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The Daesh/ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on Shia Hazaras In Afghanistan that left at least 14 people dead. The group announced its involvement through a social media post.

North Korea on Friday (Sept 13) released the first images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs. Citing state media, a report by the news agency Reuters said that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited the Nuclear Weapons Institute and called for more weapons-grade material to boost the arsenal.

South Korea’s military recently removed around 1,300 Chinese-made surveillance cameras from its bases over concerns about potential security risks, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday, citing an unnamed military official.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday (September 12) that he will not participate in another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz doubled down Friday on Berlin's refusal to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, even as other Western powers discussed allowing Kyiv more freedom to use such weapons.

#Gravitas | Russian President Vladimir Putin has drawn his red line over the West's support for Ukraine saying that a lifting of a ban on using long-range missiles to strike Russia would mean war with the West. But Putin has drawn red lines before and has seen it being crossed by the West repeatedly. This time though, his tone has been a little different. He has warned of "appropriate decisions" in response. What will Russia's reaction be? Will the West cross Russia's red line? Could NATO and Putin push the world to the brink of World War III?

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Europe faces a reality check as its weak auto market is set to face more closures. Volkswagen is the latest to threaten job cuts in Germany and warn it may shutter factories there for the first time.

#Gravitas | Russia on Friday revoked accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow accusing them of spying and carrying out sabotage, all in aid of Ukraine. This announcement came just hours before U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer were scheduled to meet in Washington D.C. to decide on the next steps for supporting Ukraine in the ongoing war against Russia.

#Gravitas | North Israel is in flames, from Hezbollah's rocket barrage. Early on Friday, The Lebanon-based Hezbollah group fired some 20 rockets toward the northern Israeli city of Safed. The rocket barrage sparked a large blaze in the Birya forest, Causing minor damage to a building in another community. The Lebanon-based group said they had targeted a military installation in revenge, for the deadly strike in southern Lebanon a day earlier.

While Russia is engaged in an intense war with Ukraine, its warships have begun joint drills with Chinese navy vessels in the sea of Japan. These drills are part of a major Russian naval exercise that will continue till the 16th of September. Watch to know more.

An Alaska Airlines plane narrowly averted a tragedy at the Nashville International Airport on Thursday morning. It was on course to collide with a Southwest Airlines flight due to an error, but the pilots pushed the brakes just at the right time, blowing out their own tyres.

A major row has erupted in the Indian western state of Gujarat, the stronghold of the national ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after it was revealed that school students have been enrolled as party members in a membership campaign.

The deepening housing market recession is weighing heavily on china. Years of oversupply in housing have been pushing home prices down for three years now.

The economy of the Gaza Strip has shrunk to less than a sixth of its size when the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, 2023, a report by the United Nations (UN) said on Thursday (Sept 12), underscoring the challenges of reconstruction.

AST spacemobile, the tiny telecom company that wants to compete with spacex, has become one of the hottest stocks in the world this year after soaring to 28 dollars per share from 2 dollars a share in just six months.

Shah Rukh Khan was spotted visiting Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh at the hospital where they gave birth to a baby girl. Shah Rukh paid a late-night visit to the actors as paparazzi took several videos and pictures of the actor’s car entering and exiting the hospital.

Let's look at how markets opened in Asia. The Yen strengthened for a fourth day against the Dollar, while falling treasury yields broadened an emerging-market currency rally to Asia after fresh data cemented expectations for the federal reserve to ease policy.

A senior U.S. intelligence official is casting doubt on China’s ability to make good on plans to possibly reunify Taiwan by force by its self-imposed deadline.