A doctor being treated for the deadly Ebola virus disease has died at the Nebraska Medical Center in the US state of Nebraska. Dr. Martin Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and permanent US resident, was seriously ill when he was airlifted from West Africa to the US on Sunday, the hospital said in a statement. The surgeon, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, was suffering from advanced... 

Four people have been killed and at least 8 wounded when two assailants attacked worshipers with knives, axes and a pistol in a synagogue in North Jerusalem in the morning. Three of the victims were dual nationality US citizens and one was from the UK. Israeli police say both attackers were shot dead on the spot by officers. Spokeswoman Luba Samri described the incident as a “terrorist attack,”... 

Two cannabis components can have a significant effect on the size of cancerous tumors in the brain, especially when combined with radiotherapy, according to new research. The study says the growths can virtually “disappear.” The research was carried out by specialists at St Georges, University of London and published in the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics journal. There are some 85 cannabinoids... 

A man holds a burnt US flag in front of the US embassy on November 17, 2014 in the center of Athens at a march commemorating the 1973 students uprising against the military junta. Thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets of the capital, Athens, to commemorate the 1973 student uprising against the country’s US-backed military dictatorship. Over 20,000 demonstrators took part in the peaceful... 

In the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of Russia, a team of scientists completed the third scientific expedition to the giant crater that was discovered on the peninsula near the floodplain of the Mord Yaha River last summer. The disсovery received a lot of attention in the media. For the first time since the discovery, scientists were able to examine the inner part of the sinkhole and take samples... 

A record 2.5 million children were homeless across the US in 2013, a new report says. A new report says a record 2.5 million children, nearly one child in every 30, were homeless across the United States in 2013. The report issued by the National Center on Family Homelessness on Monday showed an 8 percent increase in homeless children compared to 2012. “When you look at the resources and where they’ve... 

China and Australia have sealed a major free trade agreement worth billions of dollars giving the Australian agricultural sector tariff free access to the massive Chinese market, while China will get greater access to investment projects in Australia. Ministers from China and Australia signed a Declaration of Intent on Monday, culminating over a decade of work towards the deal. The actual agreement... 

Newly elected president of Romania 2014, Klaus Werner Iohannis of German descent. Romania has finally come to its senses and elected Klaus Werner Iohannis as its next president, the current mayor of former cultural capital of Europe, Sibiu, which is of German descent. Romania is one of the most poorest and corrupted nations in Europe alongside with the likes of Bulgaria, Albania and Moldova, competing... 

The US is working on a “dangerous” and “destabilizing” plan to “breakup” Russia and force it to submit to Western authority, says Bruce Gagnon. The US and NATO are working on a “dangerous” and “destabilizing” plan to “breakup” Russia and force it to submit to Western authority, which will lead to more instability and possibly a nuclear confrontation, an American anti-war activist... 

During her Friday program on the Fox Business Network, Melissa Francis made a truly scandalous revelation: “When I was at CNBC, I pointed out to my viewers that the math of Obamacare simply didn’t work. Not the politics by the way; just the basic math. And when I did that, I was silenced.” Francis began her program with two of the recent Jonathan Gruber videos in which he admits that when he... 

Demonstrators hold a banner that reads “No to the austerity, yes to the social Europe” during a rally in Paris on September 30, 2012. Angry people have taken to the streets of French capital Paris in protest to the government’s economic policies, Press TV reports. “Economic policies across Europe are clearly meant to serve high finance and to create tax breaks for businesses. But... 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Muslim faith was “widespread” in America before the arrival of Columbus in the 15th century, and insists that a massive mosque should be erected in Havana, despite the city’s refusal to grant a building permit. “The religion of Islam was widespread before Columbus,” the longtime Turkish leader told the audience at the first ever... 

Dutch experts work at Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur crash site. New radar data indicating that military aircraft were in the air near Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when it crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17 has been released by a Russian air safety consultancy. The consultancy provided a snapshot representing the readings taken by a radar station located in Russia’s... 

Storms, heavy rain and flooding have battered an already water-logged north-central Italy, shutting down costal roads and rail links. The heavy rain triggered flash floods, causing rivers to burst their banks, forcing limited evacuations and closing road and bridges on Saturday. Italy’s civil protection agency issued flood alerts for a large region of the country, from the port city of Genoa on... 

Free and affordable health care just gets better and better. In 2015 the government will be activating some new “incentives” embedded in the Affordable Care Act in an effort to get more people to sign up. But, as is often the case when the government says one thing, they mean exactly the opposite. In this case, when they say incentive what they really mean is that you are going to be penalized...