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This photograph taken on July 28, 2026 shows a beagle sniffing a sample during a test inside a laboratory at the Dognosis facility in Kempohalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru. (Idrees MOHAMMED/AFP)
Can dogs sniff cancer? An Israeli co-founded AI startup thinks so
By Aishwarya KUMAR
Bengaluru-based Dognosis says it has a 90% success rate in detecting 7 major types of cancer with its AI-aided dog-sniffing tech, but experts say only time will tell if it works
Tourists visit the main hall adorned with 19th-century Belgian crystal chandeliers and colorful glass lanterns at the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue in the historic Jew Town neighborhood of Kochi, India, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
August 7, 2026, 8:00 pm
After centuries in India, the last Cochin Jews try to keep their history alive
‘Every Jew has a dream that his last breath should be in Israel,’ a Kochi resident says. ‘I believe my last breath should be inside this synagogue’
By DEEPA BHARATH
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, and Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attending the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2025. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
May 13, 2026, 11:37 am
War overshadows BRICS forum bringing together Iran and UAE in India
Tehran urges hosts to use platform to build consensus condemning US-Israeli strikes, but its attacks on Emirates and reports that Gulf countries struck back may ratchet up tensions
By Aftab Ahmed and Saurabh Sharma
From left to right, Rajesh Pallava, Pallab Karjee, lab manager Guy Kamnesky, and Ashok Donthoju at the Ashraf Brik lab in the Shulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on March 24, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 10, 2026, 8:18 am
Undeterred by war, foreign students at universities learned what it means to be Israeli
As many international students stayed put despite constant missile fire, Israeli resilience became second nature – as did the routine of running from lab to safe room and back again
By Diana Bletter
This handout photograph taken on March 5, 2026 and released by the Sri Lankan Navy on March 6, 2026 shows the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr after a US submarine attack, off the coast of Colombo. (Sri Lankan Navy / AFP)
March 7, 2026, 5:11 pm
India letting Iran warship dock after US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say
Foreign minister says decision to allow Lavan to dock in Kochi was made on humanitarian grounds after US sank Iranian frigate Dena off Sri Lanka
By Agencies
This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defence Ministry on March 12, 2024 shows the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy frigate IRIS Dena (75) at sea in the Gulf of Oman (Iranian Army office / AFP)
March 5, 2026, 3:23 pm
Iranian warship was returning from naval exercises hosted by India when hit by US torpedo
IRIS Dena joined MILAN 2026, organized by the Indian Navy; US destroyer was also supposed to attend; New Delhi opposition lawmakers pan leader Modi for silence over sinking
By AP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the "Defender of the Fatherland Day" in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
February 24, 2026, 4:56 pm
Four years after invading Ukraine, Russia is isolated and broken – but not done
Despite a shattered economy, severe labor shortages and a failed pivot to Asia, Putin refuses to yield, dragging the entire region deeper into a bloody war of attrition
By Ksenia Svetlova
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 1:04 pm
OpenAI’s Altman: World ‘urgently’ needs AI regulation, similar to nuclear safeguards
Warning of AI-made pathogens and technological centralization, man behind ChatGPT urges creation of IAEA-style watchdog ‘for international coordination of AI’
By AFP
A police officer speaks on his mobile phone at the scene as he and colleagues search for the male travelers who were pushed into the canal by three men accused of gang-raping two women, in Koppal district of southern state of Karnataka, India, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo)
February 16, 2026, 8:53 pm
India sentences 3 to death for rape of Israeli and Indian women, killing of Indian man
Judge says ‘extreme brutality’ of crime merits punishment; in March 2025, the three attacked a group of 5 tourists stargazing near canal, pushed men into water, raped women
By ToI Staff
Relatives of victims, who were killed in a bus accident near the holy city of Medina, mourn in Hyderabad on November 17, 2025. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)
November 17, 2025, 2:48 pm
Bus crash in Saudi Arabia kills 45 Indian pilgrims
One passenger survives crash after bus carrying worshippers collides with diesel tanker near the holy city of Medina
By RAJESH ROY and OMER FAROOQ
Ashriel and Maayan Ashush with their children Odeh and Naya at Bet Halev in Varkala, India, February 28, 2025. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2025, 11:48 am
In India, a Jewish home becomes a place for traumatized Israelis and others to breathe
After traveling the world, Maayan and Ashriel Ashush opened Bet Halev in the beach town of Varkala, welcoming thousands of Jews, non-Jews and those bearing scars from October 7
By Bernard Hacker
Tal Dooreck traveled through the Philippines on his skateboard, holding onto the back of trucks (Courtesy)
July 5, 2025, 8:09 am
Privileged thrill-seeking teen travels the world broke to find adventure — and altruism
19-year old Tal Dooreck Aloni, now studying in Herzliya, lived for a year bartering video services in exchange for food and board with the motto, ‘the best plan is no plan’
By Zev Stub
Smoke billows from an oil refinery in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
June 27, 2025, 7:35 pm
Israel-Iran war was a wake-up call for Asia’s reliance on Middle East oil and gas
Tehran’s threatened blockade on Strait of Hormuz would have shut import route used mainly by China, Japan, India and South Korea, highlighting need for renewable energy production
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
The tail of the airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane that crashed in India's northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, June 12, 2025. (AP/Ajit Solanki)
June 12, 2025, 9:32 pm
More than 240 people killed in Air India plane crash, with only one known survivor
At least 5 medical students on the ground killed after their hostel was hit by the plane; Netanyahu says his ‘thoughts and prayers are with the families of the fallen’
By AP and ToI Staff
L: Undated image of missing Israeli Michal Peleg, found dead on June 10, 2025 in Crete, Greece. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law); R: US-Israeli hiker Samuel Vengrinovich who is missing in India. (Courtesy)
June 10, 2025, 10:48 pm
Israeli found dead in Crete after apparent accident; Israeli hiker missing in India
Michal Peleg, 65, tripped and fell off a cliff, her family believes; meanwhile, US-Israeli Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, from Jaffa, is missing after hiking in rough weather Friday
By ToI Staff and Deborah Danan
Pakistanis wave the national flag as they celebrate after the ceasefire between Pakistan and India, in Hyderabad, Sindh province, on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Husnain ALI / AFP)
May 11, 2025, 3:40 am
India, Pakistan accuse each other of violating ceasefire, hours after reaching deal
Explosions are heard in 2 Indian-controlled cities in Kashmir, followed by blackout; truce is celebrated in Pakistan as resident says ‘we have won’
By RIAZAT BUTT, AIJAZ HUSSAIN and RAJESH ROY
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