| If Baghdadi is dead, next IS leader likely to be Saddam-era officer Posted: 24 Jun 2017 01:39 PM PDT  By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD (Reuters) - If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein. Experts on Islamist groups see no clear successor but regard Iyad al-Obaidi and Ayad al-Jumaili as the leading contenders, though neither would be likely to assume Baghdadi's title of "caliph", or overall commander of Muslims. Russia's defense ministry said last week Baghdadi may have been killed in an air strike in Syria and Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian parliamentarian on Friday as saying the likelihood that he had been killed was close to 100 percent.
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| Will losing health insurance mean more US deaths? Experts say yes Posted: 24 Jun 2017 01:08 PM PDT  Senate Republicans have released their draft healthcare bill. The Republican healthcare bill announced on Thursday would cause thousands of Americans to die each year, according to physicians who study government data. Using national health surveys, doctors and academics have tested whether a lack of health insurance increases the probability of death.
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| Deadly landslide in southwestern China Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:35 PM PDT ![Deadly landslide in southwestern China]( "Deadly landslide in southwestern China") Fears grew for 141 people missing in China after a landslide buried their mountain village in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, with reports that only three survivors had been pulled out of the mud and rock hours after the calamity struck. The landslide swept over 46 homes as dawn broke at around 6 a.m. in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, a remote mountainous area of north Sichuan close to the region of Tibet, according to the official Xinhua state news agency. President Xi Jinping urged on the rescue effort, but state broadcaster CCTV reported that by midday the only people rescued were a couple and their two-month-old baby.
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| Egypt's Sisi ratifies island handover to Saudi Arabia: cabinet Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:58 AM PDT  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that had sparked protests and a police crackdown, the cabinet said Saturday. Sisi ratified the maritime border treaty days after parliament approved the deal, which has been the subject of a confusing legal battle with one court annulling the treaty and another upholding it. The accord had sparked rare protests in Egypt, with Sisi accused of having traded the islands of Tiran and Sanafir for Saudi largesse.
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| Protesters to target Gay Pride marches Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:21 AM PDT  Protesters plan to demonstrate at Gay Pride marches this weekend in order to shine a light on minority groups in the LQBT community.
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| Police officer who killed unarmed black man Sam DuBose cleared of murder Posted: 23 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT  A mistrial has been declared over the case of a white Ohio police officer shooting an unarmed black man. A jury was unable to come to a consensus on whether Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing, 27, was guilty of charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter after he shot and killed Sam DuBose, 43. It is the fourth time that courts haven't convicted police officers charged with the death of black men.
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| Everything We Know About the New Bronco and Ranger Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:33 PM PDT  Ford promises a new small pickup truck and a return of the legendary Bronco name. Here's what to expect.
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| UAE warns Qatar to accept demands or face 'divorce' Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:16 PM PDT  The United Arab Emirates warned Qatar Friday that it faces "divorce" from its Gulf neighbours unless it takes their demands seriously, as the United Nations offered to help resolve the regional diplomatic crisis. The list of demands includes the closure of Al-Jazeera television, a long-standing source of conflict between Doha and neighbouring countries which accuse it of fomenting regional strife. Anwar Gargash, the UAE's state minister for foreign affairs, issued the warning more than two weeks into the oil-rich region's worst diplomatic crisis in years.
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| Court Upholds Decision That 'Making a Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey's Confession Was Coerced Posted: 23 Jun 2017 03:00 PM PDT  The Seventh Court of Appeals agreed with a judge's earlier decision that Dassey was intimidated into a confession in the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
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