A Ugandan military spokesperson says troops have captured a commander of an extremist group whose fighters are accused of killing two tourists last month. Col. Deo Akiiki said Wednesday that a senior commander with the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel whose nom
Israel has escalated its airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, launching 400 airstrikes over the past day, its military said Tuesday. The heavy bombardment comes ahead of an expected ground invasion as Israel has waged a war against Hamas, which governs Gaza. On
Long thought of as the “trash can of the cell”, a tiny organelle released amid cellular division is actually packed with viable genetic material that can affect other cells — and spread cancer. This is the conclusion of geneticist Professor Ahna Skop
Prince William has taken a leaf out of his father’s both by hiring a new valet, who will be responsible for his clothing and appearance. The new hire was taken on last month and will allow William to spend more time on
Polish security authorities are investigating multiple cases of disruption to railway traffic, after unauthorized radio signals stopped several trains over the weekend. On some of the signals, the Russian national anthem could reportedly be heard in the background. Poland’s railway is the
A man who attacked two girls and killed one of them in Germany last year was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported. The 27-year-old Eritrean, who came to Germany as an asylum seeker, was found guilty
Scientists have found a drug that could combat drug-resistant infections – and they did it using artificial intelligence. Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Canada’s McMaster University have identified a new antibiotic that can kill
Senior officials with the U.S. State Department appeared at a forum in Iraq that featured a known terrorist as its keynote speaker. Alina Romanowski, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and Barbara Leaf, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, attended
Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in an early morning operation on Thursday, saying the two of the men were responsible for the shooting of a mother and two daughters. Troops carried out the operation in the city of Nablus, breaking into
A man arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany in which four people were wounded is now also a suspect in a fatal stabbing earlier this month, prosecutors said Thursday. The 26-year-old Syrian, whom authorities are identifying