A PhD student in criminology at Washington State University has been arrested and charged with first-degreemurder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students more than six weeks ago, police said.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was arrested on Friday in the state of Pennsylvania, said James Fry, chief of police in the town of Moscow, Idaho, where the university is located.
Kohberger was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary, said prosecutor Bill Thompson of Latah County, Idaho.
Beirut, Lebanon – Recent improvements in relations between Lebanon and Gulf states have relieved the cash-strapped country’s politicians.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait returned their ambassadors to Beirut in a move that slowly thaws a diplomatic crisis that has strained Lebanon since last October, sparked by critical comments of the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen.
Saudi Ambassador Waleed Bukhari hosted a dinner at his residence on Monday, receiving Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Lebanese political allies, Hezbollah-backed Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj-Hassan, and the ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israeli military raids and killings have become an almost daily reality in Jenin and Nablus over the past year.
The raids are part of a campaign Israel calls “Break the Wave'”, under which it carries out mass arrests and killings in places such as the two northern occupied West Bank cities, aimed at fighters affiliated with armed groups such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades, and Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Merry Christmas, Wordle players. Newsweek is here to help you solve today's brainteaser if it's taking too much time away from your festive celebrations.
The English-language puzzle game was created by New York-based software engineer Josh Wardle and it quickly became a viral hit after it was made public in 2021.
Wordle's sudden rise in popularity led The New York Times to step in and purchase the game for an undisclosed seven-figure sum in January 2022.
A new map of China's national borders has sparked protests from governments in Asia after its boundaries drew in the territories of its neighbors—including a small chunk of Russia.
The map, published on Monday by China's Ministry of Natural Resources, lays claim to disputed land on its southern border with India and encompasses all of Taiwan. Off its southern coast, Beijing's so-called "dashed line" captures huge tracts of the South China Sea, where islands, reefs and maritime zones are contested by half a dozen countries.