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    Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mounting
    Aug29

    Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mounting

    New York (AFP) – Investigators were digging Thursday to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent intense hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks including JPMorgan Chase.The Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged that it and the US Secret Service were “working to determine the scope of recently...

    Few Americans Think The U.S. Has An Obligation To Defend Ukraine
    Aug29

    Few Americans Think The U.S. Has An Obligation To Defend Ukraine

    Amid increasingly hostile Russian actions, less than one-third of Americans think the United States should defend Ukraine against actual Russian troops, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll shows. According to the survey, only 29 percent of Americans think the U.S. has a responsibility to defend Ukraine in the case of a Russian invasion, while 38 percent...

    Obama Says ‘We Don’t Have A Strategy Yet’ for Fighting ISIS
    Aug29

    Obama Says ‘We Don’t Have A Strategy Yet’ for Fighting ISIS

    MoreU.S. Investigating Reports of Second American Jihadist Killed in SyriaAmerica Is Using Cannons to Kill Mosquitoes in IraqMother of American Held by ISIS Pleads for His ReleasePresident Barack Obama seemed to commit the worst of Washington gaffes Thursday when he updated the American people about the ongoing threat from Islamist militants...

    New Russian Moves in Ukraine Challenge NATO
    Aug29

    New Russian Moves in Ukraine Challenge NATO

    NATO, the United States and Ukraine say Russian forces are taking a more significant role in fighting in eastern Ukraine, bolstering separatist groups that have lost considerable ground to the government forces in recent weeks. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from London. …read more Source: Voice of...

    Obama Blames Russia for Warfare in Ukraine, Suggests New Sanctions
    Aug29

    Obama Blames Russia for Warfare in Ukraine, Suggests New Sanctions

    WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama suggested Thursday that the U.S. might impose new economic sanctions on Russia, blaming it squarely for the warfare in eastern Ukraine. But he ruled out any military options and proposed no shift in an American-led strategy that has yet to convince Moscow to halt operations against its far weaker neighbor....

    Obama: U.S. Developing Broader Strategy for Iraq, Syria
    Aug29

    Obama: U.S. Developing Broader Strategy for Iraq, Syria

    President Barack Obama said Thursday he is developing strategic and military options to counter Islamic State and said the U.S. will expand economic pressure on Russia over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    UN Security Council meets on Ukraine crisis
    Aug29

    UN Security Council meets on Ukraine crisis

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday accused Moscow of having “outright lied” about its role in Ukraine, as alarmed members of the Security Council demanded that Russia remove its fighters from a new front in the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. Council members at the emergency meeting heard from a...

    The 10 Most Important Tweets About Obama’s Tan Suit
    Aug29

    The 10 Most Important Tweets About Obama’s Tan Suit

    President Barack Obama addressed the military conflicts in Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine at a press briefing Thursday afternoon. However, for much of the political press corps, Obama’s unusual khaki suit was the main conversation. During the briefing, Twitter erupted with discussion of Obama’s fashion choice. Multiple parody accounts based...

    Russia Is Burying Soldiers in Unmarked Graves Just to Conceal Their Role in Ukraine
    Aug29

    Russia Is Burying Soldiers in Unmarked Graves Just to Conceal Their Role in Ukraine

    Russia invaded Ukraine months ago, but President Vladimir Putin’s forces escalated the fighting this week. NATO …read more Source: The New...

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor
    Aug29

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor

    In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, local residents stand near the building where they live after a shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Two columns of Russian tanks and military ve… …read more Source: The Bismarck...