The spacecraft will carry Bezos, his brother Mark, 82-year-old former pilot Wally Funk and 18-year-old teen Oliver Daeman beyond the Karman Line. Lift-off is at 8:00 am Central Time (1300 GMT) from a remote facility in the west Texas desert called Launch Site One, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the nearest town, Van Horn.

World's richest man Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin all set for space debut

As the tensions between China and US are accelerating, the smaller nations in the Asian region also increasing their arms arsenal radically. According to defence experts, 'The bilateral spar between the US and China has sparked an arms race which is driven by a lot of concerns'.

China-US tensions spark Asian arms race

Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani on Monday slams Taliban for 'not having any intention to maintain peace and prosperity in the region'. The statement comes out as At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan president Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

'Taliban has no intention for peace', slams Afghan Prez Ashraf Ghani

While Ben & Jerry’s products will not be sold in the settlements, the company said it will stay in Israel through a different arrangement. But doing so will be difficult.

Ben & Jerry’s to stop sales in West Bank, East Jerusalem

Former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose jailing earlier this month triggered riots, is expected to appear virtually on Monday for the latest hearing in a trial related to an arms deal corruption case.

Trial of South Africa’s ex-leader Jacob Zuma on arms deal corruption charges

"I’ve been asked to self-isolate by the Test, Trace and Isolate system after I’ve been in contact with somebody who has COVID, in this case of course the Health Secretary Sajid Javid," Johnson said.

UK PM Johnson urges people to stay cautious

Israel's technology firm NSO has been accused of using its cyber spyware Pegasus to surveil journalists globally. The latest findings are part of a global investigation called the Pegasus project.

Politicians, Journalists, HR Activists and others spied upon using Pegasus Spyware

The country’s hospitals are rapidly running out of essentials including oxygen cylinders. Hospital beds are rapidly running short too.

India extends help to Indonesia amid rising covid-19 cases

Europe has a world-leading warning system that issued regular alerts for days before floods engulfed entire villages. But at least 200 people still died in Germany and Belgium, in floods that came quickly and forcefully.

Deadly floods inundated parts of Europe

Something is brewing in West Asia. With secret meetings and landmark deals, Israel is ringing in a new political era. From Jordan to Turkey - there has been a thaw in ties. On The West Asia Post, Ghadi Francis tells you what this means for the region.

The West Asia Post: Change in ties or economic interests?

Goraya, who now lives in exile in Netherlands, was allegedly kidnapped and tortured by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate in 2017, along with four other prominent activists critical of human rights abuses by the Pakistan Army.

Conspiracy to kill anti-Pak army blogger

Brief clashes were reported between Israeli Police and Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday. No serious injuries were reported and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett ordered the Police to continue allowing jews to ascend temple mount on the first day of Tisha B'Av.

Palestinian worshipers clash with Israeli police at Temple mount

The Taliban is getting stronger each day. The threat to India cannot be downplayed. With hostile neighbours already intent on breaching borders, the Taliban could act as a force multiplier. On Gravitas Plus, WION's Palki Sharma tells you what India's options are.

Gravitas Plus | Taliban's Rise: The threat to India

The United States has added Turkey and Pakistan to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year.

Child Soldier: Pakistan rejects 'baseless' CSPA list

Heavy downpours overnight have caused severe water logging in India's financial capital Mumbai. Apart from disrupting local trains and traffic, the rains have also caused a wall collapse resulting in deaths of over 15 people.

India: Heavy downpour causes water logging

Two athletes have tested COVID-19 positive in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague was also infected raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony.

Coronavirus Update: Two athletes test positive in Athletes' village in Tokyo

Thousands of people protested across France against the government’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb rising infections by the delta variant of the Coronavirus.

COVID-19: Thousands protest in France against health pass

Although rain has stopped in the worst-affected areas of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, storms and downpours have persisted in other parts of Western Europe.

Over 180 killed in Europe's flood catastrophe

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday recalled all Afghan diplomats from Islamabad, Pakistan, following the kidnapping and assault on an envoy's daughter in the Pakistani capital.

News Alert: Afghanistan recalls its diplomats from Islamabad after kidnapping incident

The Chinese company that is working on the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan has decided to suspend the work at the site. Watch this report to know more.

Chinese firm suspends hydropower project operations

The organisers did not specify whether the two infected athletes staying at the village will be quarantined elsewhere.

Tokyo Olympic 2020: 2 athletes test positive for Covid-19

When the United States thought that it had managed to defeat the coronavirus, the moving seven day average of the new number of cases has now increased pretty much on a day-to-day basis for more than a week and all this has been blamed on the fastest spreading strain of COVID-19.

New York: COVID cases rise as Delta variant spreads

It is another pandemic-era Haj for Muslims across the world. But this one is not without historic changes.

The West Asia Post: Another Haj under the shadow of Covid-19

Representatives of the Afghan Government and the Taliban insurgents will be meeting in Doha today for the second day to resume talks for peace following continued fighting in the region.

Doha Peace Talks: Afghan, Taliban negotiators hold talks in Doha

On Thursday, the director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it had been "premature" to dismiss the possibility that a lab leak had spawned the pandemic.

'Covid lab leak theory as credible as natural origins explanation', says US

Sunak tweeted: “Whilst the test and trace pilot is fairly restrictive, allowing only essential government business, I recognise that even the sense that the rules aren’t the same for everyone is wrong. To that end I’ll be self-isolating as normal and not taking part in the pilot.”

UK PM Boris Johnson, FM Rishi Sunak exposed to COVID

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Silsila Alikhil has been admitted to a hospital and is under medical care after being released from captivity.

Afghan envoy's daughter abducted, tortured in Islamabad

Taliban has said that it has sent a "message" to international terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) that the soil of Afghanistan will not be used against "any other country". Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, the Taliban's Spokesman for International Media Suhail Shaheen has said that they "don’t have any ties with" the 2 Pakistan-based terror groups.

Taliban says it doesn't has ties with Pak Based Terror groups like LeT, JeM

As per constitutional provisions, Deuba has to prove his majority in the 275-member House of Representatives within 30 days of his appointment as the PM.

Nepal: PM Sher Bahadur Deuba to face vote of confidence today

The baseball game that had been in progress between the Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres was suspended as a result of the shooting.

Four people shot outside Washington's national baseball stadium

India will be represented by a 228-strong contingent, including 119 athletes, at the Tokyo Olympics, which will be held under strict health protocols and without spectators in the wake of the raging pandemic.

First batch of India’s 88 Olympic-bound contingent reaches Japan

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