Last year was the second hottest on record in the contiguous United States, and included 10 major weather and climate events, such as droughts and storms, that each led to over $1 billion in damages, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.

New research suggests that ancient, tightly packed clumps of stars found at the fringe of the Milky Way are a good bet in the search for extra terrestrial intelligence (Seti).

Florida man is being held on Tuesday after being accused of vandalising a mosque and desecrating it with bacon, whose consumption is forbidden by the Muslim religion, police said.

Newly released treasure trove of historical data reveals intriguing details about a secret Cold War project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), reports Space.com.

Turkey's government urges Saudi Arabia and Iran to calm their diplomatic row, saying the dispute will only worsen regional tensions.

US expresses concern that Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could further exacerbate sectarian rivalry in the Middle East.

Police in Brussels arrests six people in connection with an alleged plot to target the city on New Year's Eve, prosecutors say.

Wild weather that saw tornadoes and flooding kill dozens of people continued to advance across the United States Monday, now bringing deep snow and freezing rain over a huge swath of the country.

The Force remains strong with the new "Star Wars" movie, which is on track to top $1 billion in global ticket sales this weekend, making it the fastest-ever film to reach that level.

Since the deadly Paris attacks and San Bernadino shootings, a widespread backlash against Muslims in US has been reported.To understand the narratives around Islam and Muslims in US, Raza Rumi speaks to Dr Akbar S. Ahmed, who is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University.

At least 24 people are now known to have died after nearly a week of tornadoes, heavy rains and flooding in several US south-central states.

At least 14 people are killed and scores more injured by a devastating storm which left a path of destruction across the US South on Christmas Eve.

Fierce fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition pounded northern Yemen, as the two main parties in the country's conflict continued to violate a ceasefire agreement and undermine already tenuous peace talks in Switzerland.

Bernie Sanders has apologised to fellow Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after his staff stole valuable voting data from her campaign.

The new Star Wars film has set a new opening night box office record in the US and Canada, industry experts say.

China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan.

Colourful footage, shot with a thermal camera, reveals how hummingbirds avoid overheating as they beat their wings up to 70 times per second.

U.S. authorities in Pakistan could have sought - but did not - a full background security investigation of San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik before granting her a visa to enter the United States in 2014, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

United States Department of State official Thomas Shannon meets BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence.

A US federal judge has ordered the state department to produce all documents by February 2016 related to Obama administration's decision to lift a ban on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's entry to the US.