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  Syria air strikes 'kill 26 civilians' Syrian activists say at least 26 civilians, including children, have been killed in the north-east of the country by air strikes possibly carried out by the US-led coalition. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, says the village of al-Khan, near al-Hawl in Hasakah province, was hit. A US spokesman in Iraq said the reports would be looked into. Separately, the Syrian government said three soldiers were killed in a strike. The Syrian foreign ministry said coalition jets fired missiles at an army camp in Deir al-Zour province, which is largely controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group, and condemned what it called an act of "flagrant aggression". However the US military insisted that the coalition had carried out no strikes in the area near the camp. Responding to the later report that coalition air strikes may have killed civilians in the strike in Hasakah province, a s

  Donald Trump urges ban on Muslims coming to US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California shootings. He said in a campaign statement the border shutdown should remain "until our country's representatives can figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US. At a campaign rally in South Carolina later, Mr Trump repeated the pledge, to loud cheers from supporters. The White House swiftly criticised Mr Trump's remarks as "un-American". It is contrary to US values and its national security interests, a statement said. Last week a Muslim couple, believed to have been radicalised, opened fire and killed 14 people at a health centre in San Bernardino. California attackers had target practice 21 things that Donald Trump believes On Sunday, President Barack Obama made a rare Oval Office address in response to the attack and warned against the US falling prey t

  British tourists attracted by Bolt effect BY AVIA COLLINDER Business reporter collindera@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, December 06, 2015        Bolt makes an impression LUCY Mowatt, spokesperson for marketing company Holiday Hypermarket in the United Kingdom, said Tuesday that more British citizens are heading for Jamaica, linking the change to better economic conditions and also a response to Jamaica Tourist Board advertisements featuring sprinter Usain Bolt. She told the Jamaica Observer that while Dominica in the Caribbean was still the number one destination for travellers surveyed by Hypermarket, with 44 per cent share of holidays to the region, the number of travellers to Jamaica had risen 62 per cent, year over year. The Caribbean as a whole, year over year, was up 15 per cent, Cuba went up 45 per cent for 2015, Mowatt said. A related release issued by Hypermarket said the 62 per cent increase cou

  Padmore Health Centre reopened after J$7-m repairs Monday, December 07, 2015 | 7:13 PM     Minister of Health Horace Dalley (second left) cuts the ribbon to officially reopen the Padmore Health Centre. Looking on are from left Dr Andrei Cooke, SERHA board chairman, Paul Buchanan, Member of Parliament West Rural St Andrew and Maureen Golding, regional director, SERHA. ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Minister of Health Horace Dalley on Friday officially reopened the Padmore Health Centre in rural St Andrew after it was repaired at a cost of $7 million. The renovation project was funded by the National Health Fund (NHF) and entailed roof repairs, plumbing, electrical work, painting, and fencing. During the ceremony, Minister Dalley urged the community to take care of the newly refurbished facility. “It doesn’t matter how many facilities we build, if the community is not involved in the care and the protection of these facilities they will not be sustainable,” he said. “All

HOT SEAT - DPP to face wrath of Parliament DPP Paula Llewellyn Aparliamentary committee, which last week accused the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) of misleading the public about their constitutional right to have private prosecution of cases done, wants the false information removed from the ODPP's website as quickly as possible. Committee Chairman Lloyd B Smith, who is also deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday that there was consensus within the committee that the information was misleading. However, he said that there was indecision as to whether the committee had the authority to direct removal of the information, or whether it was up to the Cabinet. "It is not only wrong, but it is also unconstitutional because it is denying citizens their constitutional right," said an ang

Blaze destroys 1,000 slum homes in India's Mumbai Presstv Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after a fire occurred in a slum area in Mumbai, India, December 7, 2015. (Photo by Reuters) One person has died and around 1,000 homes have been destroyed after a massive fire sparked by a series of gas cylinder explosions swept through a packed slum in India's main business hub, Mumbai. "About 1,000 homes have been destroyed," Dhananjay Kulkarni, a deputy commissioner with the Mumbai police, said on Monday. "There's been one death. The body was completely charred so we

Daesh oil revenue disruption landing it in financial straits Presstv A screen grab from a video released on December 7, 2015 showing the aftermath of a Russian airstrike on Daesh trucks transporting oil from Syria’s Aleppo province The Daesh Takfiri terrorists are running into financial problems as airstrikes disrupt one of its main income sources -- illegal oil sales, says a conflict monitoring group. According to a report released by the IHS Conflict Monitor on Monday, airstrikes carried out by Russia and the so-called US-led coalition have “significantly degraded the group’s refining capaci

presstv   San Bernardino killers had been radicalized, FBI says Mon Dec 7, 2015 8:25PM Syed Farook (R) and Tashfeen Malik arrive in Chicago on July 27, 2014. (NBC News) The Federal Bureau of Investigation says the shooters who killed 14 people in California recently had both been radicalized "for some time." The Monday remarks by David Bowdich, the FBI assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles field office, strengthen the hypothesis that the shooting was sparked by the Daesh Takfiri group in Iraq and Syria. Bowdich speaks to the media about t