The source said the proposal was made on Wednesday through another country, which was not named

From Easter Island to the Great Wall of China, many of the world's most iconic cultural heritage sites are under threat from rising temperatures linked to climate change.

Search intensifies after Iranian TV announcement amid conflicting claims over aircraft losses

A triple suicide bombing las month killed 23 people in Maiduguri, in one of the deadliest attacks in the state capital in years

As American forces race against time and Iran's military to locate an aviator reportedly shot down Friday, a former Air Force pilot and a rescuer told AFP what it takes to hide, survive and extract someone behind enemy lines

Experts warn that military action to reopen strait carries high risks and may not succeed

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war

The four crewmembers zipping through space toward the Moon are carrying out a mission unlike any before it

The incidents show the risks still faced by US and Israeli aircraft over Iran despite assertions from US President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that their forces had total control of the skies.

The announcement came after street protests and long queues of motorcycles at fuel stations triggered by a late-night decision to impose a 42.7-percent rise in the price of petrol to 485 rupees (US$1.74) per litre.

Having once more soared beyond $110 per barrel on Thursday, could oil prices reach new records beyond $150 as some analysts believe?

Dozens of international law experts in the US have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after President Donald Trump reiterated his threats this week to strike Iran’s power and desalination plants.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered new tariffs on certain medicines, alongside an overhaul of metal duties, doubling down on his trade agenda a year after unleashing trade wars on virtually all partners.

The Orion capsule carrying four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission fired thrusters early yesterday, propelling the crew out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path toward the moon, committing them to the farthest distance humans have ever traveled in space.

The proposal would lift Pentagon spending by more than 40 percent in a single year -- the sharpest increase since World War II

Iran's military said Friday it had downed a second US jet in the Gulf, state TV reported, after an F-15 fighter had crashed in the country's southwest

The war in the Middle East has pushed food commodity prices higher due to higher energy and fertiliser costs, the UN’s food agency said yesterday.

Iran stepped up its attacks on Israel and targets across the Gulf yesterday, as US President Donald Trump warned Washington had yet to begin “destroying what’s left” of Iran’s infrastructure.

One crew member rescued, search continues for second

Min Aung Hlaing secures 429 of 584 votes cast