US researchers find heart attack survivors given anti-inflammatory injections have fewer future episodes and lower cancer risk The Guardian James Rudd August 28, 2017 Anti-inflammatory injections could lower the risk of heart attacks and may slow the progression of cancer, a study has found, in what researchers say is the ... Read More »
Labour ready for ‘political hit’ after backing remaining in the single market after Brexit
The move will mean the party would retain free movement for several years after leaving the EU The Independent Joe Watts 27 August, 2017 The architects of Labour’s Brexit policy have said they are ready to take a “political hit” after their plan to keep Britain in the single market ... Read More »
Riachi: Where is the wisdom in letting Daesh go after discovering our soldiers’ fate?
“Where is the wisdom in letting Daesh go after discovering the fate of our soldiers?” questioned Information Minister, Melhem Riachi, via Twitter on Sunday. “Wisdom lies in their captivity, trial..and destruction!” he exclaimed. Read More »
Ibrahim says recovery underway of remains believed to belong to abducted soldiers
General Security Chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, disclosed Sunday that efforts are underway to retrieve the remains of the soldiers who were taken hostage by terrorists, indicating that the remains of six bodies believed to belong to the abducted soldiers have been recovered. “It has not been confirmed yet that ... Read More »
Army: Remains of 8 people found in Arsal outskirts, transferred to Military Hospital for DNA tests
Within the framework of following-up on the fate of the kidnapped soldiers by Daesh terrorists, Army units found the remains of eight bodies in the locality of Wadi al-Dib in the outskirts of Arsal, which were transferred to the Central Military Hospital to conduct DNA tests and verify their identity, ... Read More »
‘Too many soldiers to feed’: North Koreans fear more sanctions as drought threatens famine
Plight of ordinary people being overlooked amid focus on missile launches and rising tensions between Pyongyang and Washington The Guardian Justin McCurry 23 August, 2017 Sanctions and the worst drought for almost two decades threaten to cause severe hardship for millions of people in North Korea, while the country’s leadership ... Read More »
Trump says he’ll expand US military intervention in Afghanistan
The president admitted: ‘My original instinct was to pull out’ but said he’d bowed to advice from officials, and claimed he’d take a much tougher line with Pakistan The Guardian Julian Borger 22 August, 2017 Donald Trump has announced he will prolong the US military intervention in Afghanistan, which he ... Read More »
A Total Solar Eclipse Leaves a Nation in Awe
A total eclipse that crossed the sky from Oregon to South Carolina brought out throngs of spectators, who exulted in seeing the midday sky go briefly dark. The New York Times By HENRY FOUNTAIN 21 August, 2017 CHARLESTON, S.C. — The United States basked in the glory of ... Read More »
Lebanese army steamrolls ISIS border positions, raises Spanish flag for Barcelona victims
RT 21 August, 2017 The Lebanese army has scored major victories in the ongoing offensive against Islamic State terrorists along the Syrian border, securing over a dozen of outposts, and raising a Spanish flag in solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks in Catalonia. The Lebanese army seized 80 ... Read More »
Everything we know about the Barcelona terror attack
The Telegraph 18 August, 2017 by Helena Horton, Barney Henderson, Robert Midgley At least 13 people were killed and 100 injured on Thursday when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street in what police confirmed was a terror attack. The attack, the latest in a wave ... Read More »