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Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

An investigation by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, based on a forthcoming book by its reporters, alleges that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a major Hamas operation roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 attacks, and that...

Theatre

Power, politics & music: Faujdar Ghashiram finds new life in Melbourne

An honest man becomes the system’s enforcer to exact revenge, only to be destroyed by the very corruption he...

Cinema

EXPLAINER: Chardikala (Punjabi)- From Cannes to a fresh CBFC review

Chardikala (also titled Zakhma Ton Chardikala Tak) is a 2026 Punjabi biographical drama directed by Amarjit Singh Saron and starring...

World

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026: Final Declaration Amid Divergent Views

NEW DELHI, 12 September 2026 : BRICS leaders concluded the 18th Summit in New Delhi with the...

Community

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026: After the recent crime wave in the state, the Victoria Police is to target crime ‘head-on’. The upward trend in crime stats, with 41,775 retail thefts recorded – a slight increase on 41,756 retail theft offences...

IFFM funding puts multiculturalism at center of Victorian vote

ECCV urges parties to back multicultural priorities in Nov. election

Aditya Dev Lal Chautala: Jantar Mantar stir was for better life

South Asia

A Bleak Road to Justice: Mob rule, forced conversions, & the broken promises of minorities’ rights

Marking the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, human rights advocates highlight Pakistan’s persistent failure to protect its non-Muslim and marginalized communities. From recent Supreme Court acquittals in the decade-old Kot...

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Victoria Unites For Nepal: big flood vigil in Melbourne

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir BELONGING set for global release amid India row

Multimedia

PODCAST: Péter Magyar & how he overturned Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy*

Story of a Woman’s Right to Marry (Documentary)

Netflix releases trailer of ‘Accused’,a psychological drama

Vishal Bhardawaj blends crime, love, drama in O’ Romeo (Trailer)

Apple TV + Preview: Prehistoric Planet 2 with David Attenborough

CLIMATE CRISIS : Australia, it’s time to move beyond coal!

8 b lives, infinite possibilities:The case for rights & choices(Video)

World

Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026: Final Declaration Amid Divergent Views

Fake Keytruda scam prompts govt to mandate QR codes on Cancer drugs

Israel continues to commit genocide: UN report

Australia

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

Premier bats for multicultural-multi-faith ethos at Indian roundtable

Julian Hill targets shonky operators with GDML visa ban

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

Entertainment

Netflix:Lust Stories3 trailer tells the tales of love, desire & bonds

Mumbai, 9 September 2026 — Netflix has released the trailer for Lust Stories 3, marking the return of its International Emmy®-nominated anthology series. The third instalment unites four celebrated filmmakers—Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj—each crafting a...

‘Daayra’: Who should punish the accused – law or the police?

Netflix drops GANDHARI trailer, Premiering Sept. 3

IFFM 2026: Biological mum search reveals a dark past in ‘Pastt Tense’

Between Cradles:A Mirror to India’s Class Divide at IFFM 2026

Sport

Whateley joins Fox Cricket as Australia gears up for South Africa tour

MELBOURNE, 27 August, 2026: Australian broadcasting veteran Gerard Whateley has been added to Fox Cricket’s commentary team for Kayo Sports’ ‘Summer of the Century’, one of the most packed cricket calendars in Australian history. Whateley, who has called AFL Grand...

Healy added to Fox Cricket’s summer coverage team

Big Bash roar in Chennai: Renegades & Scorchers to play opener

Australia beat India by 6 wickets, Knocking India out of T20 World Cup 2026

Opinion

When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir …*

*When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir Donation Controversy and the Ethics of Accountability The controversy now unfolding around alleged misuse of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is not only a story about missing money. It...

How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran

Albanese calls for Middle East ceasefire to include Lebanon

Lynching, majoritarian politics, and …*

Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest…*

Bihar: Reasons behind the Opposition’s self-inflicted defeat

Defeating terror: A complex rigmarole

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Business & Finance

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

MELBOURNE, 2 September, 2026: Indian-promoted Melbourne-based Australian company Mumbai Calling emerged visibly successful with its instant chai (tea) that included many flavours including masala, ginger, cardamom, rose petal, turmeric… and also supplies the needed vending machine for the chai....

Scott Morrison joins India’s BLS International,providing visa services

Neo-Liberal Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

TPB bans tax agent Parampreet Singh Rajput for 4 years

Health

Tips for quitting smoking and vaping

So you want to quit smoking or vaping but aren’t sure where to start? Congratulations! You’ve already taken the first step. Deciding to quit is a powerful choice that can bring many benefits: better health, freedom from nicotine dependence, and...

Two deadly Nipah virus cases in India, Australia “monitoring closely”

WHO emphasis on evidence driven traditional medicine

The Tobacco Trap: Hooked by lies (Video)

Science & Technology

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, September 4 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully deployed the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite in the geosynchronous orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday, marking another major milestone in India’s...

Huawei unveils chip-design breakthrough that could beat US sanctions

Cool comfort: beating the heat with high-tech clothes

Palestinian Omar Yaghi among trio gets 2025 Nobel in Chemistry

MUSINGS : Hint of life beyond us, a major leap

Signature of life in planet 700 trillion miles away discovered

QUT cosmologist helps shine light on dark energy

Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

Power, politics & music: Faujdar Ghashiram finds new life in Melbourne

EXPLAINER: Chardikala (Punjabi)- From Cannes to a fresh CBFC review

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026: Final Declaration Amid Divergent Views

Community

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

IFFM funding puts multiculturalism at center of Victorian vote

ECCV urges parties to back multicultural priorities in Nov. election

Aditya Dev Lal Chautala: Jantar Mantar stir was for better life

South Asia

A Bleak Road to Justice: Mob rule, forced conversions, & the broken promises of minorities’ rights

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Victoria Unites For Nepal: big flood vigil in Melbourne

Sonia Gandhi’s memoir BELONGING set for global release amid India row

Multimedia

PODCAST: Péter Magyar & how he overturned Viktor Orbán’s illiberal democracy*

Story of a Woman’s Right to Marry (Documentary)

Netflix releases trailer of ‘Accused’,a psychological drama

Vishal Bhardawaj blends crime, love, drama in O’ Romeo (Trailer)

Apple TV + Preview: Prehistoric Planet 2 with David Attenborough

CLIMATE CRISIS : Australia, it’s time to move beyond coal!

8 b lives, infinite possibilities:The case for rights & choices(Video)

World

Haaretz: UAE warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack before Oct 7; PM denies it

BRICS Summit Delhi 2026: Final Declaration Amid Divergent Views

Fake Keytruda scam prompts govt to mandate QR codes on Cancer drugs

Israel continues to commit genocide: UN report

Australia

Victoria Police campaign to target crime head-on

Premier bats for multicultural-multi-faith ethos at Indian roundtable

Julian Hill targets shonky operators with GDML visa ban

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

Entertainment

Netflix:Lust Stories3 trailer tells the tales of love, desire & bonds

‘Daayra’: Who should punish the accused – law or the police?

Netflix drops GANDHARI trailer, Premiering Sept. 3

IFFM 2026: Biological mum search reveals a dark past in ‘Pastt Tense’

Between Cradles:A Mirror to India’s Class Divide at IFFM 2026

Sport

Whateley joins Fox Cricket as Australia gears up for South Africa tour

Healy added to Fox Cricket’s summer coverage team

Big Bash roar in Chennai: Renegades & Scorchers to play opener

Australia beat India by 6 wickets, Knocking India out of T20 World Cup 2026

Opinion

When Devotion Becomes a Public Trust: The Ram Mandir …*

How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran

Albanese calls for Middle East ceasefire to include Lebanon

Lynching, majoritarian politics, and …*

Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest…*

Bihar: Reasons behind the Opposition’s self-inflicted defeat

Defeating terror: A complex rigmarole

South Asia Times E-paper September 2026

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Business & Finance

Mumbai Calling rocks’Fine Food Australia’ with instant chai (tea)

Scott Morrison joins India’s BLS International,providing visa services

Neo-Liberal Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

TPB bans tax agent Parampreet Singh Rajput for 4 years

Health

Tips for quitting smoking and vaping

Two deadly Nipah virus cases in India, Australia “monitoring closely”

WHO emphasis on evidence driven traditional medicine

The Tobacco Trap: Hooked by lies (Video)

Science & Technology

India’s Giant Space Leap: First Earth imaging satellite put into orbit

Huawei unveils chip-design breakthrough that could beat US sanctions

Cool comfort: beating the heat with high-tech clothes

Palestinian Omar Yaghi among trio gets 2025 Nobel in Chemistry

MUSINGS : Hint of life beyond us, a major leap

Signature of life in planet 700 trillion miles away discovered

QUT cosmologist helps shine light on dark energy

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