It all started off as a joke, a French researcher told AFP. But what the team found was a piece of history -- a long-lost page from a legendary manuscript by ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes which had been languishing, forgotten, in the archives of a French museum.

UN chief urges Israel, Hezbollah as he visits Beirut amid shelling; Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard’ after easing sanctions on Russian oil

Deal signing likely to be delayed by months, sources say

Separately, a crude tanker is expected to arrive in India on Saturday carrying Saudi Arabian oil after sailing through the Strait around March 1

President Macron says attack 'unacceptable and unjustified'

Partial 30-day waiver issued for sanctioned Russian oil purchases

Incident wasn't caused by 'hostile fire', statement says

AFP journalists report powerful explosions

Khamenei's first comments were read out by a television ​presenter on Thursday

Washington lifting more sanctions 'increasingly inevitable', says Russian envoy

The Shajareh Tayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound and was among at least seven buildings struck February 28

Authorises delivery and sale of Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels

4 killed in Kabul, claim Afghan authorities

A Russian court yesterday handed life sentences to four gunmen from Tajikistan, and 11 others it said were their accomplices, for the 2024 Crocus concert hall attack that left 150 people dead.

Researchers at Spain’s University of Granada have developed an artificial cornea made from the scales of several fish species commonly found in markets, which could become a lower-cost alternative to donor transplants for severe eye diseases.

Three tankers -- two in Iraq and one in UAE waters -- were struck yesterday, an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks that have disrupted Middle East energy supplies, despite President Donald Trump’s claim that the Islamic republic was facing imminent defeat.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman sought the support and cooperation of people and the members of parliament, including those from the opposition, to transform Bangladesh into a self-reliant, prosperous, safe, and democratic country.

Iran will avenge the blood of its martyrs, keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, and attack US bases, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said yesterday, his first remarks since succeeding his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

They were receiving medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries and were in stable condition, says the military

Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to do so. Any Iranian mining of the key shipping lane, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a nightmare for Western demining teams. Here’s an explainer: