Over 1,400 Australians with cystic fibrosis will be able to buy medications at a significantly reduced cost after Health Minister Greg Hunt added the Symdeko drug to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on Oct. 20. The medicine Symdeko will be listed on the PBS from Dec. 1 for cystic fibrosis

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper suggested a small number of United States forces may stay in Syria after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military withdrawal from the war-torn country. Esper said a small force is currently in Syria to prevent terrorists from gaining access to oil. “We have troops in towns in northeast Syria that are located next to the oil