President Donald Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending the ceasefire with Iran if Tehran kills American troops, US officials said, insisting that the weekslong pause in airstrikes remains intact despite a steady stream of violent skirmishes.

Based on the behaviour of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond our solar system possess magnetic fields, like Earth and five other planets in our solar system.

Pakistan said yesterday two river projects by arch-rival India would “weaponise” water and violate a major treaty between the neighbouring nations, threatening a response if they move ahead.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan will meet his Bangladesh counterpart Dr Khalilur Rahman in Dhaka today as the two countries look to expand strategic engagement alongside trade and investment ties.

UK leader Keir Starmer yesterday accused US tech tycoon Elon Musk of “trying to whip up division” in Britain following anger over the police handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man.

European countries have funnelled billions of dollars of military aid to Ukraine since US funding ended, with 2026 contributions helping boost its booming drone sector, Germany’s Kiel Institute said yesterday.

Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least nine people yesterday, a spokesman for the civil defence agency in the Palestinian territory told AFP.

Many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region

Africa and southeast Asia alone account for nearly three-quarters of all cases of food-related ailments and 60 percent of deaths worldwide

The two sides, which do not have formal diplomatic relations, also agreed to create "pilot zones" in which the Lebanese armed forces "will take exclusive control of the territory to the exclusion of all non-state actors."

The move marked the first time the Republican-controlled House had approved a measure seeking to force Trump to wind down military operations against Tehran since the war began three months ago.

A Sri Lankan court yesterday imposed a foreign travel ban on former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa as investigators widened their probe into the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order creating a voluntary framework under which AI developers will share advanced models with the government before public release.

North Korea yesterday slammed remarks by the top American military official in South Korea comparing his host nation to “the dagger in the heart of Asia”, saying it reflected Washington’s strategy to contain China.

India is likely to order more than $2 billion worth of military drones from domestic firms this year in its biggest such purchase, an industry body working with the government told Reuters, as global and regional conflicts boost demand.

UN rights experts said Tuesday that escalating US “threats and coercion” against Cuba smacked of “colonial-era practices”, which they warned undermined international peace and security.

Ukrainian drones hit an oil terminal in St Petersburg and a warship in dry-dock at a nearby naval base, hours before Vladimir Putin’s showcase economic forum got under way in the city, in a clear attempt to embarrass the Kremlin chief.

At least four Bangladeshi citizens were among those injured and one killed in a drone attack at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.

President Donald Trump has said the US does not “need” its forces to operate on the ground within Iran because of the success of its months-long bombing campaigns in the country.

Around 30 European and North American media outlets yesterday joined a coalition launched by Britain’s BBC, Sky News and The Guardian, aiming to secure fair payment for news content from artificial intelligence giants.