Scientists have received signals from the very first stars ever, and could use them to unlock some of the most profound mysteries of the universe. The new discovery shed lights on how stars – and everything that surrounds us – began. It is a picture of the beginnings of light ...

DHAKA/YANGON: Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled a strip of land on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh after the two countries met to discuss resettling them, an official and a community leader said. The United Nations refugee agency has expressed concern that some 5,300 people who were staying in ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani citizens belonging to the North Waziristan Agency who had moved to Afghanistan during operation Zarb-e-Azb, are moving back to their homeland, reads a statement from the office of the Political Agent of North Waziristan. The government has made preparations to receive 4,329 displaced families arriving from Khost, Afghanistan, ...

Microbes can lie dormant for decades under Earth’s surface – and could be doing the same on Mars   Freak rains have exposed bugs that could indicate there’s life on Mars. Scientists have found microbes that have been lying dormant in the soil for decades. Without water, they have entered into ...

  One year after South Sudan briefly declared a famine, more than half of the people in the world’s youngest nation face extreme hunger amid civil war and famine could return, a new report says. More than six million people, up about 40 percent from a year ago, are at ...

  ITALY may struggle to stop the spread of violence that has hits the country’s streets once the election is over, according to an expert who claims the “real issues” of division are not being discussed.   Dozens of violent political protests have rocked Italian streets in the past two ...

Altercation prompts fears about 15-year-old ceasefire between nuclear-armed rivals   India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region, forcing hundreds of people to flee, police in Indian Kashmir said – raising fresh doubts about a 15-year-old ceasefire between the nuclear-armed rivals in the area. It was not ...

The country says it could stop abiding by the deal if Donald Trump insists on modifying its terms   Iran may pull out of its nuclear deal with international powers if Western banks continue to refuse doing business with the country over fear of American sanctions, Tehran’s deputy foreign minister has warned. ...

The move marks the latest step in ratcheting up pressure on former Trump campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates   More than 30 new charges, involving millions of dollars of bank and tax fraud, were filed on Thursday against Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and his business ...

  BANGKOK (Reuters) – Environment group Greenpeace on Thursday called on Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to tackle an air pollution “crisis” in Bangkok, weeks after a pollution agency said the city’s air quality had hit dangerous levels. Air pollution has been under the spotlight in Bangkok, one of the ...