West Asia saw an escalation of tensions on Sunday (August 25) as both Israel and Hezbollah launched strikes on each other. Israel hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after getting a wind of a large-scale retaliatory operation by the Iran-backed group. Hezbollah has claimed that the attack was an “initial response” to the killing of Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah commander, in a targeted Israeli strike on south Beirut. 

Meanwhile, amid the US election race, Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris raised over $540 million in a month, setting a record for any political campaign.

In South Asia, the United Nations has voiced concerns over the Taliban’s new “morality” law, which severely limits women’s rights and gives undue powers to the “moral inspectors.” 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India condemned crimes against women as “unpardonable,” following the outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.

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Israel launched pre-emptive strikes at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday (August 24) after inputs of a large-scale operation by the Iran-backed militant group against it. Hezbollah said that it launched “more than 320” Katyusha rockets towards Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, claimed in a televised speech on Sunday (August 25), that Israel’s pre-emptive attack on Hezbollah had no impact of Hezbollah’s retaliatory operations.

Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based militant group, launched a large-scale missile attack on Israel on Sunday, retaliating for the assassination of their senior commander, Fuad Shukr in Beirut last month.

US Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign achieved a record-breaking fundraising milestone. On Sunday (August 25) Harris’ campaign revealed that it has raised over $540 million in just over a month, “a record for any campaign in history.”

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Sunday (August 25) expressed concern over a new morality law recently ratified by the Taliban. The latest “morality” law places severe restrictions on women, forcing them to “ensure her voice is not heard” and penalising them if they don’t.

Amidst continuing raging nationwide outrage over the brutal sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi,  on Sunday (August 25), said that crime against women is an “unpardonable sin”.

In India’s Mumbai, a student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was found dead in his rented accommodation, said the police on Sunday (August 25). 

NASA announced on Saturday that Boeing’s Starliner capsule will return empty from the International Space Station (ISS) due to ongoing issues with its propulsion system.

Speaking to WION, Russian Cosmonaut Sergei Vladimirovich Korsakov shared how he’d have loved to have his six-month space mission extended to one year.

China, which is facing a demographic crisis, is now seeking to make it easier for its citizens to marry but harder to divorce, as young people increasingly opt to remain single.