India closes airspace to Pakistan Airlines amid rising tensions

The reciprocal airspace restrictions highlight the deepening diplomatic rift between the two countries. | Photo Credit: FAISAL MAHMOOD/Reuters India on Wednesday banned Pakistan Airlines from using its airspace amid escalating tensions with the neighbouring country following the Pahalgam terror attack. Sources said that a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued, barring Pakistan Airlines from…

Syria says it rejects ‘foreign intervention’ after Israeli strikes | News

Syria promises to ‘protect all components’ of society, including Druze, after Israel launches air raids near Damascus. Syrian authorities have decried “foreign intervention” in Syrian affairs after Israel launched air attacks on a town near Damascus where government forces and several other groups had taken part in deadly clashes. A Syrian Ministry of Interior source…

Food authors say Australian influencer copied recipes

ABC Kids Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats food website attracts a monthly readership of 45 million page views. Two cookbook authors have accused TikTok influencer Brooke Bellamy of copying their recipes. Nagi Maehashi, the Australian founder of popular food website RecipeTin Eats, said Ms Bellamy’s cookbook contains recipes with “word-for-word similarities to mine”. Ms Bellamy, who…

Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi released from US custody | Gaza News

A United States judge has ordered the release of Columbia University student and pro-Palestine protester Mohsen Mahdawi as a case challenging his deportation proceeds. In Burlington, Vermont, on Wednesday, US District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled Mahdawi could leave the Northwest State Correctional Facility, where he had been held since immigration officials arrested him earlier this…