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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday (Sept 3) that two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military training facility and a nearby hospital in Poltava, killing 41 people and injuring 180 others.

The Mamata Banerjee government in the Indian state of West Bengal on Tuesday (Sept 3) suspended Sandip Ghosh, the controversial former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's former aide has been charged with acting as a foreign agent for China. Linda Sun (41) was arrested alongside her husband, Christopher Hu, on Tuesday (Sep 2) and indicted with espionage charge a day later, according to court documents.

It's time to bring Bappa home and immerse in the 10-day long festivity of Ganesh Chaturthi. Watch WION's ground report as Mumbai gears up for Ganesh Chaturthi. Watch in for more details!

The opposition INDIA bloc in India gave tough competition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Syria's Kurdish authorities on Monday released 50 Syrian prisoners accused of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group as part of a general amnesty deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday (Sept 3) that two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military training facility and a nearby hospital in Poltava, killing 41 people and injuring 180 others.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by honour guards and red carpets in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday on his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.

#Gravitas In two disturbing incidents reported from different parts of India, vigilante groups and fringe elements have allegedly taken the law into their own hands, targeting individuals based on suspicion alone. As per reports, a 19-year-old student in Haryana’s Faridabad was allegedly shot dead by a group of cow vigilantes mistaking him for a cattle smuggler. In Maharashtra, a group of men allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man in a Mumbai-bound train after accusing him of carrying beef.

What was big in the 1990s, collapsed in the late 2000s, but staged a surprise resurgence after many years of absence? Interest rates. Central banks are looking back to the 1990s as they face the question of how far and fast rates need to fall. And not everyone is reaching the same conclusion. This next report aims to understand what to watch in the week ahead.

#Gravitas As per reports, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his family have added a Siberian kitten to their downing street household. The cat though has given rise to a rather unique problem, reportedly fitting a cat flap into the bomb-proof door of the downing street flat is proving to be a bit of a challenge.

What was big in the 1990s, collapsed in the late 2000s, but staged a surprise resurgence after many years of absence? Interest rates. Central banks are looking back to the 1990s as they face the question of how far and fast rates need to fall. And not everyone is reaching the same conclusion. This next report aims to understand what to watch in the week ahead.

The Russia-Ukraine war has intensified with Moscow launching two ballistic missiles on the Ukrainian city of Poltava, killing more than 50 people and injuring 235 others.

Brazil's government is eyeing corporate revenues to meet its fiscal goals. The finance ministry has announced plans to implement new taxes on big tech companies and a global minimum tax of 15% on multinational corporations. These measures are expected to generate revenues, especially if there is a shortfall in the 2025 budget.

In a bold move to reclaim its position in the tech world, Huawei has announced a product launch event scheduled for September 10, 2024, at 2 p.m. Beijing time. This strategic timing coincides closely with Apple's highly anticipated unveiling of the iPhone 16, which is set to take place on the morning of September 9 under the promotional theme "It's Glowtime".

The Congress on Monday accused SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch of receiving an income of Rs 16.80 crore between 2017 and 2024 after she became a whole-time member of the market regulator in 2017.

The discovery of 139,000-year-old stone tools from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has stumped archaeologists. The dating of the tools has led them to believe that complicated tool were being made at a time when modern humans hadn't even reached the region.

Uruguay’s legendary forward Luis Suarez has announced his retirement from international football with the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier being his last assignment for the national side.