Israeli airstrikes targeted military sites near Syria's capital, Damascus, hitting facilities in the Deir Ali area, according to local media reports. The Israeli military claimed the strikes were aimed at a Hamas weapons storage facility in the same region.

A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey, and some islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland in case of a tsunami.

Elon Musk said on Friday he is re-hiring a staff member at the Department of Government Efficiency who resigned a day earlier after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism.

New Delhi: Scientists have successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a development that they said could be critical for saving the species from extinction.

A Pakistani asylum seeker has been awarded nearly £100,000 (Rs 1,08,77,180) in compensation by the UK Home Office after alleging she was "treated like a criminal" for overstaying in Britain. Nadra Almas, who arrived in the UK on a student visa in 2004, claimed she could not return to Pakistan due to fears of persecution for her Christian faith.

An aircraft carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle went missing Thursday afternoon and rescuers searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally.

Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister says he has instructed the army to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump's proposal for the war-ravaged territory.