This festive season, as we adorn ourselves with gold and silver, few realise that these precious metals were born in the fiery deaths of ancient stars - cosmic remnants scattered across the universe, now resting in our hands as ornaments of celestial

Interim Nepalese Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the death of Nepali national Bipin Joshi, whose body was handed over by Hamas to Israel, bringing a tragic end to two years of uncertainty and hope.

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 280,000 kilometres as they encircle the giant planet. But smaller celestial bodies in the solar system also boast ring systems that are impressive in their own.

The increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the highest ever recorded, the United Nations said, calling for urgent action to slash emissions.

Chinese officials have reportedly compelled thousands of Tibetans, including monks, nuns, and prominent lamas, to participate in a Kalachakra empowerment led by Gyaltsen Norbu, the 'fake Panchen', by Tibetans.

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will ask Russia to hand over former ruler Bashar al-Assad during his first visit to Moscow.

China's reigning position in the rare earth supply chain, nay, the critical minerals chain, is of alarming concern for all, including major western powers like the USA and developing economies like India.

Police have registered a case against a Mumbai-based man doing PhD in the US for allegedly sexually abusing, threatening and causing physical harm to a 31-year-old woman also studying in that country on the false promise of marriage.

The Israeli military said that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a hostage who was held in Gaza, adding to tensions over the fragile truce in the two-year war.

Leaders representing transgender individuals on Wednesday accused the police of forcibly removing members of their community from various districts in the province.

The Afghan Taliban today released footage of drone strikes at Pakistani border outposts as the two neighbours engaged in one of the deadliest conflicts in years.

Dozens of people have been killed and wounded as fresh cross-border clashes erupted between Afghan and Pakistani forces in the early hours of Wednesday.

Australian police said Wednesday they had seized drugs worth $170 million and guns in a raid on a group likely linked to an attempted organised crime hit near a Sydney daycare facility last week.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif turned the Gaza Summit in Egypt into a Donald Trump fanfare convention, as he heaped praises on the US President, calling him a "man of peace".

A 42-year-old man accused of killing an elderly couple during a horrifying home invasion in New York City in September had fled with a valuable 2001 New York Yankees baseball from the victims' home, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Russia has stepped up railway attacks over the past three months, seeking to sow unrest in Ukrainian regions it borders by depriving people there of rail connections, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, the CEO of the Ukrainian state railway, said.

Clashes erupted Tuesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces in a remote northwestern border region, with state-run media in Pakistan accusing Afghan troops of opening "unprovoked fire" that was repulsed.

Hamas is reportedly carrying out mass public executions in Gaza as it desperately seeks to maintain control over the Palestinian enclave, even as US President Donald Trump has vowed to disarm the group.

Users will be able to shop Walmart's assortment directly on ChatGPT by clicking a "buy" button. The catalog includes apparel, entertainment, packaged food and other products from Walmart and its Sam's Club chain.

India was ranked lowest with a D rating, coming in behind Argentina, the Philippines and Turkey, which were also all rated D.