An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's…
People suffering from stiff person syndrome (SPS), which affects Celine Dion, the singer, could soon benefit from a new medicine which improves symptoms. …
Portugal will shut schools and non-essential public services on Wednesday, with the government urging people to shelter from winds potentially reaching 140…
British author ‌John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel, "The End of Everything," a dystopian satire that the prize says probes the…
Asharq Al-Awsat was honored with the Arab Journalism Award in the Investigative Reporting category at the 24th Arab Media Summit held in Dubai. The…
In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)” or “kagi neko (hook…
The United Nations warned Wednesday there is a 70 percent chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius international…
Nepal's government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers…
SpaceX's Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday but spun out of control about halfway through its flight without achieving some of its most…
The Saudi Ministry of Interior inaugurated on Tuesday an exhibition titled "No Hajj Without a Permit" at the Red Sea Mall in Jeddah Region. The exhibition,…
A woman who turned 21 on the day of Australia’s federal election in May has been declared the nation’s youngest ever senator. And like many female candidates…
Hong Kong's first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De. The names of the cubs, affectionately known as …
The holy city of Makkah will witness a precise astronomical phenomenon on Tuesday as the sun passes directly overhead the Holy Kaaba. According to the Noor…
Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads dozens of people on a weekly hike in North Carolina to see some of the most unique living things in the world: plants that…
Famed Sherpa guide Kami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most climbs to the top of the world…
The National Center for Wildlife launched four partridge breeding programs as part of a scientific initiative to gradually breed and reintroduce these birds…
French Open organizers handed out 10,000 brick-red T-shirts for Sunday's tribute to 14-times Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal on Monday and while most…
Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that…
Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday. Near the luxury resort of Zermatt, rescuers found the…
Decorated with colorful paper cranes and blooming flowers, it doesn’t look like the scene of a tragedy. On Aug. 9, 1945, US forces detonated an atomic bomb…
Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at…
Iraq's water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates…
Five skiers were found dead near Switzerland's Rimpfischhorn mountain on Sunday, after emergency services were alerted a day earlier to some abandoned skis at…
A primary school in Britain’s Kent thought to be the oldest in England is celebrating 350 years since it opened, BBC reported. Lady Boswell's School, in…
An Oregon man who quit his job at a tire company and liquidated his retirement savings to set sail for Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix, reached his destination…
The helmsman of a huge container ship that ran aground in Norway just a stone's throw away from a cabin as its owner slept was probably asleep as well at the…
Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Saturday, eight days earlier than usual, marking the earliest arrival in 16 years and…
Under a cloud of incense smoke, a group of men and women in a village in northern Greece swayed slowly to the music before removing their shoes and rushing,…