The annual Orionid meteor shower is set to peak on the night of October 21 to 22, offering stargazers a chance to witness one of the major meteor showers of the year. Around 20 meteors can be seen per hour under ideal viewing conditions.The Orionids are active each year from October 2 to November

The option to remain a province of Canada has locked in victory in Monday's referendum in Alberta, local media projected.

Vice President JD Vance declined Monday to endorse Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection a day after President Donald Trump endorsed the embattled Israeli leader.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted 195 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu at 0420 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 13.87 degrees south latitude and 165.71 degrees east longitude.

French authorities set curfews in parts of several cities on Monday, including Paris, Lille and Nice, as they faced pressure over security failings after a weekend of riots and looting stemming from nationwide anti-government protests.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday began a Gulf tour aimed at securing oil and diesel supplies in an effort to bring down prices, after a weekend of violent protests sparked by soaring living costs.Macron, just hours after slamming France's "unbridled" violence in an address late on Sunday,

The opening plenary of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) was held in Yerevan, capital of Armenia on Monday.The international community has made some progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, but

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit ‌to Israel on Monday, Axios reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.

Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission intended to become the first to collect samples from the small, rocky body and return them to Earth for analysis.

The death toll caused by Dana Adam, the latest episode of torrential rain battering northeastern and eastern Spain, has risen to four after two more fatalities were reported in the Valencia region on Monday.Both deaths occurred in the town of Oliva, near Valencia. A 79-year-old woman was found dead

At least nine people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the municipality of Santa Barbara de Iscuande in Colombia's southwestern department of Narino, local authorities said Monday.Colombia's Ombudsman's Office called for urgent government support for search and rescue efforts."Several

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud on Monday discussed regional developments in separate phone calls with his Turkish and United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterparts, during which they condemned the continued attacks by Yemen's Houthi group against Saudi Arabia, the

The U.S. administration has not approved the transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine amid tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, The Washington Post reported on Monday.At least some of the missiles are being transferred from

Saudi Arabia announced Monday the postponement of the 10th edition of its flagship investment conference, originally scheduled for Oct. 26-29 in Riyadh, to 2027.The decision to postpone the Future Investment Initiative conference aims to ensure that the event delivers the expected scale, quality

Tehran will not accept that another country would seek to impose its will and demands on other nations through force and pressure, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran on Monday.Citing U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran,

Myanmar's longstanding ties with China and geographical proximity to the Chinese market offer significant opportunities for the country's coffee industry, an industry representative said.