Pakistan made the last-minute proposal Tuesday to avert catastrophic US attacks on Iran

The Artemis II astronauts wrapped up their lunar flyby as they continued their journey back to Earth yesterday, bringing with them rich celestial observations, including little-known lunar craters, a solar eclipse and meteor strikes that scientists hope will open doors to new understandings.

Urges Republicans to stop Trump, end war on Iran

US President Donald Trump yesterday warned that “a whole civilisation will die” in Iran if the country does not heed his midnight deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran showed no sign of budging and reported that US-Israeli attacks on its infrastructure were already underway.

One of Australia’s most-decorated soldiers was charged Tuesday with murdering unarmed prisoners captured in Afghanistan, police said following a sweeping war crimes probe.

More than 180 people are feared dead or missing in Mediterranean shipwrecks over the past 10 days, the United Nations said Tuesday, with nearly 1,000 deaths counted since the start of 2026.

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people and wounded several others outside a school housing displaced Palestinians on Monday, health officials said, the latest violence to overshadow the fragile US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal.

Heavy rain, storms and floods have battered Asian neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan for more than two weeks, killing at least 188 people, disaster officials in both countries said yesterday.

Russian artillery and aerial attacks killed nine people in Ukraine -- including a child -- in strikes across the country yesterday, officials said.

The Iran war has put US global leadership on the line, Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear about the “madness” of nuclear escalation.

With the judicial adjudication process for voters in West Bengal concluded on Monday midnight, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has estimated that the total number of deleted voters in West Bengal has risen to approximately 91 lakh.

Taiwan’s main opposition leader landed in China yesterday for a rare visit aimed at building cross-strait “peace”, as the Taipei government warned Beijing would seek to stop US arms sales to the democratic island.

The 34km wide Strait provides passage from the Gulf to the Indian Ocean and is the main route for about a fifth of world oil supplies

Major updates on the US-Israel war on Iran

Trump, earlier, said a 'whole civilisation' could be wiped out

Tehran rejects temporary ceasefire, senior Iranian source says

'Two of the attackers were brothers,' says Turkish Minister

Iran says Pakistani mediation efforts at 'critical stage'

From solar eclipses and meteor strikes to naming new craters, the historic mission pushes humanity further into space

The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian and Iranian hackers were collaborating in the cyber domain.