US healthcare: Senate 'skinny repeal' bill fails
The latest attempt to repeal the Obama-era healthcare act has failed after a dramatic night in the US Senate.
At least three Republicans - John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski - voted against the bill, which needed a simple majority to pass.
President Donald Trump said the three had "let the American people down".
The so-called "skinny" repeal, which would have scaled back some of the more controversial provisions, is the third failed attempt to repeal Obamacare.
It would have resulted in 16 million people losing their health insurance by 2026, with insurance premiums increasing by 20%, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Pakistani court disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif from office
Investigative panel alleges prime minister’s family cannot account for its vast wealth
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations that will further upset the country’s unstable political landscape.
The verdict, delivered by a five-member supreme court caps year of political controversy, unleashed by the the Panama Papers leak, which documented the involvement of Sharif’s children in the purchase of high-end London property through offshore companies.
The governing party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) must now choose an interim prime minister to rule until the 2018 general election. The party is expected to deliver a statement later today.
Five-year-old girl 'forced into marriage with 22-year-old man in Pakistan'
Police reportedly arrived too late to halt the ceremony
A girl aged just five has reportedly been forced into marriage with a 22-year-old man in Pakistan.
Police were called to the ceremony in the village of Raman Shar near Dakhan Town but arrived too late to halt the marriage, according to Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
The groom was reportedly arrested along with his father and the registrar. The little girl is believed to have also been taken into custody along with her mother.
Uproar as a conservative Iranian journalist is snapped unveiled and drinking a beer
A famous Iranian television presenter, known in Iran for holding strong conservative positions on things like women wearing the full veil, was snapped not only not wearing the veil, but also drinking a beer. People on Iranian social media criticised her virulently for her hypocrisy.
Azadeh Namdari is one of the most well-known presenters in the country. She's worked as a presenter for a number of different channels, and now presents a show on Aparat, the Iranian version of YouTube, called "Aban" (a month in the year between October and November on the Iranian calendar).
She's above all known for her staunch ideas regarding religion and conservative dress. She rigorously defended the wearing of the black chador, the long full-body veil, in the ultra-conservative newspaper Vatan-e-Emruz, saying that she was "proud" to wear it herself.
'The House Is Burning'Ronaldo's Tax Tricks Hit the Entire Football Industry
Following DER SPIEGEL's Football Leaks revelations, Cristiano Ronaldo could now face trial on tax-related charges. His fans are outraged, while others inlcuding the president of UEFA are furious -- at players' agents, who have dragged the professional sport into the mud.
Japan's defense minister and one-time rising political star resigns
Updated 0541 GMT (1341 HKT) July 28, 2017
Japan's Defense Minister has resigned following allegations she helped to suppress the release of sensitive defense documents, the latest blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet as his popularity continues to dive.
In a news conference in Tokyo, Tomomi Inada said she submitted her resignation letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday morning, who accepted it. She stepped down the same day the Defense Department released its findings from an investigation into the alleged cover-up, which Inada denies she was a part of.
"I am strongly aware of my responsibility as defense minister to supervise Ministry of Defense and Self Defence Force. I would like to return my one-month salary and decided to resign from defense minister," she said at a news conference Friday morning.
Corporate manslaughter charge possible in Grenfell fire
Grenfell campaigners decry punishment for corporate manslaughter charge, raised by UK police, which only carries fine.
Campaigners rejected a British police statement that there are "reasonable grounds" to suspect that local authorities may have committed corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London, saying the punishment for the charge - a fine - is too light.
The Metropolitan Police force wrote to residents of the Grenfell Tower on Thursday and said officers might interview senior members of the local council and the housing association that ran the public housing block.
The officer leading the case informed the Kensington and Chelsea council and the Chelsea Tenant Management Association that they "may have committed the offence of corporate manslaughter", the letter said.
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