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Authorities in Sicily have opened a manslaughter and negligent shipwreck probe into the Aug. 19 sinking of British tech tycoon Lynch's yacht, chief prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio said at the same briefing.

Wildfires blazed through sugarcane fields in northern Sao Paulo state on Saturday, sending up clouds of smoke that covered nearby towns so thoroughly that officials prohibited outdoor sports.

US Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris's presidential campaign achieved a record-breaking fundraising milestone. On Sunday (August 25) Harris' campaign revealed that it has raised over $540 million in just over a month, "a record for any campaign in history.

German police on Saturday (Aug 24) arrested the suspect behind a knife rampage that left three people dead at a local festival in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

Millions of Shiite Muslims converged in Karbala, Iraq, on Saturday for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Watch to know more.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Scientists have been investigating the core of the Earth, which has become home to some of the most “extreme features" of a planet hidden deep in underground. Now new research has found that the mysterious zones, which are present in the deep mantle underneath some places where earthquake waves have slowly moved, may actually have been spread across the entire planet.

Questions have been raised on whether the captain or crew took all the necessary safety measures to prevent the sinking tragedy. Watch the full video for all the details.

There's a lot of wild descriptions claiming that American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are "stuck, marooned, stranded" in space, as their 8-day stay gets extended to 8-months.

The top US general C.Q. Brown began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict.

Akshay Kumar starrer Welcome To The Jungle is on track! Lately, many rumors have claimed that the movie is getting shelved after Jio Studios reportedly stepped out of the project.

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month, the Iranian-backed movement said, as Israel's cabinet met to prepare a response.

At least 35 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan on Sunday. One incident involved a pilgrimage group on way to Iran and another near the town of Azad Pattan on the border between Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister said that he is working to prevent his country from becoming embroiled in the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, even as there have been exchanges of cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

China, which is facing a demographic crisis, is now seeking to make it easier for its citizens to marry but harder to divorce, as young people increasingly opt to remain single.

Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group, launched a large-scale missile attack on Israel on Sunday, retaliating for the assassination of their senior commander, Fuad Shukr in Beirut last month.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan lost his cool on day 5 of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi and threw a ball towards Mohamad Rizwan. It was the 33rd over of Pakistan's second innings as they tired to avoid an innings defeat.

NASA announced on Saturday that Boeing's Starliner capsule will return empty from the International Space Station (ISS) due to ongoing issues with its propulsion system.

Britain's 102-year-old daredevil woman - Manette Baillie - marked her birthday by jumping from the plane at 7,000 feet above Beccles Airfield in East Anglia. The oldest skydiver in the country took the daunting task of raising funds for three charities - the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Motor Neurone Disease Association and Benhall Village Hall.