Sun 07 December 2025: Infertility affects one in six people of reproductive age worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as it released a new global guideline that outlines recommendations for improving access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The WHO said access to fertility care remains “severely limited” despite the scale of the issue. In many countries, […]

Sun 07 December 2025: Global child mortality is likely to rise to 4.8 million this year from 4.6 million in 2024 after declining since the start of the millennium, a research team commissioned by the Gates Foundation predicted in a study released on Thursday. The figure refers to children dying between birth and their fifth birthday. The foundation, which […]

Sun 07 December 2025: Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends. “Our weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation and the aggression,” Hamas chief negotiator and its Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in a statement, adding: […]

Sat 06 December 2025: Three decades on from the day Hindu mobs razed the historic Babri Masjid to the ground, India’s Muslims still refuse to forget its legacy. In a nation increasingly dominated by Hindutva nationalism, that unyielding memory has become the a powerful act of resistance,” writes journalist Rushda Fathima Khan. Despite the construction […]

Sun 07 December 2025: Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced that the country’s armed forces successfully foiled an attempted coup d’état in the West African nation. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions,” said Seidou on Sunday. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed […]

Sun 07 December 2025: The Venezuelan army swore in 5,600 soldiers on Saturday, as the United States cranks up military pressure on the oil-producing country. President Nicolas Maduro has called for stepped-up military recruitment after the United States deployed a fleet of warships and the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean under the pretext […]

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 […]

Sun 07 December 2025: Infertility affects one in six people of reproductive age worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as it released a new global guideline that outlines recommendations for improving access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The WHO said access to fertility care remains “severely limited” despite the scale of the issue. In many countries, […]

Tue 26 November 2024:   What does the wave of coups in the Sahel mean for its people? Since 2020, Central and West Africa have faced more than 10 coup attempts. Meanwhile, global powers are shifting, as Russia eclipses France and the United States in the region’s geopolitics. In a region where people are demanding security […]

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 […]

Tue 09 April 2024:   SWEET YELLOW RICE “This family-favourite rice dish is the first thing to go at family events! INGREDIENTS 210 g 1 cup, basmati rice 2 sticks cinnamon ¼ t ground turmeric 100 g ½ cup, white sugar 3 T water 60 g butter, cubed COOKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Rinse the rice for 3 […]