CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | A suspected drone was downed off the coast of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, according to security sources. Speaking to Xinhua on condition of anonymity, the two sources confirmed that explosions were heard in the city. Earlier, local Al-Qahera TV news …
Read More »Russia seeks to retrieve remains of U.S. drone from Black Sea
Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russia will try to retrieve the wreckage of a U.S. surveillance drone that crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said Wednesday. “I don’t know if we will be able to get the remains or not, but it is …
Read More »Armed men driving ‘drone’ kidnap Sheikh Yahya Mwanje
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified gunmen driving in a numberless drone have picked up Sheikh Yahya Mwanje, the former acting Amir Ummah of Salafiya Tablique Muslim community. Siraji Kifampa, the spokesperson of Jamatil Salafiya Tablique Muslim community, says that the gunmen intercepted Sheikh Mwanje shortly after stepping out of …
Read More »Six killed in ‘Drone’ accident in Pakwach
Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six members of the same family have died in an accident in Pakwach District. The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: ‘They are abducting everyone’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The are abducting everyone: Why the crackdown on Bobi Wine supporters may not work well for Museveni and NRM THE LAST WORD Uganda’s change dilemma: How our country is caught between Museveni’s …
Read More »Two arrests over Gatwick-London airport drone chaos as flights resume
Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom | AFP | Two people were arrested in connection with the “criminal use of drones” at London Gatwick Airport, police said Saturday, after three days of disruption affected tens of thousands of passengers during the pre-Christmas getaway. Drones were first sighted hovering around Britain’s second-busiest air …
Read More »London airport reopens after drones sow chaos
London, United Kingdom | AFP | London’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday for a limited number of flights, after mysterious drone sightings caused chaos that left tens of thousands of passengers stranded over the past three days. Police said they were still hunting for the drone operator or operators and …
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