steve Davis picks 10 favourite experimental mu…

Six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis and former BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Steve Davis has put his cueing arm ...
Mint

Afghan FM Muttaqi’s Agra visit cancelled; Taliban leader calls presser again, this time inviting women journalists

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s Agra visit, scheduled for Sunday 12 October, has been cancelled. Further, following much uproar, the Afghan FM has reportedly called a fresh press meet ...
Al Jazeera English

Pakistani, Afghan forces exchange deadly border fire: What’s next?

Pakistani and Afghan forces have exchanged deadly fire at multiple locations along their border, and the two sides claim to have captured and destroyed border posts in one of the worst border clashes ...
Reuters

Firefights erupt between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border

ISLAMABAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, with the Afghan Taliban attacking Pakistani posts, according to security officials from both ...
9to5google

YouTube Music rolls out new icon set with cartoony thumbs up [U]

The YouTube family of apps have their own design language, and the latest change is an updated icon set that is widely rolling out to YouTube Music. Update 10/23: Last week, YouTube officially ...
The News International

Pakistan Army’s counterstrike decimates Afghan border posts, troops

RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Saturday night launched a fierce counterattack after the Afghan army fired across the border, obliterating multiple posts and cutting through Kabul’s troops and ...
Mint

Women journalists attend second presser hosted by Afghan FM Muttaqi after row over first briefing- Watch

Several women journalists attended a second press conference held by Taliban's Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday. The presser comes after the Afghan FM came under severe attack after ...