Tue 14 July 2026: Israel’s Iron Dome manufacturer is encountering a production delay for crucial components following Volkswagen’s announcement that its Osnabruck factory will halt production by 2027. The automaker’s decision has put Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at risk of losing a vital manufacturing pipeline for its missile components. Rafael had aimed to produce Tamir interceptor missiles for […]

Tue 14 July 2026: Meta has retracted a recently introduced Instagram feature that enabled users to create AI-generated images using content from public Instagram profiles, following extensive backlash over privacy issues. The feature formed part of the rollout of Muse Image, Meta’s new AI image-generation tool introduced on Tuesday. It enabled users of the Meta AI chatbot to […]

Tue 14 July 2026: The British government is pressing to use new powers allowing it to criminalise state proxies in order to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security. In a statement issued on Monday, the government announced that it was submitting draft regulations to the UK Parliament that […]

Tue 14 July 2026: Both Hindu and Muslim parties in the long-standing Gyanvapi dispute rejected mediation on Tuesday, asserting that the matter should be resolved through judicial adjudication rather than an out-of-court settlement. The parties appeared before the mediation centre at a Varanasi court as part of the Supreme Court’s ‘SAMADHAN SAMAROH’ initiative, aimed at […]

Tue 14 July 2026: Hospital staff caring for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have initiated a strike, claiming they have not received their salaries for several months, which has caused the hospital to cease operations. Dozens of employees at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, walked off the job […]

Tue 14 July 2026: Twelve people have been arrested over an alleged “extreme right-wing terrorism” plot targeting an Islamic event in Suffolk following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) London. The arrests came after police identified what they described as a “potential serious threat” to the UK Ijtima gathering at Shrubland Hall, which ran […]

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 14 July 2026: Both Hindu and Muslim parties in the long-standing Gyanvapi dispute rejected mediation on Tuesday, asserting that the matter should be resolved through judicial adjudication rather than an out-of-court settlement. The parties appeared before the mediation centre at a Varanasi court as part of the Supreme Court’s ‘SAMADHAN SAMAROH’ initiative, aimed at […]

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 […]