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World news of the day: 21 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

World news of the day: 17 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

World news of the day: 16 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

US revokes ‘terror’ label for Syria President-led HTS. What it means for diplomatic landscape in West Asia

Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he is making the US and Europe shift their course.

Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debts to World Bank, sources tell Reuters

This would be the first known instance of Saudi Arabia providing financial support for Syria since Islamist-led rebels toppled former leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024.

Syrian defence ministry says operation against ousted Assad’s loyalists is complete

Clashes between loyalists & the new rulers have killed more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, according to a war monitoring group.

Christians in Syria attend mass for the first time since overthrow of Assad’s regime

A service was held amid tight security in early test of new Islamist rulers’ pledge to protect rights of country’s religious minorities.

UNICEF MENA Chief calls for peace and humanitarian support in Syria

7.5 million children require humanitarian assistance and 6.4 million are in urgent need of protection services, Beigbeder said.

Israel to stay on strategic Mt Hermon until ‘another arrangement is found’, says Netanyahu

The Israel PM visited the site Tuesday after troops occupied the demilitarised zone between Syria & Golan Heights following the collapse of the Assad government in Syria.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.