Wed 22 July 2026: It’s Saturday night and you’ve downloaded a new food delivery app. You’ve scanned the menus, picked some Mexican dishes, placed your order and are now tracking the delivery. But your food never comes – and you never expected it to. It sounds ridiculous if you’ve never tried it, but this viral […]

  Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2023/Getty Images Wed 22 July 2026: The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a massive earthen barrier inside the Gaza Strip. Expanding across demolished Palestinian communities, the fortification effectively severs the territory and entrenches Israeli control over more than half of the enclave. Israeli forces are accelerating the construction of […]

Wed 22 July 2026: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has set three conditions for the possible disarmament of Hezbollah, beginning with an end to the Israeli occupation of areas in southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese presidency statement Wednesday. Aoun made the remarks during a dinner hosted by Lebanon’s ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamadeh Mouawad, in […]

Two selfies Irshad took after being brought to Lady Hardinge Hospital: when he first got there on Monday (L) and a few hours later (R). Wed 22 July 2026: Shaikh Irshad Mansoori was one of the patients Union health minister J.P. Nadda met in hospital on Tuesday, after which he underwent a three-hour surgery. New […]

Wed 22 July 2026: The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in Africa surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, according to health officials. Data from the Congolese Health Ministry showed that the number of confirmed cases reached 2,473, including 999 deaths, since the outbreak declaration on May 15. Some […]

Wed 22 July 2026: French authorities have launched an investigation into the death of Daniel Siad, a modeling scout and well-known associate in Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network, after his body was found Monday at his home in a Paris suburb. The 69-year-old recruiter was facing mounting legal pressure over his alleged role in procuring women […]

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 […]

Wed 22 July 2026: French authorities have launched an investigation into the death of Daniel Siad, a modeling scout and well-known associate in Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network, after his body was found Monday at his home in a Paris suburb. The 69-year-old recruiter was facing mounting legal pressure over his alleged role in procuring women […]

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 […]