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The Democrat Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has defended her policy shift on key issues insisting in the first interview of a US presidential campaign that her values have not changed. Watch WION to know more on the story.

Images of Kannada star Darshan Thogudeepa entering the Ballari jail in Karnataka wearing 'sunglasses' have landed security personnel in trouble. Disciplinary action has been initiated against a police officer who was in charge of the actor's transfer from Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Prison to Ballari Central Jail on Thursday (Aug 29).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (Aug 30) tendered an apology for the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg.

Turkey arrested over 100 suspected members of I.S. this week, authorities said Friday, the latest mass detention targeting the terror organization. Watch to know more.

A shocking piece of news has emerged from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to media reports on Friday (Aug 30), a hidden camera was discovered in the women's washroom of a hostel of the Gudlavalleru Engineering College in the Krishnan district.

The Himalayas are hiding nearly 1,700 ancient virus species, a new study has found. According to a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, around three-quarters of these viruses were previously unknown to science.

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his government is considering expanding smoking ban in some outdoor areas.

Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly presented a document to the security cabinet, urging a hostage-ceasefire deal and warning that if Israel does not make a deal, it would leave the hostages in captivity and would face the danger of an "imminent deterioration into a multi-front war.

Tom Hanks wants everyone to sit and take notice of every advert that is being sold by celebrities because it’s likely it’s not them actually. The next time you see Tom Hanks promoting or selling “miracle cures and wonder drugs” stay cautious, urges the Hollywood actor as it’s not him and is most likely an AI-generated vocal impersonation of the actor.

A Ukrainian MP has claimed that the US-supplied F-16 fighter jet that crashed along with its pilot on Monday (Aug 26) may have been downed by friendly fire. The jet was involved in repelling a major Russian aerial attack when it crashed, according to the Ukrainian Army.

Former India World Cup winner Suresh Raina has slammed the star pairing of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after they opted to skip the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024.

China is in the middle of another conflict in the South China Sea this time with the Philippines after China told the Philippines to immediately withdraw its Coast Guard ship from the hotly contested Sabina Shoal. Watch in for more details!

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is set to tie the knot with self-proclaimed shaman Durek Verrett on August 31. The 52-year-old is the eldest of Norwegian King Harald’s two children and was previously married to the late writer and artist Ari Behn.

Finding celebrities on dating apps is exciting. So when fans found Brazilian Olympic gymnast Flavia Saraiva on Tinder, they were thrilled. She recently won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

A four-year-old boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar at the Hecht Museum in Israel's Haifa has been forgiven and even invited back. A report by the news agency Associated Press on Friday (Aug 30) that the incident at the museum occurred on August 23.

Three call recordings have been viral on social media, the call recordings are of RG Kar hospital authorities to the parents of the victim. The mother of the victim has also lashed out at CM Mamata Banerjee. Watch WION to know more.

A samosa seller’s inspiring story of cracking NEET UG, one of the toughest exams in India, is winning hearts over the internet. Physics Wallah’s Alakh Pandey shared the extraordinary story of 18-year-old samosa seller, Sunny Kumar from Noida on Instagram, who cracked NEET UG to get admission in undergraduate medical programs.

A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told the media.

While leaders of the Pacific Islands have rejected a China backed call to break ties with Taiwan saying the regional block would continue a decades old policy of Engagement. Members of the Pacific Islands forum who have gathered in Tonga for an annual Summit batted aside a push by one of Beijing's allies to stop treating Taiwan as a development partner. Watch in for more details!