(BBC News) The US space agency says its Voyager-1 probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth after months of spouting gibberish.
The 46-year-old NASA spacecraft is humanity's most distant object.
A computer fault stopped it returning readable data in November, but engineers have fixed this.
For the moment, Voyager is sending back only health data about its onboard systems, but further work should get the scientific instruments back online.
Voyager-1 is more than 24 billion km...
(BBC News) Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the US plans to cut aid to one unit.
"I will fight it with all my strength," the prime minister said on Sunday.
Earlier, the Axios news site said the US would target Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.
The BBC understands any move would come under a US ban on...
(BBC News) The House of Representatives has finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid for Ukraine as it struggles to resist Russia's invasion.
The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress, and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the $61-billion package through.
Now the focus shifts from "whether" to "when" lethal aid arrives, with reports suggesting it could begin within days.
President Joe Biden spoke of a "clear message" about US leadership...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Police in Canada have arrested multiple people accused of stealing thousands of gold bars worth more than $20 million CDN ($14 million US), in what authorities say was the largest gold heist in the country’s history.
Last year’s theft at a Toronto Pearson International Airport facility was orchestrated by a “well-organized group of criminals,” Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah told reporters on Wednesday.
“This particular theft has become the largest gold...
(BBC News) US President Joe Biden has said he "strongly supports" a new $61-billion aid bill for Ukraine, arguing it will "send a message to the world."
The long-stalled measure is one of four that the House of Representatives will vote on this Saturday.
The legislation will include funding for Israel as well as the Indo-Pacific.
Opposition from the right wing of the Republican party has stymied potential assistance for Ukraine for months.
Some of those lawmakers have...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) It is a blockbuster legal case, set to dominate headlines for weeks to come.
On Monday, Donald Trump has become the first United States president, past or present, to stand trial in a criminal case. Jury selection is under way this week.
The trial unfolding in New York centres on sensational allegations: that Trump made hush-money payments to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, with whom he allegedly had an affair. He has...
(BBC News) Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's attack on Saturday and is considering its next steps, the country's army chief says.
Tehran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel, in what it said was retaliation for a strike on its consulate in Syria.
US national security council spokesman John Kirby says Iran did not issue warnings to the White House about its timeframe for launching an attack.
Britain's PM Rishi Sunak has called...
(BBC News) Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel in a retaliatory attack.
Sirens and loud explosions have been heard as Israel's air defences intercept objects.
The US has also shot down Iranian drones that were headed towards Israel, military officials say.
RAF jets in the region will "intercept any airborne attacks within range" of its existing missions, the UK says, as Defence Minister Grant Shapps condemns the "senseless attack".
Iran had warned that Israel would...
(BBC News) Three men were rescued by the US Coast Guard off an island in Micronesia after they sent out a plea for "HELP" using palm tree leaves.
They spelled "HELP" with the leaves, which led to the rescue nine days after they left on a sailing trip.
They had been reported missing after failing to return from a journey to Pikelot Atoll — an uninhabited coral island about 725 km from Guam.
It is the second time...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States has pledged to give Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC up to $6.6 billion to expand production at facilities it is building in the state of Arizona.
The funding announced on Monday will support TSMC building a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, in addition to two facilities already in the pipeline, US officials said.
TSMC’s total investments in the US will rise to $65 billion under the agreement, according to US...
