Syria’s transitional leadership has located remnants of former president Bashar al-Assad’s clandestine chemical weapons programme, including raw materials and munitions similar to those used in deadly gas attacks during the country’s civil war.Mohamad Katoub, Syria’s permanent representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday that…

Buffalo Township man accused of damaging family home with excavator during dispute A Buffalo Township man has been charged with a number of criminal offenses following allegations that he destroyed his own home using an excavator while his wife and children were still in the home on Tuesday morning. 48-year-old Eric Pierwsza was arrested by…

Gun scare near White House: Person shot by law enforcement at Washington Monument An individual was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on Monday, prompting a brief security lockdown at the nearby White House.The United States Secret Service confirmed that personnel were responding to an “officer-involved shooting” at 15th Street…

Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose lifelong quest for the rare and the beautiful ended in a global health emergency, has been identified as patient zero in the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, according to Argentine authorities.Authorities believe the 70-year-old and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, contracted…