The Middle East has entered one of the most dangerous phases of the 2026 Iran war, as direct military exchanges between the United States and Iran spread across the Gulf, regional states scramble to defend their airspace, and the Strait of Hormuz emerges as the most consequential battlefield of the conflict.Continue Reading
In a crime that has left India reeling with shock and outrage, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly lured with snacks, gang-raped, and murdered in broad daylight in Ghaziabad’s Raj Nagar Extension. Her tiny body was dumped in the basement of an under-construction mall where her own family worked as laborers. Continue Reading
SINJIL, WEST BANK: July 11, 2026 – A CNN news crew and other journalists were reportedly attacked and pursued in an attempt to murder, by Israeli settlers near the Palestinian village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, in a frightening confrontation captured on video from inside the journalists’ vehicles.Continue Reading
A nine-year-old Palestinian girl, Tala Abu Matar, was killed by Israeli gunfire at a displacement encampment in central Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian health officials and medics, in an incident that has once again placed the devastating human cost of the conflict under the spotlight.Continue Reading
Bhaavna Arora, the bestselling author celebrated for turning painstaking research into deeply human narratives of conflict, brings us another powerful story from the heart of India’s Maoist heartland. In this piece, she introduces us to Papa Rao Continue Reading
The upcoming by-election for the Bankipur assembly seat has suddenly become one of the most watched contests in Bihar, thanks to the entry of political strategist-turned-leader Prashant Kishor. Continue Reading
: Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge has strongly dismissed allegations by the BJP that the state government is issuing Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) to illegal immigrants, particularly Bangladeshis, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Continue Reading
For countless students in rural and remote areas, the path to school is not a straightforward commute but a daily odyssey fraught with physical dangers, natural obstacles, and systemic neglect. Unpaved roads, treacherous terrains, unreliable transport, and swollen rivers test their resolve. Nowhere is this more starkly illustrated than in the Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand, where children risk their lives crossing rivers on makeshift contraptions because bridges washed away years ago remain unrepaired.Continue Reading
New Delhi/Tehran, July 12, 2026 Iran has raised concerns with India over remarks made by retired Indian Army Major and prominent television commentator Gaurav Arya, accusing him of spreading “hate speech” and misinformation related to Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and recent funeral proceedings. According to posts circulatingContinue Reading
From the escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran to deadly wildfires in Europe and relentless monsoon destruction across India, July 11 closes with the world confronting war, extreme weather, political turbulence and growing public anger.Continue Reading
