Einstein’s waves win Nobel Prize in physics
Image copyright AFP/CALTECH/EPA Image caption Weiss (L) takes half the prize; Barish (C) and Thorne (R) share the other half The 2017 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the detection of gravitational waves.Rainer Weiss,
Blasts at Uganda MPs Bobi Wine and Allan Ssewanyana’s homes
Image copyright AFP Image caption Afrobeats singer Bobi Wine became an independent MP after winning a by-election in June Grenade attacks have taken place at the homes of two Ugandan opposition MPs, including singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi.Mr Kyagulanyi, popularly known as
Tales of heroism in Las Vegas
Image copyright Getty Images People who laid their bodies on top of others to shield them from gunfire.Others who ran back in to the path of bullets to help strangers get out. Concert-goers who carried the wounded on railings and
Myanmar beauty queen ‘dethroned over Rohingya video’
Image copyright Shwe Eain Si Image caption Shwe Eain Si was crowned Miss Grand Myanmar earlier this year A Burmese beauty queen has claimed she was stripped of her pageant title over a video she made on the ongoing violence
Russian opposition leader Navalny jailed again
Image copyright EPA Image caption Alexei Navalny (above in court on Monday) argues that cases against him are politically motivated Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been given a 20-day prison sentence for repeatedly violating a ban on organising public
Brexit: Barnier warns of insufficient progress in talks
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Brexit talks are being led by David Davis for the UK and Michel Barnier for the EU There has not been "sufficient progress" in Brexit talks yet to open trade discussions, EU negotiator Michel
Las Vegas shooting: Police search for gunman’s motive
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow the horror unfolded - in two minutes Police are working to establish the motive behind a mass shooting which left at least 59 dead and another 527 injured at a Las
Victims’ identities start to emerge
Image copyright Reuters Details have emerged of some of those killed when Stephen Paddock opened fire on innocent concert-goers in Las Vegas on Monday night.An off-duty Las Vegas police officer is among those who died. He was identified by friends
MH370’s enduring mystery ‘almost inconceivable’, report says
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption MH370 was carrying 239 people when it disappeared in 2014 Australian investigators have delivered their final report into missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, saying it is "almost inconceivable" the aircraft has not been found.MH370 disappeared
US musician Tom Petty dies aged 66
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Tom Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 US musician Tom Petty has died in California aged 66, says a statement issued on behalf of his family.Petty was