Scientists announced Tuesday they have discovered the earliest evidence of humans using whale bones, finding weapons made from the remains of the massive mammals dating back more than 20,000 years.

Israel yesterday said its military killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’s presumed Gaza leader as military offensive in the tiny Palestinian territory killed dozens more.

A Cambodian soldier was killed yesterday after an exchange of gunfire with the Thai army at the border, a Cambodian army spokesman said, a rare fatality in a long sensitive frontier region.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office yesterday condemned the “inflammatory monologue” delivered by Indian PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat, urging India to “return to the core principles of international order”.

The world is expected to experience more record temperatures over the next five years, with Arctic warming predicted at more than three times the global average, a new report by the UN weather agency said yesterday.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has stepped back from his role of slashing US government spending by firing tens of thousands of people, has criticized President Donald Trump’s signature spending bill.

The United States is behind in its dues to the International Labour Organization (ILO), but the UN agency’s chief said yesterday he was “hopeful” they would soon be paid.

Israel struck the international airport in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa yesterday, the Iran-backed Houthis and the Israeli military said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday called German plans to build the “strongest” army in Europe “very worrying”, citing the world wars of the 20th century.

Russia has massed more than 50,000 troops, including some of its best forces, near Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, but Kyiv has taken steps to prevent them from conducting a large-scale offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Mohammad Sinwar was elevated to the top ranks of Hamas last year

Kyiv and European governments have accused Moscow of stalling while its troops advance in eastern Ukraine.

Storms on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more across the country

On Tuesday there were chaotic scenes as thousands of Palestinians rushed into a GHF aid distribution centre in Rafah in southern Gaza, AFP reporters said.

Russian President Putin rejected calls to meet Zelensky in Turkey earlier this month

Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, insisted it was responding to escalating Ukrainian strikes

The world's poorest nations face a "tidal wave of debt" as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think-tank warned in a new report

The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels of warming after the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024

Hundreds of students gathered to oppose Trump's widening offensive

Russia launched 60 drones at Ukraine overnight, injuring several people, officials in Kyiv said yesterday, indicating a sharp decrease in the intensity of Moscow’s attacks after it conducted three nights of massive aerial bombardment.