New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.

In the aftermath of the Red Fort blast, TV channels and YouTubers turned tragedy into a tool for hate – fanning communal ...

As Bengal polls approach, BJP walks tightrope between Bankim’s song & Tagore’s legacy. 5 yrs after invoking Amar Sonar Bangla to woo Bengal, BJP on the defensive.

The Supreme Court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by ...

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New York has not had a bearded mayor since 1913. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s beard marks him as a millennial with a mandate to shake up the system.

Addressing an event on Monday in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan decried Israel’s violation of cease-fire with Hamas, noting that Israel killed more than 200 “innocent people” since the ...

Indonesia’s ambitious new capital project, Nusantara, faces uncertainty as construction lags behind schedule and the new president cuts funding sharply, raising fears of an unfinished, empty city.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth won’t meet with any “beardos” serving in South Korea. Service members stationed in the Pacific recently received notice that enlistees with shaving waivers will not ...