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Palestinians in Gaza’s Khan Younis expressed their wishes that mediators meeting on Thursday (August 15) in Qatar would reach a ceasefire deal that would pause fighting and permit them to return to their homes after ten months of fighting.

Thousands of women marched overnight across several Indian cities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for strict punishment for crimes against women, as protests against the rape and murder of a female doctor escalated. Fiona Jones reports.

Several flights and rail services were preemptively halted on Thursday (August 15) as Tokyo braced for the arrival of Typhoon Ampil during the peak summer travel season.

Families of Israeli hostages and other demonstrators protested outside the headquarters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in Tel Aviv on Thursday (August 15), calling for an immediate deal as Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks were due to resume in Qatar later in the day. The protesters, including Zahiro Shahar Mor, whose uncle is still held hostage in Gaza, conveyed a message of frustration to the Israeli government and the negotiations team.

A Texas woman forced to flee the state for an emergency abortion recounted her harrowing ordeal to Reuters, as she makes her case for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, saying she will back the current vice president in the November 5 election "like my life depends on it, because it does." Diane To reports.

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Courtfor a breach of ethicsin appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was briefly imprisoned 16 years ago. Associate Professor of Political Science at Thammasat University, Prajak Kongkirati, explains what this means for the political situation in the country and the impact on the health of Thai democracy.

Japan marked the anniversary on Thursday (August 15) of its defeat in World War Two with visits by at least three cabinet ministers to the controversial Yasukuni shrine that other Asian nations see as a symbol of the country's wartime aggression.

The leader of Australia's main opposition party was told to "stop being racist" by another parliamentarian during a heated discussion on Thursday (August 15) in which he said that Australia should not take in any refugees from Gaza.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned on Wednesday, nearly four months after the Ivy League university's handling of campus protests over Israel's war in Gaza was criticized by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sides alike. Syakir Jasnee reports.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lobbed a series of personal and policy-based attacks at his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in a speech on Wednesday, hoping to recover from a difficult stretch during which his lead in opinion polls has all but evaporated. Gabe Singer reports.

Etna roared into action early Thursday (August 15) morning, causing partial flight disruptions at the Catania airport.

New Disney movie “Alien: Romulus” is a standalone film that takes place between the events of the 1979 and the 1986 “Aliens” films. "You'll have a blast, because you are exposed to 45 years of the best ideas," said director and writer Fede Alvarez. British actor Archie Renaux, who plays a scavenger named Tyler, said "Alien: Romulus" will transport viewers back to the film's original formula. "I think fans are going to love it," he said.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighboring countries. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Scientists say data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight lander shows that an immense reservoir of liquid water resides deep under the surface of Mars, holding enough to potentially fill an ocean that would cover the entire surface of Earth's planetary neighbor. Kristy Kilburn has more.

A New York Yankees jersey worn by U.S. baseball legend Babe Ruth could fetch upwards of $30 million when it hits the auction block later in August, according to Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions. Ruth wore the jersey during Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, the game remembered for the “called shot."

Taylor Swift will take to the stage in London on Thursday (Aug. 15), resuming the world's biggest concert tour amid tightened security after a foiled Islamic State-inspired attack forced the cancellation of her Vienna dates last week.

The World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (August 14) said mpox is a global public health emergency following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighboring countries.

China's latest blockbuster "Upstream" tells the story of a middle-aged programmer who is laid off, shut out of white-collar jobs because of his age and pushed into the perilous food-delivery gig economy to try to keep his family afloat, addressing a social issue of a kind not often highlighted by recent films in China. Fiona Jones reports.

Taylor Swift will take to the stage in London on Thursday (August 15), for five sold out shows amid tightened security after her Vienna dates last week were canceled when an Islamic State-inspired attack was foiled. Sean Hogan reports.

A long summer heatwave and urban expansion into the hillsides around Athens worsened conditions for a wildfire around the Greek capital this week, that killed a woman, torched buildings, devoured woodland and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The UN's Chief Heat Officer, Eleni Myrivili, speaking from Lesbos, Greece, said that urban spread in the greater Athens area over the past decades also meant that houses were standing in areas that used to be forests.

Archaeologists discovered remains of four burial sites from around 3,800 years ago in a wasteland that could conceal a ceremonial temple in northern Peru, a researcher said, another finding that provides further evidence of Peru's millenary culture.

New Zealand police launched an investigation on Wednesday (August 14) after a food bank apologized for distributing pineapple-flavored candy that contained a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine. Sean Hogan has more.

In the wake of the recent foiled terror attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Austria, Mike Zimet of the New York firm Mike Zimet Protective Services, told Reuters celebrity protection heavily relies on a security agent's mental and situational awareness.

Hundreds of Afghan people and Taliban fighters came out on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday (August 14) to mark the third anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in the Afghanistan capital.

Ukraine said its major cross-border assault had advanced further in Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday and that its troops had finished clearing the Russian town of Sudzha of Moscow's forces. Zachary Goelman produced this report.