Nuclear War: Pyongyang want to surrender nuclear testing but with conditions

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has said it will end its nuclear testing, if a peace treaty with Washington can be reached, and the US ends its joint-military exercises with South Korea.

Asked if the United States would consider a halt to joint exercises with South korea, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said it had alliance commitments to South Korea. The State Department had earlier reiterated its position that it remained open to dialogue with the DPRK, on condition that it takes meaningful actions toward denuclearisation and refraining from provocations.

El Chapo had erectile dysfunction while on the run

He's certainly serving hard time now.


Report shown, the captured Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman may have undergone surgery for erectile dysfunction during his six months on the lam, a Mexican newspaper reported.

“I saw the scars on his back, hips and reproductive system,” a source told Reforma.

The cartel boss had the testicular implant surgery last year at an undisclosed Tijuana hospital, the newspaper said. The implant improves blood circulation and helps cure impotence.

Guzman likely had the operation after meeting up with Mexican telenovela star Kate Del Castillo — a rendezvous he set up in steamy text messages with the brunette actress.

"I will have everything ‘super’ so that you won't have to worry about any details, which would be make me feel bad. Have faith that you will be comfortable. I will take care of you more than my own eyes," he wrote to her in September.

“That's so moving that you say you'll take care of me — no one has ever told me they would care for me, thank you! I'm free next weekend!” she replied.

Del Castillo eventually introduced the wanted drug lord to actor Sean Penn, a clandestine meetup chronicled in a Rolling Stone article. The kingpin was allegedly planning a possible biopic about his life, while Penn said he agreed to the meeting — and the subsequent first-person article — to spark a conversation about drug policy reform.

Guzman was captured last week — a day before Penn's article was published and six months after he vanished from a maximum-security prison through a meticulously built tunnel under his cell.

The Mexican government has begun the lengthy process of extraditing Guzman to the U.S. to face trial. It’s unclear where Guzman would see justice once he arrives in the U.S., but prosecutors in Brooklyn said he could be brought to New York City.

Guzman’s powerful Sinaloa cartel smuggles multi-ton shipments of cocaine and marijuana, in addition to the production and transport of methamphetamines and heroin. The majority of the cartel’s product goes to the U.S. market.

National Assembly Wants Intervene On The ATM Abroad Challenges

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives says the National Assembly will work to help resolve some of the challenges being faced by Nigerians abroad with their bank ATM cards.

Honourable Lasun Yussuf said this when he led a delegation to the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth in Malaysia.

While acting High Commissioner to Malaysia, anet Odeka, highlighted some of the efforts of the embassy, the Deputy Speaker said that he was aware of the challenges facing the staff of the consulate.

He also met with a section of the Malaysian chapter of Nigerians in diaspora where he promised that the legislature would keep an eye on the challenges being faced with bank ATM cards.

Honourable Yussuf appealed to the Nigerians in Malaysia to remain law abiding and forthright.

He also encouraged them to always give Nigeria a positive image, assuring them that all their demands would be considered.

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Drama as Chelsea rescue a point against Everton

John Terry scored a controversial 98th minute equaliser to earn Chelsea a point in a thriller against Everton.

The Toffees took the lead when Terry put through his own net, and Ross Barkley hit a post for Everton before Kevin Mirallas put the visitors 2-0 up.

Diego Costa reduced the margin and Cesc Fabregas's deflected shot made it 2-2.

Ramiro Funes Mori restored Everton's lead in the 90th minute only for Terry to back-heel in from close range - although he was a yard offside.

Everton's players were angry Terry's goal was allowed to stand, but in a pulsating game the visitors only had themselves to blame for allowing a 2-0 lead to slip.

They appeared to be coasting to a first win in four league outings when Mirallas doubled the lead with a crisp shot after Leighton Baines' cross.

Baines had also been instrumental in the first goal, Terry getting his feet into an awful tangle while attempting to clear his cross.

Costa comfortably rounded Howard to make it 2-1 after Phil Jagielka failed to deal with a long ball forward by Fabregas, who made it 2-2 with a deflected shot which deceived Howard.

There are signs Costa could be returning to his best form. The Spain international has five goals in his last four league and cup outings, but is he facing a spell on the sidelines?

He was involved in a couple of minor rows with Everton players after Chelsea fell 2-0 behind but he launched his side's fightback after a determined run which ended in him beating Howard and rolling the ball home.

However, the Spaniard missed a great chance at 2-2 from six yards out and then limped off with a shin injury after a foul and went to hospital. Chelsea's interim boss Guus Hiddink will be hoping he will be back on his feet sooner rather than later.

Chelsea started the day six points above the relegation zone and with Hiddink warning that the threat of relegation was hanging over the club.

While Terry's dramatic late goal sparked jubilant scenes at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea will be just four points above the relegation places should Swansea win at home to Watford on Monday.

This was their fourth draw in five Premier League games since Hiddink returned to Stamford Bridge last month. The Blues are still without a home league win under the interim manager and have conceded five goals in the last two games.

Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink suggested he may have spoken to the referee, Mike Jones, and told him to play additional stoppage time after Everton went 3-2 up in the 90th minute: "There was seven minutes extra time... I said 'ref, OK they are celebrating at least one minute in the corner'.

"I took some risks [at 2-0 down] and it paid off in a spectacular way. The team is very resilient."

Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "It's a difficult game to analyse. When we were 2-0 up we would have liked to have controlled the game more.

"We deserved the three points."

In others game played this afternoon, Tottenham Hotspur beat Sunderland 4-1 at White Hart Lane, Bournemouth also defeated Norwich city 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium to move further above relegation in the EPL. 

Goals from Fabian Delph, David Silva and a brace from Sergio Aguero ensured that Manchester City thrashed Crystal Palace 4-0 at the Ethihad Stadium.

Elsewhere Steve Mclaren’s Newcastle United defeated West Ham 2-1 at Saint James’ Park while Southampton secured a convincing 3-nil victory over West Bromwich Albion.

Burkina troops retake hotel after Islamist attack kills dozens

Security forces in Burkina Faso retook a hotel in the capital on Saturday from al Qaeda fighters who seized it in an assault that killed two dozen people from at least 18 countries and marked a major escalation of Islamist militancy in West Africa.

Until Friday's attacks the landlocked nation, an ally of Western governments against jihadist groups in the arid reaches of the southern Sahara, had largely been spared the kinds of attacks that have plagued its neighbors.

The assault follows a similar raid in November on a luxury hotel in Mali's capital Bamako which killed 20 people, including citizens of Russia, China and the United States.

The Ouagadougou assault, claimed by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), signaled an expansion of operations for Islamist militants who are forging new alliances and stepping up their activities, echoing the growth of Islamic State in the Middle East.

"The situation we're experiencing since yesterday in Burkina Faso is unprecedented," President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said when he visited the scene of the attack. "These are vile, cowardly acts and the victims are innocent people"

"We call upon the Burkinabe people to be vigilant and courageous because we must include terrorist acts as an integral part of our daily struggle," he continued.

Kabore said 23 people from 18 different nationalities were killed in the assault on the Splendid Hotel and a nearby casino popular with Westerners and French soldiers based in Burkina Faso. The authorities gave no further details of the victims.

Gabriel Mueller, an Austrian aid worker staying at a different hotel, described the early scenes around the Splendid as a "complete bloodbath".

"A slight sense of safety is spreading. We can see the snipers from France and the USA, who are getting into position,” he told Austria's Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper via text message.

French ambassador Gilles Thibault put the death toll at 27 and said on Twitter that around 150 hostages had been freed during an operation that received support from French and U.S. forces.

Burkinabe authorities said that around 33 people had been injured and that four assailants, including an "Arab" and two "black Africans", were killed.

Meanwhile, an Austrian doctor and his wife were kidnapped overnight in the north near the border with Mali, the security ministry said.

The kidnapping occurred in the Baraboule area, and it was not immediately clear whether it was linked to the hotel attack.