Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars - named after the Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva - that appear to be among the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks, offering new insight into how our galaxy came together long ago.

US forces conducted self-defense strikes against three Houthi underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, US Central Command (Centcom) said on Friday.

Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, a virtuoso of Chopin and Beethoven who enjoyed a decades-long collaboration with La Scala, died yesterday age 82, the Milan opera house announced.

The US Congress early yesterday overwhelmingly passed a USD1.2 trillion budget bill, keeping the government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law and avert a partial shutdown.

A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip where people face starvation is a moral outrage, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Rafah crossing yesterday.

Indonesian authorities recovered two bodies from the shores of West Aceh yesterday and said local fishermen reported several other drowning victims washed up after a vessel carrying Rohingya migrants capsized off the coast earlier this week.

Taiwan called yesterday for the swift return of one of its military officers who was rescued by Chinese authorities after losing contact during a fishing vacation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to punish those behind a "barbaric terrorist attack" on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine

UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of war-ravaged Gaza, today said the world has seen enough of its horrors and appealed for a ceasefire to allow in more aid

Russia on Saturday said it had arrested 11 people -- including four gunmen -- over the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by the Islamic State, as the death toll rose to 115.

Russia has arrested 11 people -- including all four assailants -- over Friday's deadly attack on a concert hall, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday

A vote at the UN Security Council on a new text calling for an "immediate" ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was postponed to Monday, diplomatic sources told AFP, after a separate, US-lead draft resolution was vetoed

Gunmen who opened fire at a Moscow concert hall killed more than 60 people and wounded over 100 while sparking an inferno, authorities said Saturday, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility

India brought 35 accused Somali pirates to Mumbai on Saturday, days after they were apprehended when naval commandos recaptured a hijacked bulk carrier and rescued several hostages

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided yesterday to celebrate the silver jubilee of International Mother Language Day on February 21, 2025

At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when five gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, in one of the worst such attacks on Russia in years

Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, said on Friday she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy after tests taken after she had major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present

Taipei’s defence ministry yesterday announced the highest single-day number of Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island this year, which analysts attributed as a reaction to Taiwan’s political outreach to Europe in recent days.

Russia yesterday admitted two years into its invasion of Ukraine that it was “in a state of war,” as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbour’s territory.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bhutan yesterday for a two-day state visit to the tiny but strategic