Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage after they allegedly gathered information in different parts of the country, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday.The two were named as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, and their family said on Saturday they were engaging with relevant authorities to ensure the pair's well-being and safe return home. "The detained individuals entered the country as tourists and collected information in several provinces of the country," Mizan said, without giving further details. British media have said they are a married couple.
A group of anti-Israel demonstrators descended on an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in New York City on Tuesday, leading to violent clashes and chaotic scenes, according to reports and video. Several fights broke out as the agitators chanted, "Zionists go to hell," and waved Palestinian flags at the Borough Park protest in Brooklyn. The neighborhood is well known for its large Orthodox Jewish population.
“Saturday Night Live” alum Dan Aykroyd has some glowing words for his former boss Lorne Michaels and the late-night show’s glitzy 50th anniversary special that took place over the weekend. The actor, who is one of the original “SNL” cast members, was noticeably absent from the special that aired live on Sunday, but he shared that he was able to watch it on TV and loved every minute. “All Heads up toasting triumphant SNL 50th. Advantage of not attending - got to see every second of concert and show on TV,” Aykroyd wrote on X on Wednesday.
"See you at the top," is what Paddy Pimblett concluded one of his recent video blogs with, and it turns out that was an Easter egg after all. In the UFC 314 co-main event, Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will face Michael Chandler in a five-round bout, Dana White announced Wednesday. The event takes place April 12 at Kaseya Center in Miami. Pimblett, 30, will take his biggest step up in competition to date as he battles a former Bellator lightweight champion and top-ranked UFC contender in Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC). He's yet to lose in the UFC, with victories over King Green and Tony Ferguson, among others.
"No one is panicking, but it [is] definitely what we’re talking about in the hallways of NASA," a project manager at the Kennedy Space Center told the New York Post. "We know we have enough time to act, but now’s the time to start planning. You can’t half-a-- this at the last minute." As wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall, the asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet in width.
Jessica Simpson has new music coming, and the singer says its helping to heal her heart. Simpson’s “Use My Heart Against Me” will debut this week, the first song off her upcoming “Nashville Canyon: Part 1” project. The single comes a month after she and her husband Eric Johnson announced are ending their marriage of a decade. “I’ve grown up so much. I can handle so much,” Simpson told People in a new interview. “Maybe I’m just meant to love a lot of people in my life.”
A California jury has found A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, stemming from a 2021 shooting incident with a former friend in Los Angeles. Attorneys for the hip-hop artist and actor, who is the longtime partner of the singer and businesswoman Rihanna, had argued the weapon was a prop gun that only fired blanks. A$AP Rocky did not testify in the trial. Rihanna was present in the courtroom on Tuesday when the verdict was read. After the verdict was announced, the rapper expressed his appreciation to the jury, saying, “Thank y’all for saving my life.”
Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs are moving to dismiss one of the charges the embattled music mogul is facing, arguing that the currently incarcerated Combs has been subject to a racist prosecution — which prosecutors have previously denied. “This case is unprecedented in many ways, but perhaps most notably, and most disturbingly, no White person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution,” Combs’ defense argued in a new motion, filed Tuesday evening. “Mr. Combs has been singled out because he is a powerful Black man, and he is being prosecuted for conduct that regularly goes unpunished,” the filing continued.
Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi is calling for global action to defeat the Islamic Republic’s regime. Pahlavi says the regime is "weaker than it has ever been" and the people of Iran are ready to take back their "stolen country." Pahlavi spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on Tuesday, highlighting the plight of the Iranian people, calling the country a "nation in chains," and the oppressive nature of the Islamic Republic regime headed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
British tennis star Emma Raducanu was seen in tears talking to the umpire in her match at the Dubai Championships on Monday over a spectator who "exhibited fixated behavior." The incident occurred in Raducanu’s second-round match against Karolina Muchova. The broadcast caught the frightened player standing in a small space between the back of the official’s chair and barrier netting adjacent to Court 2.