HT Podcast: ‘Gun Reforms A Good Start But…’: What Australia Should Do After Bondi Beach Attack | Maya Gomez | Hindustan Times Podcast

Grey Zone: How Netanyahu Singlehandedly Redrew the Red Sea Map & Shook Africa, the Gulf, the Middle East | Hindustan Times Podcast

What if one diplomatic move quietly rewired three regions at once?Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland isn’t just about Africa’s newest would-be state, it’s about control, timing, and pressure points in a world already on edge.Why would Israel pick a breakaway region no one else recognises?What does Somaliland offer that Gaza, Lebanon, or even the Gulf can’t?And why did this single announcement trigger outrage from Africa to the Middle East?In this episode of Grey Zone, Ananya Dutta breaks down how Somaliland’s geography, sitting at the mouth of the Red Sea, suddenly turns it into one of the most valuable pieces on the global chessboard. Just across the water lies Yemen, home to Iran-backed Houthis who have disrupted global shipping. Coincidence? Or strategy?We also examine the fallout: Somalia’s fury, Egypt and Turkey’s alarm, and why Iran may see this as Israel tightening the noose around its last active proxy. Is this about trade routes, military bases, intelligence, or all of the above? Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v9P37apm1t4 [https://youtu.be/v9P37apm1t4]

HT Podcast: ‘Gun Reforms A Good Start But…’: What Australia Should Do After Bondi Beach Attack | Maya Gomez | Hindustan Times Podcast

Days after the Bondi Beach Massacre, HT's Aayesha Varma and Legal Scholar Maya Gomez analyse matters of the mind. What does a shooter think? What do survivors go through? How can a nation heal itself after a tragedy like this? Tune in to this episode of HT Podcast. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mhkIMH8YM3c [https://youtu.be/mhkIMH8YM3c]

In Depth: Australia Terror Attack: How Bondi Beach Horror Exposes Myth Of ‘Tough’ Gun Laws & What Next

Over 15 killed and more than 40 injured at a Hanukkah gathering in Bondi Beach have shaken faith in Australia’s famously strict gun laws. This HT In‑Depth episode with Aayesha Varma breaks down the attack, the 1996 Port Arthur reforms, rising firearm numbers, and whether Anthony Albanese’s government will tighten controls again. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FyJls6CFdsw [https://youtu.be/FyJls6CFdsw]

Now You Know: Not Ukraine Or West, Russia’s Biggest War Is One That Putin Can’t Win With Missiles & Drones | HT Podcast

Welcome to HT's show, Now You Know, where Ananya Dutta takes you beyond the surface of news stories. You might have come across these subjects before, but have you ever stopped and thought about their history, their impact today, and where they might be heading in the future? From politics to technology, culture to science, we’re here to make you think differently about the world around us.Russia says it wants to protect “traditional values.” But what does that actually look like on the ground? In a country where the population is shrinking at one of the fastest rates in the world, the Kremlin has quietly shifted the responsibility of national survival onto women, pressuring them to have more children, even as economic insecurity, domestic violence, and war take a heavier toll every year. So, what happens when the state uses motherhood as a tool of policy? What happens when incentives push vulnerable families to have children they cannot protect? And what happens when the war in Ukraine wipes out the very generation Russia depends on for its future?Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A1l6H6tfYVE [https://youtu.be/A1l6H6tfYVE]

Grey Zone: 'Security Training': How A South African MP 'Duped' Own Citizens Into Fighting For Russia Vs Ukraine | HT Podcast

South Africa is reeling from a story that feels too surreal to be real. Seventeen men travel for “security jobs,” only to find themselves in the middle of Russia’s war machinery. And now, a political bombshell: allegations that the recruitment trail leads straight to Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, now a sitting MP, and long known for her pro-Russia politics online. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IcKLgaiIl44 [https://youtu.be/IcKLgaiIl44]