Video footage uploaded to YouTube shows what appears to be Syrian soldiers burying a rebel activist alive. The video, which went viral Thursday, shows a blindfolded man buried up to his head as armed soldiers call him an “animal” and a “dog,” ynetnews.com reported. The man pleads for his life while one of the soldiers says to his commanding officer, “Yes sir, we placed him in there as you have ...

Pigeons navigate by recording information about Earth’s magnetic field, using certain brain cells as a sort of biological compass, U.S. scientists say. The finding gives insight into how many birds can migrate thousands of miles, flying day and night, even when the sun or stars are obscured by clouds, the researchers said. Two researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have solved a central part...

British police reviewing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann said Wednesday they believe she could still be alive five years after she went missing in Portugal and urged authorities there to reopen their search. The Scotland Yard team sifting through a wealth of material relating to the youngster, who vanished in 2007, said they had identified 195 “investigative opportunities” that could be fo...

Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano, outside the capital, rumbled continuously and spewed gases and glowing rocks to almost one mile (one kilometer) beyond its crater, authorities said Friday. In an increase of activity the volcano registered “62 expulsions of medium intensity, with the emission of water vapor, gas, ashes and glowing rocks,” between Thursday night and Friday, said a statement from the...

An extraordinary scene of a frog leisurely sitting on a bench like a human is circulating the web. The clip, which was uploaded by an anonymous cameraman on Monday, shows the amphibian sitting serenely with two legs on its lap. One Youtube visitor pointed out the frog’s resemblance of the Muppets. Other users exclaimed how relaxed it looked. By Sim Guk-by Intern Reporter (simgukby@heraldm.co...

Apple Inc.’s next iPhone is likely to be introduced in October and will feature a new body design and work with faster wireless networks, according to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos. who had expected an August release for the top-selling smartphone. In a note today, Munster wrote that October is more probable after chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. announced it is having trouble meeting dem...

The 2 billion women in Asia are still paid less than men for similar work and are extremely underrepresented in top leadership positions, according to a report that estimates limits on female employment cost the region $89 billion a year in lost productivity. The Asia Society survey on women’s status in health, education, economic activity and political leadership urges improvements to ensure th...

Natasha Marie Harris, a mother of eight children and a fanatic for Coca-Cola, died suddenly in her home in Invercargill, New Zealand. The reason, an inquest has heard Wednesday, was because she consumed too much Coke. According to Harris’s partner Christopher Hodgkinson, “she drank at least 10 litres a day” for the past seven or eight years. The family bought four 2.5 litres of Coke daily, whi...