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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit Israel today, August 17, to advance efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, as well as facilitating the release of hostages held in Gaza. During his visit, Blinken will stress the critical importance of all parties in the region avoiding further escalation.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved the second Test against Bangladesh from Karachi to Rawalpindi, the venue of first Test as well. The decision comes days after announcing that there would be no spectators during the Karachi Test.

The Indian Medical Association, which is the largest organisation of medical staff, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with a central law to check violence against Health Care Professionals in India and also to declare hospitals as safe zones with compulsory security entitlements. Watch to know more!

An outbreak of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has claimed more than 500 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as per reports. The virus, which is rapidly spreading to neighbouring countries, has prompted fears of a global health crisis, even as over seven million displaced high-risk people in the DRC await vaccine.

Hezbollah deputy leader Fuad Shukr was lured to his seventh-floor residence from his second-floor office in Beirut last month when he was killed in an airstrike, a report in newspaper Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has claimed.

Bangladesh reopened all the educational institutions on August 18, Sunday. All the universities, colleges, and secondary schools across the nation have resumed functioning after a month of closure because of the violence related to student-led protests that ultimately led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina from office.

Pat Cummins has won mostly everything since becoming the Australian Test captain, but one eluded from his decorated trophy cabinet is a Border-Gavaskar series. With Team India travelling Down Under for five Tests later this year, Cummins has his eyes set on beating them.

Malayalam actor Mohanlal has been admitted to hospital after he complained of breathing issues. The veteran actor was taken to Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi due to high fever, breathing difficulties, and generalised muscle pain.

Ace spinner Nathan Lyon admits Australia has ‘ten years of unfinished business’ to deal with against the superstar-studded Indian Test Team. Australia last won the Border-Gavaskar trophy at home in 2014/15, when they beat India 2-0; however, since then, they have failed to put their hands on the trophy, having lost at home twice, in addition to facing hammering on a couple of away tours.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday (Aug 18) that the total number of suspected or confirmed cases of mpox, logged across the continent since the beginning of this year, has already exceeded the total reported in 2023.

Scientists have uncovered alarming findings about the Arctic's melting permafrost, which is releasing toxic mercury into water systems. This contamination could disrupt the region’s food chain and pose significant risks to local communities that rely on fish and game, according to researchers from the University of Southern California (USC).

Team India, the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup winner, is placed in Group A alongside West Indies, Sri Lanka and the hosts Malaysia for the second edition beginning January 18, 2025 and ending on February 2.

Have you ever wondered what Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's daily life is like? Some would call it king-size, while for many, it might be impossible to imagine the luxurious life SRK lives.

Kyiv said it wants to strike Russian airfields and logistics hubs far behind the front line using the long-range missiles. Watch in for more details!

Republican Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the race for the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Over two years after the war broke out, Ukraine and Russia were on the precipice of engaging in indirect ceasefire negotiations in Doha, Qatar, earlier this month.

An Indian-origin family's three members were killed in a car crash in the Texas state of the US. The couple's 14-year-old son is the lone survivor. Arvind Mani, 45, his wife Pradeepa Arvind, 40, and their 17-year-old daughter Andril Arvind, all residents of Leander — over 870 miles southwest of Tennessee — were killed around 5.

As Ukraine's incursion into Russia enters its 12th day, the border regions of Kursk continue to witness destruction and devastation. In the latest, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is once again in the eye of the storm. Watch in for more details!

Nigerian police and security agencies are working to secure the release of 20 medical students who were kidnapped in the eastern part of the country, officials say. The medical students were on their way to an annual convention when they were abducted in Benue State on Thursday evening, police and university sources said on Saturday.