Today's Headlines — US

Israeli forces shell southern Syria, fire towards civilian homes Israeli forces attacked the area west of Beit Jinn in southern Syria twice on Friday and opened fire towards civilian homes in Maariya in western Daraa, according to Syria's official SANA news agency. An Israeli artillery shell landed…

The Ultimate Championship is posed as something different in athletics, but some things stay the same - pole vault star Armand Duplantis taking centre stage.

Packaging already tells us where food comes from, when it was made, what's in it and how many calories it contains. But researchers see a future where packaging can "see," in real time, what's happening inside and translate that into information that producers and consumers can act on.

Metallic nanostructures are exceptionally effective at concentrating light into tiny volumes, while dielectric nanostructures excel at storing light with minimal energy loss. Combining these complementary properties has traditionally required complicated hybrid structures in which the two optical…

The Iran-backed Houthis are also reported to have seized Perim - a strategic island on the major shipping route.

An international team of scientists, including Donald Danforth Plant Science Center member emerita Elizabeth "Toby" Kellogg, Ph.D., has produced a chromosome-level genome assembly that offers a new view of the earliest evolution of grasses, the plant family that includes many of the world's most…

Iraqi commander dismissed over drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia MEE earlier reported that Saudi Arabia on Friday said drones launched from Iraq hit the East–West Pipeline and led to its closure. The Iraqi prime minister’s office said a military commander was dismissed after investigations…

New research shows how artificial intelligence, combined with advanced experimental science, can help find "hidden" and unexplored proteins in the human body and reveal what they actually do, according to a new study published in Nature.

Once prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales.

Iran-allied Houthi militants in Yemen have escalated strikes on Saudi Arabia this week.

Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso says striker Joao Pedro is similar stylistically to his former Real Madrid team-mate Karim Benzema and is at a comparable level to Manchester City's Erling Haaland.

France's transport minister says 180 passengers were on board the train operating the Rouen-Caen route in Normandy.