The solstices mark the times when the Earth's tilt toward or away from the sun is at its maximum. This means the hemispheres are getting very different amounts of sunlight - and days and nights are at their most unequal.

Donald Trump ordered a blockade of "sanctioned oil tankers" into and out of Venezuela, US forces seized an oil tanker off the country's coast and the military attacked three more alleged drug-smuggling boats in the region

The father-and-son duo alleged to have gunned down 15 people on Australia's Bondi Beach holed themselves up in a Philippines hotel for weeks and left a tip on their way out, staff told AFP Thursday.

Despite a ban by Islamabad, the Indian espionage thriller Dhurandhar seems to be riding the wave of popularity in Pakistan.

On the morning of September 10, Tyler Robinson was messaging a friend on Discord, sharing results of the online word game Wordle

In the rainforests of New Guinea lives a bird unlike any other - the Hooded Pitohui, known as the world's only toxic bird. While most birds are harmless to humans, this orange-and-black species carries harmful toxins found in poison dart frogs.

The double murder of Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, in their Los Angeles home and the subsequent arrest of their son Nick Reiner for the killings have sent shockwaves across the world.

Wang Kun won eight consecutive titles at the Chinese Bodybuilding Association (CBBA) National Bodybuilding Championships.

Hundreds of people across Japan will sue the central government Thursday seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, the country's first such litigation.

US President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping prescription drug price cuts under a "Most Favoured Nation" policy has put India's pharmaceutical industry in focus.

A US girl, who was abducted as a toddler at the age of three, has been found after 42 years. Michelle Marie Newton went missing in 1983 and was living under a new identity of "Sharon Nealy", completely unaware that she was once abducted.

Her husband, 40-year-old businessman Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos, was arrested on December 9, on suspicion of femicide.

US First Lady Melania Trump made a rare foray onto center stage Wednesday with the first trailer for her Amazon documentary -- fixing the camera with an unflinching gaze and summing up her husband's comeback in four words: "Here we go again."

The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign terrorists aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority Muslims in the largely Catholic nation.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday promised a crackdown on hate speech in the wake of an attack on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, as the youngest of 15 victims was laid to rest.

The White House has installed new plaques along President Donald Trump's "Presidential Walk of Fame", offering descriptions beneath portraits of former presidents that reflect the Republican leader's own views.

United States President Donald Trump on Thursday set out plans to make the country "stronger than ever." In a televised address to the nation, Trump strongly criticised the Biden administration.

US President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that he helped settle at least eight wars across the world in the first 10 months of his second term in the White House.

US President Donald Trump has announced a special cash payout for American troops, calling it a "warrior dividend" to recognise the service and sacrifice of the armed forces.

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's all-powerful defence chief, is reportedly looking at the toughest test of his expanding stronghold on Islamabad as the United States pushes the South Asian nation to send troops to Gaza.