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An explosion outside a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte on Saturday morning injured a policeman and damaged at least two vehicles. Authorities are treating the blast as a potential terror attack.

McLaren driver Lando Norris on Saturday claimed pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix, pipping local favourite Max Verstappen into second in a thrilling qualifying session.

The latest updates that are coming in from the battlefields of Kursk. The Ukraine surprise incursion of the Russian territory is now in its third week but what's been leading the narrative is an information a war that's been unleashed from both sides. Watch to know more!

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.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept up with his tradition of hugging the host as he stepped into war-torn Ukraine on Friday (Aug 23). The internet was inundated with photos of PM Modi embracing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, in stark contrast to visuals that came from Moscow last month when the Indian PM hugged host, President Vladimir Putin, in a similar fashion.

Fundamentalists attacked and vandalized the houses of Hindus in Miranjali Colony of Dhaka. The mob pelted stones at the houses of Hindus. Along with houses, temples have also been targeted, temples have been vandalized.

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees face eviction from Hungarian state-funded accommodation in a move by Budapest that human rights activists say could contravene EU law.

In a roundtable discussion at this week's Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate Kamala Harris' senior policy adviser Brian Nelson was peppered with questions about the policies at the heart of her campaign. Will Harris try to revive the Iran nuclear deal? How will she pay for expanded child tax credits and her plans to help first-time home buyers? Again and again, he gave the same answer.

A private helicopter travelling from Mumbai to Hyderabad crashed on Saturday near Paud village in Pune district. The helicopter, owned by Global Vectra, was carrying four people.

A knife assault in the western German city of Solingen has killed three people and critically injured four others, according to authorities.

A member of K-pop megagroup BTS arrived at a South Korean police station Friday for questioning, telling reporters he was "very sorry" for driving an electric scooter while drunk.

Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least eight fighters and one child, according to security sources, as armed group Hezbollah responded with artillery rounds and rockets across the border.

An interstate coordination meeting on Naxalism chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah began in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Saturday. The meeting, which is being attended by senior officials of seven states, will review the inter-state coordination and Left Wing Extremism situation, an official said.

The US has announced a new round of military support to Ukraine, following a phone discussion between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the ballot in Arizona late Thursday, a day before he and Donald Trump were set to appear miles apart in the Phoenix area as speculation grows that Kennedy could drop his independent presidential bid and endorse the Republican nominee.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to review and further deepen the existing defence cooperation activities between the two countries.

China and Belarus have committed to strengthen cooperation in a variety of sectors, including commerce, security, energy, and finance, according to a joint statement issued after Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko in Minsk.

One terrorist was killed on Saturday (Aug 24) in an ongoing encounter in the Watergam area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. According to a top police official, the terrorists launched an attack on a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir police and the Indian Army in the Watergam area of Rafiabad.

A humpback whale that became entangled in a rope in Sydney Harbour has been rescued following a lengthy rescue operation.