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04 Mar '26
IRAN’S next suspected Supreme Leader was reportedly treated for impotency at hospitals in London.Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the son of the slain Ayatollah, has been tipped as the regime’s next dictator – and it could put him in Donald Trump‘s cross hairs.Mojtaba Khamenei, Son Of
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04 Mar '26
British national Samuel Leeds has spent £150,000 (about Shs743 million) to charter a private jet from Dubai to the United Kingdom amid rising tensions in the Middle East.Leeds, who is married to a Zimbabwean, became known in Uganda in 2024 when he donated a hospital ward worth about Shs1
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04 Mar '26
Eleven years at the helm. Billions borrowed. Mega dams commissioned with pomp and glory. Yet today, hard questions are exploding over the management of Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited as the December 2025 Auditor General’s report exposes troubling cracks in Uganda’s power genera
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03 Mar '26
Norbert MaoGULU, UGANDA – In a surprising political development, veteran politician and Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Norbert Mao, is emerging as the front-runner in the race for Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament, with analysts citing his unique blend of grassroots mobili
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02 Mar '26
Iran’s top national security official, Ali Larijani, has made it clear that his country has no plan to negotiate with the United States of America.Larijani, who is one of the country’s most influential people, made the comment on X in response to media reports that suggested Iran had c
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02 Mar '26
Police in Wakiso have scored a major win against motorcycle crime after arresting three suspects linked to a series of violent robberies. The operation, carried out by the Uganda Police Force, followed weeks of intelligence gathering targeting gangs terrorizing riders and residents in Wakiso and
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02 Mar '26
Six people have died in a devastating road crash that occurred at daybreak in Kyakabuga Village, Kyankwanzi District, after a passenger bus and a cargo truck collided head-on along the Kiboga–Hoima Highway.The accident involved a bus, registration number UBQ 595G, which was travelling fr
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02 Mar '26
LUWERO – Former Vice President H.E. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has commended parents who raise disciplined, patriotic children who contribute meaningfully to their communities and nation. He made the remarks during the 40-day Dua (prayer session) for the late Isaac Kigozi, son of Ambassador Abbey
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02 Mar '26
TEHRAN — Iran confirmed Sunday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed early Saturday at his office while “performing his assigned duties,” according to state-linked Fars and Tasnim news agencies, marking the most consequential leadership shock in the Islamic Republic’s 47-y
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02 Mar '26
Museveni warned that while he was open to appointing youths in his next government, young people must not to “confuse biology with ideology”, and that being young does not automatically translate into clarity of purpose or sound leadership.President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned agains