As China continues to defy a global outcry and carries on with military drills around Taiwan for a second day. Taiwan military has now called Beijing's latest drills as highly provocative.

China begins second day of live-fire drills, Japan lodges diplomatic protest with Beijing

Tory leadership rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have set out competing plans to deal with the economic recession in their latest TV clash.

UK Tory leadership Race: Sunak, Truss set out competing plans on economic recession

Tensions continue to flare up between Israel and Palestine as Israeli military sends additional forces to the area around the Gaza strip to prevent any retaliatory action from Palestinian enclave.

Israel closes Gaza border, tensions flare up

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington have resumed in Vienna which aim to salvage the 2015 Nuclear deal as Iran has refused to hold direct talks with the United States. EU's Enrique Mora is coordinating the talks between the US and Iranian officials.

US: Not going to wait forever for Iran to take this deal

As battle raged on in the Kharkiv region on Thursday, Ukrainian military fired a number of rocket systems. It has been several months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been raging on with no end in sight.

Ukrainian soldiers fire multiple rocket systems in the Kharkiv region

The Indian rupee firmed ahead of a central bank monetary policy decision on Friday, supported by overnight weakness in oil prices and the dollar.

Indian rupee strengthens ahead of RBI decision

Struggling European lender, Credit Suisse, is seeking to slash its overall cost base by additional one billion dollar. The executives of the company are discussing to reduce thousands of jobs globally to achieve this objective.

Struggling Credit Suisse to reduce headcount

Three more ships filled with grain will set sail from Ukraine today, this under a UN-backed deal lifting Russia's blockade of the Black Sea. The first ship loaded with 26,000 tons of maize had set off from Odessa on Monday.

Three more grain ships leave Ukraine's Odessa port

The Fiji villages are inundated by rising sea levels, demanding the big emitters to pay. The villagers say that the developed nations who contributed the most to global warming must protect the victims of their actions.

Fiji villages inundated by rising sea

US declared Monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, the move will increase funds available to health agencies to combat the disease and allow the government to ramp up vaccine production.

United States declares Monkeypox outbreak a health emergency

KFC, the fast food chain which is well known for its finger licking good campaign has added chicken feet now to its menu for customers in China.

KFC puts chicken feet on menu in China

The Rio Grande is the fifth-longest river in North America, and biologists have travelled to a section of the dry riverbed where it usually flows to save endangered fish.

As the Rio Grande dries up, biologists save endangered fish

India's biggest airline IndiGo said on Wednesday the wait for new planes was limiting its growth during a strong pick-up in demand for air travel as pandemic restrictions are lifted. SpcieJet is also exploring the possibility of stake sale.

SpiceJet explores possibility of stake sale

Tensions have spiked sharply in the Asia pacific especially after US house speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. With Beijing now announcing that it will hold military exercises that include live fire drills in six zones that surround Taiwan.

China to begin targeted military operations near Taiwan, G7 condemns China's aggressive stance

Al-Qaeda chief and a key 9/11 mastermind Ayman Al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike on the 30th of July, a drone flown by CIA found Zawahiri in the balcony of his Kabul safe house, the agency operatives fired the missile ending an over 20-year long hunt.

US, Taliban yet to release material evidence of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's death

Iraq's Al-Sadr told his supporters to continue their sit-in inside the national parliament in Baghdad until his demands of dissolution of the parliament and early elections are met.

Iraq’s Al-Sadr demands early elections, dissolution of parliament

NASA is not only going to scrap their original plan of sending another rover to Mars, but they’re also going to send two new helicopter drones.

NASA plans to send  2 more drones to Mars

Tensions simmer between Armenia–Azerbaijan over a disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh which has been a flash point for 30 years. Fresh clashes have broken out in the disputed region that killed three soldiers.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Major flashpoint between Armenia–Azerbaijan

Italy's farmers are facing climate change which is making their lives even tougher. The farmers in the region of Tuscany are battling to save their crops as heat waves and arid conditions threaten their annual harvest.

Italy faces climate change

Inflation was continued to hit major economies, this time price rise in UK has hit 40-year higher levels; last month, it was backed by surging petrol and food prices.

Bank of England aims to reduce inflation by 2%

Nigeria's military is ready to use all forces required to uproot armed groups that are behind mounting insecurity in the country. Further, there are concerns that the country's situation can show its impact on the general elections in February, here's a report.

Nigeria's military to use 'maximum firepower' against armed groups

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order which will make it easier for women to travel out of state for an abortion, this comes as some states banned abortion.

'Women's health, lives are on the line,' Joe Biden signs new executive order on abortion

The campaigning for the election season in Israel has begun on Wednesday where the former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu launched his economic plan. The current Prime Minister Yair Lapid launched his party's campaign to return to government.

WION Dispatch | Israel polls to go in November

The European court of human rights has rejected the plea of a British family to keep their 12 year old on life support. The plea was a last attempt by the family to keep the child medically alive.

Court rejects UK boy's life support plea

Actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas met with Ukrainian refugee families in Poland. She called for more support for Ukrainian refugee children.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas meets Ukrainian refugee families in Poland

A volcanic eruption took place in Iceland near the country's capital Reykjavik which caused emission of hot lava and also plumes of smoke out of a fissure in an uninhabited valley. The eruption took place after a period of intense seismic activity.

Iceland: Volcano erupts near capital

Al-Qaeda chief and a key 9/11 mastermind Ayman-Al Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike on the 30th of July, ending the over 20-year long hunt. Zawahiri's assassination is the biggest blow to the Al-Qaeda since the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011.

Taliban yet to confirm Ayman-Al Zawahiri's death

Tensions have spiked pretty sharply in the Asia-Pacific after the US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. Beijing has now hit back with military exercises that include live fire drills.

Air, ship routes to get impacted due to Chinese military drills

Tensions have spiked pretty sharply in the Asia-Pacific after the US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. Beijing has now hit back with military exercises that include live fire drills. Taiwan said that it is closely monitoring the drills.

China begins military drills near Taiwan; Taiwan is closely monitoring the drills

Taiwan faces fallout of Pelosi visit China's military encircles Taiwan China flexes military might day after controversial visit Decoding the big picture in the Indo-pacific

The Full context | Taiwan faces fallout of Pelosi visit

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