(BBC News) The United States has returned more than 250 ancient artefacts to Italy after police discovered that they had been stolen.
The art unit of Italy's police force found the items had been looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors in the 1990s.
Among the precious artefacts include pots, paintings, and sculptures up to 3,000 years old.
Several of the mosaics are worth tens of millions of euros.
The oldest item dates back to the...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The death toll from wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui has risen to 67 as search teams combed through the smouldering ruins of Lahaina town and officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort area with little warning.
Hawaii’s attorney general said on Friday that she was opening a probe into how authorities responded to devastating wildfires.
“The Department of the attorney general will be conducting a comprehensive review of critical...
(BBC News) Scientists near Chicago say they may be getting closer to discovering the existence of a new force of nature.
They have found more evidence that sub-atomic particles, called muons, are not behaving in the way predicted by the current theory of sub-atomic physics.
Scientists believe that an unknown force could be acting on the muons.
More data will be needed to confirm these results, but if they are verified, it could mark the beginning of...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Wildfires have left a trail of destruction on the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at least 36 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes.
The blazes, which continued to rage on Thursday, appear to have devastated the historic centre of Lahaina, the onetime capital of the former Kingdom of Hawaii.
While damage was still being assessed, witnesses said several significant sites appeared to have been consumed by the flames.
It was not immediately clear how all...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States’ continuing military buildup in the Gulf risks a “dangerous” confrontation with Iran, U.S.-based analysts have said, as the two countries continue to struggle to resolve their issues through diplomacy.
The Pentagon announced this week that thousands of U.S. troops were being deployed to the region to help protect shipping lanes, such as those in the Strait of Hormuz, from Iranian “harassment”.
The Associated Press news agency reported last week that the U.S. military was...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Niger’s military government has rejected the latest diplomatic mission from African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after a July 26 coup, resisting pressure from the United States and United Nations to come to the negotiating table.
The African Union (AU) planned to send a joint mission with representatives of the UN and the West African bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to Niger on Tuesday, but it was...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Elon Musk has said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be livestreamed on the social media platform X, headed by Musk and formerly known as Twitter.
The two social media moguls have been egging each other into a mixed martial arts cage match in Las Vegas since June.
“Zuck v Musk fight will be livestreamed on X. All proceeds will go to...
(BBC News) Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger's skies.
The West African group of countries, Ecowas, had earlier warned it could use force if President Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated by 23:00 GMT on Sunday.
A junta spokesman says Niger's armed forces are ready to defend the country.
Bazoum was detained on July...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Niger’s coup generals have asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s removed president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, a news report says.
The request came during a visit by a coup leader – General Salifou Mody – to neighbouring Mali, where he made contact with someone from Wagner, Wassim Nasr, a journalist and senior research...
(BBC News) Chandrayaan-3, India's latest Moon mission, has entered the lunar orbit, the country's space agency has said.
The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander, and a rover lifted off on July 14. It will try to set the lander and rover on the lunar surface on August 23 or 24.
If successful, India will be the first country to land near the Moon's little-explored south pole.
It will be only the fourth to achieve a soft landing...
