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Malaysia has charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with sedition for allegedly insulting the country's former king, his lawyer said on Tuesday (August 27).

Australians are days away from being able to ignore their bosses outside working hours as the country has passed a new law to handle the work-related stress of employees.

In war-torn Sudan, at least 132 people have died due to heavy rains and flooding. The country has experienced an intense rainy season in the last one month, with intermittent torrential flooding mainly in the country's North and East.

China spent 7 per cent or $15 billion of its defence budget on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, a Taiwanese estimate cited by Reuters showed. The internal research by Taiwan’s armed forces shows that Beijing has ramped up its military presence amid rising tensions in the region.

Did you know that some so-called 'smart toys' may be spying on your kids' behaviour patterns? A shocking study into 12 such toys found breaches of security and privacy, with the toys recording and transmitting user data to toy manufacturers.

Flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand have killed 22 people in recent days. Disaster officials have warned of further sudden flooding this week.

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow by 7.0 per cent to 7.1 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024-25 (Q1FY25), according to the latest SBI Ecowrap report released on August 26.

Jenna Ortega is setting the record straight once and for all. The actress recently opened up about the craziest rumour she has heard about herself. Like many of her fans, she thinks that the outrageous secret romance rumours with Johnny Depp should get the first spot.

A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi around nine months ago in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, collapsed on Monday. An FIR claims that the nuts and bolts used in constructing the structure had rusted. CM Eknath Shinde has ordered a probe into the incident.

Where does privacy end and criminal secrecy begin? And when is law enforcement an act of breach of human rights, confidentiality, or privacy? These are philosophical questions that hang in the air after the arrest in France of Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of the controversial messenger app Telegram, which has replaced or supplemented WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram (all incidentally owned by Meta) for hundreds of millions of users concerned over whether, how much and why they may be snooped on — by hackers, trouble makers and law enforcement authorities alike.

A woman gave birth to a premature baby on an airplane in China recently and it survived, thanks to a nurse who acted quickly. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the incident took place on a Southern Airlines plane flying from Haikou in the south to Beijing on August 3.

Kamala Harris has a 55 per cent chance of winning the November presidential elections as of Monday (Aug 26), according to a new forecast model by Decision Desk HQ and The Hill.

British rock legends Oasis announced on Tuesday they will reunite for a worldwide tour starting in the UK next year, as brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher ended an infamous 15-year feud.

The biggest separatist assault of the decade on Pakistani assets in Balochistan has killed at least 50 members of Pakistani armed forces while 10 others are injured, WION has learnt from sources on the ground.

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: The near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased somewhat after Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah exchanged fire without further escalation but Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a strike on Israel, America's top general C.Q. Brown said on Monday.

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