SCIENCE

The US-backed Iraqi forces have reconquered Mosul's central bank, along with museum looted by jihadis in 2014.

Councils across England foot £50m bill to clear up nearly a million rubbish dumping instances a year.

Scientists just doubled the number of materials that could be used in solar fuels.

Burials were found in the main chamber of one of the region's largest dolmens.

There have only ever been a handful of sightings of True's whales alive.

Abdoul Salam Sidibe accused of selling live animals, including endangered chimpanzees, rare birds and parrots.

Once thought impossible, scientists have now created time crystals in the laboratory.

New findings point to the Roman structure being used as a fortress in the 12th century.

Modafinil, methylphenidate and caffeine all led to an increase in chess players' scores.

Humans are evolved to be aggressive and technological advances create apocalyptic potential.

Nasa's Cold Atom Lab has been designed to create temperatures 'over a 100 million times colder than the depths of space.'

The creature had consumed coins thrown by visitors in a pool for good luck.

Limiting climate change to 2C warming still would not stop the Arctic ice from melting away.

People minded for iron and lead since the Stone Age in Poland.

Stones are thrown at a herd of 25 elephants when they come out of the forest.

Musk needs to know that not everybody is on board with his apparent space race.

This year's 22 award-winning images include a 3D model of a pig's eyeball, a parrot's intricate system of blood vessels and a visualisation of tweets about breast cancer.

Black and white colouration is rarely seen in nature and has posed a long-standing problem for researchers.

Cold water sinks – but in in the polar seas, what goes down must come up.

WHO claims quarter of all global deaths of children under five caused by filthy environment.

Interactive quiz marks 37th anniversary of opening of Komodo National Park in Indonesia.

Car manufacturer pledged to cut its emissions following the scandal

Arrival of the gas also leaves questions over fracking in the UK

Nasa believes a magnetic field around Mars could help further human exploration and colonisation.

'It's time for America to go back to the Moon and this time to stay,' Bezos said.

IBTimes UK visits Tete province, where World Vision is assisting a drought-stricken population.

The forests include abundant populations of many species including tigers, leopards, elephants, bears.

The Batagaika crater is a megaslump that continues growing.

Notorious Boniface Matthew Mariango sentenced in Tanzania on #WorldWildlifeDay in 'major breakthrough'.