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The "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Helene which landed in the US state of Florida on Thursday, causing life-threatening flooding in Atlanta and the Carolinas have taken lives of at least 22 people.

Around 60 women have now come forward to allege they were sexually abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, lawyers representing them said on Friday. A BBC documentary last week aired claims by women that Fayed, who died last year aged 94, raped and sexually abused them during his ownership of the luxury department store.

Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings in London's National Gallery on Friday, just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for doing the same thing in 2022.

Israel's military launched new strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday, shortly after the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's outrageous speech at the U.N. General Assembly.

Singapore's high commissioner to India Simon Wong has said that the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his country has given a "turbo boosting" of ties.

A bipartisan House panel has revealed in a hearing that the first assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump happened because of failures on part of Secret Service and not local police.

HDFC Bank Ltd. has sold a housing loan portfolio of about 60 billion rupees ($717 million), seeking to further lighten its credit load amid regulatory pressures on the industry as detailed in a report by Bloomberg.

The changes in the Bangladesh's political landscape has drawn mixed reactions from people in the country but the Rohingya refugees who escaped to Bangladesh back in 2017, their expectations from Muhammad Yunus and his interim government are high. Watch to know more.

Myanmar’s military junta issued an unexpected call for peace, inviting armed groups to halt fighting and engage in negotiations. The Military leaders have urged their rivals to enter the political arena and contest the elections next year. Watch to know more.

Israel's latest escalation with Lebanon based Hezbollah group has turned around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political popularity after months of facing flack from Israeli citizens the latest poll puts Netanyahu's Likud party in an improved position. Watch in for more details!

China's Politburo ramped up efforts to revive growth with pledges to support fiscal spending and stabilise the beleaguered property sector. This gives new momentum to massive stimulus measures already announced, aimed at arresting a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

His leadership strained by conflicts on two fronts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his nation will “continue degrading Hezbollah” until achieving its goals along the Lebanon border, further dimming hopes for an internationally backed cease-fire to halt the spiral into an all-out regional war.

India's defence production has reached an all-time high of 1.27 lakh crore rupees in 2023-24, a significant milestone driven by the 'Make in India' initiative. Defence minister Rajnath Singh highlighted that India is now exporting military hardware to over 90 countries.

British actress Maggie Smith, an award-winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89. One of the few actors to win the treble of an Oscar (two), Emmy (four), and Tony, Smith's long career started on the stage in the 1950s.

Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris promised to support business owners and their employees while outlining her plan for a new "Opportunity economy" that would create jobs and boost the economy.

A few years ago, biomedical scientist Jonathan Tsui flew to Florida with unique baggage. He toted compact chambers—smaller than a cell phone—containing 48 bits of human heart tissue. Tsui brought the samples to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where in March 2020 they were loaded onto a SpaceX craft and sent to the International Space Station for a month. The goal? To study the effects of low gravity conditions on the human heart in preparation for long-term space travel.

Myanmar's embattled junta on Thursday invited armed groups opposed to its rule to stop fighting and start talks to bring peace, after three-and-a-half years of conflict.

The US Federal Reserve's decision to cut rates by a big margin seven weeks before the vote has it fielding criticism from both political parties. It is in the fed's best interest to keep its distance from politics. However, the fed's daring move to boost the economy in the weeks leading up to a high-stakes election comes into the spotlight. Take a look at this report for more.

As the conflict in Ukraine intensifies the American president Joe Biden finds himself navigating a very precarious diplomatic landscape. Our next story explains us. The latest meeting with President Zelesnky highlights the very complex interplay between supporting an ally and also warding a potential nuclear war.