Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing.

Senior members of President Donald Trump's administration visited California Monday as blazes that have killed at least eight people continued to cut a catastrophic swathe through the country's most populous state.

Thomas Eugene Wilber was 12 years old when his father’s plane was shot down in Việt Nam and taken prisoner. Just a day earlier, on 15 June 1968, he had received a belated birthday letter, and for sometime, believed that it could be the last thing he would ever get from his father. Two years later, he heard from his father, then interned in the Hỏa Lò Prison. His father told the family he was fine.

The two-day Khau Phạ Paragliding Festival closed in Mù Cang Chải District in the northwestern province of Yên Bái on Sunday.

Strong winds, big waves and a year-long tropical climate have made Mũi Né a paradise for adrenaline addicts.

The management board of the Hỏa Lò Prison museum yesterday received memorabilia from the family of late US Commander Walter Eugene Wilber.

Thomas Eugene Wilber, yesterday, executed his father’s wish and presented items related to US Navy Captain Walter Eugene Wilber at Hỏa Lò Prison Historical Relic in Hà Nội.

The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence announced the initial outcomes of the search and rescue operations for the SU30 MK2 and CASA 212 aircraft yesterday.

The recent news of children drowning in some provinces has raised alarms about the severity of the problem as the hot summer months get underway.