Tue 07 July 2026: A majority of Israelis believe the country faces a genuine risk of civil war, highlighting growing concerns over deepening political and social divisions as tensions continue to mount at home and across the region. According to a survey by the Jewish Policy Institute (JPPI), cited by Al Jazeera,, 60% of respondents said […]

Mon 06 July 2026: India is expected to surpass Indonesia and have the world’s largest Muslim population by 2050, according to long-term demographic projections. Estimates show India’s Muslim population could reach about 311 million, or 18.4% of the total population. Despite this significant increase in the number of Muslims, Hindus are expected to remain the overwhelming […]

Tue 07 July 2026: The Vienna Regional Court on Monday sentenced two former high-ranking officials of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime to eight years in prison. The first official, named only as Khaled al-H. under Austrian privacy rules, was the head of the General Intelligence Directorate’s Branch 335 in Raqqa from at least 2009 until 2013. The other […]

Tue 07 July 2026: Yang Youlin, an ex-official in the eastern city of Nanjing, accepted bribes in exchange for business favours, court says.  A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior official in the eastern city of Nanjing to death for accepting bribes. Yang Youlin illegally accepted money and property totalling more than 2.2 billion […]

Tue 07 July 2026: Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that’s crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren’t made in makeshift labs, but imported by the millions from India’s pharmaceutical industry.  For more […]

Tue 07 July 2026: A French appeals court has handed far-right politician Marine Le Pen a three-year sentence, with two years suspended and one with an electronic bracelet, in a long-awaited ruling over the embezzlement of EU funds. The court also ruled on Tuesday that Le Pen would lose her eligibility to hold public office for 15 […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Tue 07 July 2026: The Vienna Regional Court on Monday sentenced two former high-ranking officials of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime to eight years in prison. The first official, named only as Khaled al-H. under Austrian privacy rules, was the head of the General Intelligence Directorate’s Branch 335 in Raqqa from at least 2009 until 2013. The other […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]