A Taliban Attack in Kabul, central Afghanistan has killed more than 100 people, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks this month.

Attackers rammed a captured military Humvee packed with explosives into a training centre off the National Directorate for Security in Maiden Wardark Province, followed by two gunmen entering the compound.

A court in Egypt has sentenced TV journalist, Mohammed al-Gheiti, to 12 months’ jail time on Sunday for “promoting homosexuality” after he interviewed a gay man.

The sentence relates to an August 2018 interview as part of a show called “Wake Up”, where the man told al-Gheiti about homosexuality, his life as a sex worker and his relationship with another man.

While homosexuality is not mentioned in the Egyptian penal code, and technically is not illegal, members of the LGBTQI+ community are often arrested and charged with pornography, prostitution or debauchery.

A CityCat crashed into an Inner-Brisbane passenger wharf on Monday morning, in at least the second crash this month. Two people were taken into hospital after the CityCat allegedly ploughed into the Sydney Street Wharf at New Farm.

This follows another incident on January 4th when a CityCat crashed into a pontoon at the Riverside Centre on Eagle Street.

Both incidents were caused by mechanical failures and operational issues. Questions are now being raised regarding the safety of CityCats by the Brisbane Community.

Lime Scooters in Brisbane are causing stress for the vision-impaired community with some residents claiming a threat to their safety and their mobility around the city.

Visually-impaired resident, Jane Brit revealed that it's hard to detect the scooters coming up from behind and where scooters are dumped across the city. Citizens allege the bells equipped on the scooters are not enough to alert pedestrians, and riders often attempted to overtake pedestrians on both sides, making it difficult for people using canes.

The Queensland Government has spent more than $1 billion last year to save children from neglect and abuse, with reports of up to 5884 children involved in substantiated claims to Child Safety.

LNP Child Safety spokesman Stephen Bennett says 46.3 percent of investigations were completed within the 60 day target,’ with statistics showing almost two in five investigations took more than 90 days to complete.

The Minister for Agriculture, has called out website Aussie Farms for ‘putting the locations of farms online which could be used as an attack map for activists’.

Minister Littlemore states that the website is ‘irresponsible at best’, with some farmers complaining the website claims they run businesses which they do not.

Nearly 300 undocumented immigrant parents may have been separated from their children months before the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said they admitted officials did not keep a full record of separations in a letter released Monday.

Wyden responded to the letter in a statement that this Orwellian response from Custom and Border Protection does not respond to the pressing questions about the fate of children and their parents.

Uganda’s government is proposing regulations to govern the music and entertainment industry. Among regulations are a range of restrictions requiring artists to submit lyrics for songs and scripts for film and stage performances.

Musicians and other artists must also register with the government and obtain a practising license which can be revoked for a range of violations.