Skygazers who missed spectacular display in recent weeks may have other chances to catch it in coming years

Dazzling displays lit up the night sky last week with rare sightings across the country.

A Chinese zoo that compensated for not being given any giant pandas has become a laughing stock after colouring two Chow Chow dogs black and white to make them look like pandas. The hilarious video of the panda-like dogs on display at the Taizhou Zoo ...

Israeli forces said last week troops were returning to Jabalia to prevent Islamist militants re-grouping there

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has toured flooded regions in the southwest, where rivers have swelled and caused flash floods and landslides after heavy rain and severe weather

The man accused of attempting to assassinate Slovak prime minister Robert Fico made his first court appearance on Saturday 18 May. Mr Fico's condition has stabilised but remains serious, the country's health minister said, providing an update follow ...

Thunderstorms have killed at least four people and left more than half a million homes and businesses without power in south-eastern Texas. It could take “weeks” for power to be restored in some parts of Houston following fierce storms with winds ...

A group of cloistered nuns greeted Pope Francis on Saturday 18 May, as he attended a ceremony inside Verona’s Basilica of San Zeno. The nuns, who usually observe the rules of “papal enclosure” and rarely leave their nunneries, were let out of t ...

PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater

Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People

The wellness project claims to help users make ‘smarter food choices’ based on ‘world-leading science’. But many scientists claim its fee-based services are no better than generic advice

Jonathan Yeo’s divisive painting of the king raises the question of whether paintings of the monarchy have become irrelevant and anachronisitic

Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it

The court will play a crucial role in November’s election. Alito’s pro-Trump flag adds fuel to an already raging ethics debate

New York actor was taken to hospital after a stranger punched him in the face while he was walking in Manhattan on 8 May

Patrick Grant says rise of low-cost retailers means new clothes ‘haven’t got cheaper, they’ve just got worse’

Nelson Shardey, 74, became tearful on hearing of support for effort to gain settled status after 50 years in UK

With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe

It's a very odd shape, but has been named the most aesthetic Tube stop in London

It is reported that councils are having to resort to putting people up in B&Bs