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India's police fired tear gas and water cannons in the eastern city of Kolkata as clashes with demonstrators protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor turned violent on Tuesday (August 27).

U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan landed in Beijing on Tuesday (August 27) afternoon, as he embarked on several days of talks with top Chinese officials this week aimed at quieting tensions between the two superpowers.

Pakistan held funeral prayers on Monday (August 26) for security forces killed in Balochistan province when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways. Pakistan's military said 14 soldiers and police and 21 militants were killed in fighting after the largest of the attacks, with at least 73 people killed in total, officials said.

U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked a federal appeals court to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court dismissed the indictment in July, according to a court filing. Gabe Singer reports.

At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said on Monday. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday (August 27) ordered a thorough response to digital sexual crimes using deepfakes.

Australia said on Tuesday (August 27) it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. "There's about 10% more international students in our universities today than before the pandemic and about 50% more in our private vocational and training providers," Education Minister Jason Clare told a news conference.

In Beirut's mainly Shi'ite southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, bus drivers said they are feeling the burden of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Trevor Koroll has more.

The relay of the Olympic flame, ahead of the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris on August 28, made a stop at an anniversary ceremony in the French capital on Sunday (August 25) where President Emmanuel Macron was paying homage to WWII liberation fighters to mark 80 years after the city was freed from Nazi occupation.

Residents of Porticello paid their tributes on Sunday (August 25) to British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people who were killed when a luxury yacht sank in stormy weather off Sicily this week.

Eyewitness footage recorded on Monday (August 26) showed a fire at a tower block in Blackwall, London. Around seventy firefighters were deployed to put out the fire.

At least thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia's North Maluku province on Sunday after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said.

Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones on Monday (August 26), killing at least seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighboring NATO member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace. Olivia Zollino reports.

A record number of national committees are set to participate in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, said Craig Spence, brand and communications officer at the International Paralympic Committee,on Monday (August 26). Paris 2024 spokesperson, Anne Descamps, promises to continue the 'unforgettable magic' of the Olympic games.

Revelers at London's Notting Hill Carnival – one of the world's largest street parties – touted the multicultural event's ability to foster unity and diversity on Monday (August 26). This year's carnival is taking place about a month after after racist riots in late July that were sparked by false information online about the suspected killer of three young girls in a knife attack in Southport, northwest England.

Israel has issued new evacuation orders for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, forcing more families to flee, saying its forces intended to act against militant group Hamas and others operating in the area. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Police in Iceland called off a missing persons search under a glacier on Monday (August 26) and said earlier reports that two tourists had been trapped there were wrong.

Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the captain of the superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily during a storm last week, resulting in the deaths of British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, according to a judicial source on Monday. Alice Rizzo reports.

Separatist militant attacks on police stations, railway lines and highways in Pakistan's restive province of Balochistan, coupled with retaliatory operations by security forces, killed at least 51 people, officials said on Monday.

The sound of explosions rang out in central Kyiv in the morning during rush hour as Ukraine's military warned of a massive Russian missile and drone attack following waves of drone attacks in the early hours.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched as new "suicide drones" took off and destroyed test targets including a mock tank, and urged researchers to develop artificial intelligence for the unmanned vehicles, state media reported on Monday. Gabe Singer reports.

Australian employees can now ignore their bosses outside work hours thanks to a new "right to disconnect" designed to curb the creep of emails and calls into personal life. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Video showed the Arizona National Guard evacuating tourists and tribal members out of a canyon after flash flooding impacted the Havasupai Community and tourists visiting the area on Saturday (August 24).

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday (August 25) the U.S. is working to avert an escalation of conflict in the Middle East following a recent exchange of strikes between Israel and Hezbollah.

At least 20 people have died and more than 5.2 million have been affected in Bangladesh by floods caused by relentless monsoon rains and overflowing rivers, officials said on Sunday (August 25). Kristy Kilburn reports.