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US House passes Obamacare repeal bill in big victory for Trump

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US House passes Obamacare repeal bill in big victory for Trump

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved legislation on Thursday to repeal major portions of Obamacare and replace it with a Republican healthcare plan, handing a major legislative victory to President Donald Trump. By a vote of 217-213, Republicans obtained just enough votes to push the legislation through the House, sending it to the Senate […]

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German scientists to identify Nazi disabled victim remains

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German scientists to identify Nazi disabled victim remains

 A German network of leading science institutes will begin identifying thousands of brain specimens belonging to people killed by the Nazis because they suffered from a disability or were ill. The three-year-long research project into the specimens in the Max Planck institutes’ possession will begin in June, and aims to build a database listing the […]

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In bizarre claim, North Korea blames detained U.S. man for trying to overthrow Kim Jong Un-led regime

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In bizarre claim, North Korea blames detained U.S. man for trying to overthrow Kim Jong Un-led regime

North Korea confirmed the detention of the American citizen for the first time Pyongyang has blamed the man for acts of hostility aimed at overthrowing the country While House official has said North Korea could use nuclear weapons as blackmail WASHINGTON, U.S. – In a first of such acknowledgements, North Korea has confirmed the detention […]

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Eight Islamic State members, including leader, killed in northwestern Mosul

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Eight Islamic State members, including leader, killed in northwestern Mosul

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State leader and seven others were killed during battles in the northwest of Mosul, according to Federal Police. “Troops resumed its advance in the northwest of Mosul to reach the bank of the river [Tigris] and besiege al-Jisr al-Khamis region, north of the Old City,” Lt.Gen. Shaker Jawdat said in statements […]

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FBI chief names Russia ‘greatest threat on Earth

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FBI chief names Russia ‘greatest threat on Earth

FBI Director JamesComey said during Senate hearings that Russia was the largest threat on Earth, especially for the American democracy. NBC News journalist Bradd Jaffy posted a part of the unprecedented statement on Twitter. “Certainly, in my view, [Russia] the greatest threat of any nation on Earth, given their intention and their capability,” Comey, the […]

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Somali minister shot dead near presidential palace(Aljazeera)

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Somali minister shot dead near presidential palace(Aljazeera)

Abbas Abdullahi, public works and reconstruction minister, dies after bodyguards for auditor general shoot at his car.  Bodyguards for Somalia’s auditor general shot dead a government minister in an apparent accident near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Wednesday evening, police said. Auditor general Nur Farah’s bodyguards opened fire on a car carrying Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, […]

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Normalization with Turkey complete, ties fully restored, says Putin

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Normalization with Turkey complete, ties fully restored, says Putin

Relations between Turkey and Russia have been fully restored, President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Sochi Wednesday. Holding talks at the Russian president’s residence in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, the two leaders discussed the latest developments on bilatereal relations, particularly the Syrian crisis. Russian President […]

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North Korea detains US professor for ‘acts of hostility’ to overthrow hermit kingdom

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North Korea detains US professor for ‘acts of hostility’ to overthrow hermit kingdom

An American professor arrested in North Korea as he tried to leave the country last month is being held for “committing criminal acts of hostility” aimed at overturning the hermit kingdom, the state-run KCNA news agency claimed. Kim Sang-duk was detained at Pyongyang airport on 22 April. He is reportedly “under detention by a relevant […]

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Low-dose aspirin may lower risk for most common type of breast cancer

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Low-dose aspirin may lower risk for most common type of breast cancer

Score yet another point for low-dose aspirin: Regularly taking ‘baby’ aspirin appears to protect women from the most common type of breast cancer, new researchsuggested. Study senior author Leslie Bernstein said, “Use of low-dose aspirin at least three times a week was linked to a 20 percent risk reduction for cancers known as hormone-receptor positive, […]

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Diplomacy or saber-rattling? US, North Korea at crossroads

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Diplomacy or saber-rattling? US, North Korea at crossroads

Diplomacy or saber-rattling? US, North Korea at crossroads Trump opens door to meeting Kim ‘under the right circumstances’ HIROSHI MINEGISHI and TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA, Nikkei staff writers SEOUL/WASHINGTON — The U.S. and North Korea have reached a key turning point in their standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile development, with the American president making unusual overtures […]

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