| African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:46 PM PDT ![African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead]( "African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead") Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents and troops from the African Union peacekeeping mission clashed on Sunday, a senior military officer said, while the group said it had killed 39 soldiers. The al Shabaab fighters ambushed a convoy carrying troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Col. Hassan Mohamed told Reuters.
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| Two Babies Die in Hot Car Deaths in Phoenix Just One Day Apart Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:13 PM PDT  Temperatures in Phoenix rose above 100 degrees.
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| Donald Trump Threatens to End Insurer Payments If Health Bill Not Approved Posted: 29 Jul 2017 08:18 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies
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| North Korea could develop a nuclear missile to hit the US as early as next year, Pentagon finds Posted: 29 Jul 2017 08:00 PM PDT  US officials announced on Tuesday that they believe North Korea will be able to field a reliable, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile as early as next year, in an assessment which significantly increases concern about the rogue regime in Pyongyang. The new assessment by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reduces by two years the previous forecast of North Korea's capability. The timeline was reduced as a result of Kim Jong-un's recent flurry of missile tests, which showed surprising technical advances by the country's weapons scientists. It came as North Korea fired its 14th missile this year. Intercontinental ballistic missile test launch map Scott Bray, national intelligence manager for East Asia at the Office for the Directorate of National Intelligence (ODNI), said in a statement that the recent test of an intercontinental range ballistic missile "was not a surprise to the intelligence community" but he described it as a "milestone". "This test, and its impact on our assessments, highlight the threat that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose to the United States, to our allies in the region, and to the whole world," he said. "The intelligence community is closely monitoring the expanding threat from North Korea." President Donald Trump, during his visit to Poland earlier this month, vowed to confront Pyongyang "very strongly" to stop its missile advances. But it remains unclear how he can act, without causing civilian casualties on a large scale. Mr Trump has sought help from China, but grown frustrated – tweeting on June 20 that Beijing's efforts "have not worked out". On Tuesday Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, sounded a more optimistic note, however, and said talks were progressing. "We're constantly in touch with China. Things are moving but it's still too early to tell how far they'll move," she said, speaking after a UN meeting in New York. North Koreas missile test range The Washington Post reported that one of the few remaining technical hurdles is the challenge of atmospheric "reentry" — the ability to design a missile that can pass through the upper atmosphere without damage to the warhead. Officials told the paper that they could achieve that feat as early as this week, with Thursday marking a North Korean holiday to celebrate the end of the Korean War. "They're setting up for something," a defence official told AFP. North Korea startled the world earlier this month with its successful July 4 test of a missile capable of striking parts of Alaska — the first such missile with proven intercontinental range. "There has been alarming progress," said Joseph DeTrani, the former mission manager for North Korea for the ODNI and a former special envoy for negotiations with Pyongyang. "In the last year they have gained capabilities that they didn't have, including ones that we thought they would not have been able to obtain for years."
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| Genius flash drive works with micro-USB, USB-C, and USB-A all at once Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:42 PM PDT 
It's been a long time since I gave a flash drive a second look, but that's probably because most flash drives don't with three different ports. Silicon Power's latest line of thumb drives solves a problem that's about to give device owners worldwide a massive headache: the transition from USB-A and micro-USB to USB-C.
The Mobile C50 is a line of 3-in-1 flash drives that feature a clever way to swap between different connectors. On one end, you have a standard USB-C. But on the other is a micro-USB with a USB-A connector cover that can flip down. The design uses the same pin terminals as the microUSB connector, cutting down on stress and potential points of failure. Much more importantly, it means you can swap between the three most common types of USB connection without resorting to a dongle, or swearing at international standards organizations. It makes it feasible to swap files between an old Android phone and a brand-new MacBook, stopping at a desktop PC from 2003 along the way. Pricing and availability is still a mystery, but we do at least know that the drive will come in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB varieties. Flash drives have fallen in price to the point where I wouldn't dream of spending $50 on one, normally. But if this is reasonably priced and doesn't break the second I look at it, I could see it finding its way into my laptop bag as a drive for all occasions.
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| Trump threat: End health payments unless there's an overhaul Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:05 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.
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| President Trump: Republican Senators 'Look Like Fools' for Losing Health Care Vote Posted: 29 Jul 2017 05:17 PM PDT  Then he called for the end of the filibuster rule — again
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| Obamacare repeal 'not dead', Donald Trump insists, 'unless Republican Senators are total quitters' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 04:17 PM PDT  Donald Trump's flagship policy, the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is "not dead" despite defeat in the Senate, the US president has insisted. Mr Trump used Twitter to suggest his fellow Republicans would be "total quitters" unless they demanded a new vote on the a bill to roll back Obamacare. A majority of senators, including three Republicans, handed the billionaire another legislative defeat on Friday when they rejected the latest plan to dismantle the ACA.
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| Father shot dead 'in the back of the head' by police, claims lawyer Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:20 PM PDT  Car mechanic Ismael Lopez, 41, was shot dead at his Mississippi home on Sunday. Officers were hunting a man suspected of assault, according to an incident report. The Lopez family did not hear the knock, but their pitbull did and started barking.
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| British ex-soldier arrested in Turkey and accused of fighting alongside Kurdish rebels Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:38 PM PDT  A British ex-soldier has been arrested by Turkish authorities for suspected terrorism offences while holidaying on the country's western coast. The man, named locally as 'Joseph A.R.', was detained in the Aegean holiday resort town of Didim, in Aydin province, on Friday, on charges of working with a Kurdish militia Ankara classified as a terror group, state media said. Joseph Robinson Credit: Joseph Robinson/Facebook A Bulgarian citizen detained was allowed by the court to go free under judicial control. The man was identified as ex-soldier Joe Robinson, 24, from Leeds, and the Bulgarian as his fiancee Mira Rojkan, by the BBC. Her mother, who was also detained, was later freed without charge. Robinson was arrested after posting pictures on social media allegedly showing himself in camouflage gear taking part in Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) operations in Syria, according to the government-backed Anadolu agency. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels taking positions as they storm a hilltop during military exercises in the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region. Credit: David Furst/AFP/Getty Images Ankara considers the YPG a terrorist group and the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency inside Turkey since 1984. However, the United States government regards the YPG - the main fighting force on the ground in Syria against the Islamic State group - as a key ally. The US is now openly arming the YPG and the group is heavily involved in the US-backed operation to remove IS jihadists from their stronghold of Raqa. Joseph Robinson Credit: Joseph Robinson/Facebook The YPG has also attracted the services of foreigners - many with no Kurdish family origin - to fight against IS in Syria and Iraq. Several have lost their lives. According to the Hurriyet daily, the Briton said in his statement to police investigators that he spent three months in Syria providing medical assistance to the YPG. Activists showing PKK-flags during a G20 peaceful protest on July 08, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Credit: Alexander Pohl/Pacific/Barcroft He said was trained on the use of weapons by the YPG but never took part in any clashes, Hurriyet reported. Robinson had previously described his experiences with the YPG in media interviews with the British Press. Anadolu said that Turkish police launched the raid to arrest him after receiving a tip-off by email. Silhan Ozcelik, 18, who became the first Briton to be convicted of trying to join the banned Kurdish group PKK. The teenager was on trial at the Old Bailey in 2015, charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts Credit: PA "They arrested us on the beach while we were vacationing with my mother," Rojkan told the Guardian in a message. Robinson served with British forces in Afghanistan in 2012 and traveled to Syria in 2015 to work as as a combat medic in the YPG, the newspaper said. He was arrested on suspicion of terror offences after arriving back in Britain but the charges were dropped after 10 months.
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