The latest data from British Retail Consortium (BRC) shows consumer confidence in the UK “collapsing” as conflict in the Middle East continues.

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier general, a claim Nigeria's Army has denied. According to a statement by the Islamic State group-affiliated Al Amaq news agency, Brig. Gen. M. Uba was killed following his capture during a patrol near Wajiroko in Nigeria's Borno State. The Nigerian Army on Saturday denied the capture of Gen. Uba, saying on social media that “The Army Headquarters also wishes to debunk the f

A peek inside some leading research labs shows how scientists-turned-detectives are painstakingly decoding what causes autoimmune diseases and how to stop the immune system from attacking you instead of protecting you. Researchers use laser-powered machinery and brightly colored fluorescent dyes to tell rogue cells from normal ones. Take Type 1 diabetes, caused when cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are gradually killed off by rogue T cells.