Fri 24 July 2026: The 1951 Refugee Convention remains a “lifeline” for millions of people forced to flee persecution, conflict and violence, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, marking the treaty’s 75th anniversary. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection and Solutions Elizabeth Tan said the convention remains the cornerstone of […]

Fri 24 July 2026: What’s so terrifying about it? That $50 billion needs to be spent to go buy Tik Tok. I tell you what’s terrifying about it. What’s terrifying is that people will listen and their hearts will change. Is that humanity is dead and people’s hearts are naturally evil. Sami Hamdi examines the […]

Fri 24 July 2026: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Friday that they had ordered the army to launch a “wide-scale military operation” in Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, Netanyahu and Katz also said the army had been instructed to demolish the home of […]

Fri 24 July 2026: Prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj have been released from prison after an Indian court granted them bail in a “terror funding” case. Parvez, 49, and Mehraj, 31, were accused in a case registered in 2020 by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities […]

Fri 24 July 2026: New legislation and arrests are driving a rift between Burkina Faso’s military government and Muslim scholars. Once backed by influential Muslim scholars, Burkina Faso’s military leader is now facing a growing rift over arrests, new legislation and his campaign against what he describes as religious extremism. Burkina Faso’s transitional leader, Captain […]

Fri 24 July 2026: The 1951 Refugee Convention remains a “lifeline” for millions of people forced to flee persecution, conflict and violence, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, marking the treaty’s 75th anniversary. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection and Solutions Elizabeth Tan said the convention remains the cornerstone of […]

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 […]

Fri 24 July 2026: Prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj have been released from prison after an Indian court granted them bail in a “terror funding” case. Parvez, 49, and Mehraj, 31, were accused in a case registered in 2020 by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities […]

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 […]