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• U.S. bombs Islamic State after Obama call to prevent Iraq 'genocide'
• Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire
• Ukraine troops break out of encirclement, 15 troops killed
• WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
• Rival Afghan presidential candidates sign deal to cooperate
• U.N. seeks Libya ceasefire talks; protesters oppose Congress
• Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT
• American doctor with Ebola says he is getting stronger
• Rory McIlroy surges to lead with 67 at soggy PGA
• Tsonga downs Murray to reach Toronto semi-finals
• WWII vet who found Hitler's top hat dies at 88
• Al-Qaeda executes 15 Yemen soldiers
• UN: Ebola outbreak a public health emergency
• Judge tosses dad's 1990 arson-murder conviction
• AP NewsAlert
• 1 killed in blast at refinery in northern Mexico
• Toronto-area hospital treating Nigeria traveler with flu-like symptoms : TV
• A guide to daily developments in Iraq
• US judge threatens to find Argentina in contempt
• Grandson lost during Argentina 'dirty war' emerges
• U.S. official: Iraq supplies Kurdish fighters with ammunition
• Obama's Iraq aim: contain, not destroy, extremists
• Mexico opens debate over low minimum wage
• El Salvador robbery suspect arrested in California
• Lebanon's Hariri back as army enters restive border town
• Center of Iselle lashes Hawaii's Big Island with wind, rain
• WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
• Hawaii relief but warnings as second storm heads for islands
• Obama faces doubts U.S. intervention can turn tide in Iraq
• Nigeria confirms two more Ebola cases, nine in total
• U.S. military aircraft hit more Islamic State targets in Iraq: Pentagon
• Vice President Biden pledges U.S. support to Iraqi president
• Israel-Hamas truce collapses in new violence
• US cool to Argentina world court bid over default
• US stocks buck turmoil weighing on global markets
• Muslim Brotherhood stages massive pro-Hamas rally in Jordan
• US warns Russia against intervention in Ukraine

U.S. bombs Islamic State after Obama call to prevent Iraq 'genocide' Posted: 08 Aug 2014 01:43 PM PDT By Raheem Salman and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide". Islamic State fighters, who have beheaded and crucified captives in their drive to eradicate unbelievers, have advanced to within a half hour's drive of Arbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdish region and a hub for U.S. oil companies. They have also seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, Kurdish authorities confirmed on Friday, which could allow them to flood cities and cut off vital water and electricity supplies.

Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:19 PM PDT By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend a 72-hour truce in a month-old war. Egypt later called for a resumption of the ceasefire, saying only a few points remained to be agreed. Palestinian factions said they would meet Egyptian mediators later in the day but there was no sign of any imminent deal. An Israeli government official said Israel would not negotiate with Palestinians while militants continued to unleash missiles.

Ukraine troops break out of encirclement, 15 troops killed Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:57 AM PDT Ukrainian army units which had been trapped by separatists on the border with Russia broke out of the blockade on Friday and rejoined government forces, but 15 soldiers and border guards were killed in the operation, the Ukrainian military said. Military sources quoted by Ukrainian media said Ukrainian units had been effectively encircled by the rebels on a section of the border with Russia south of the town of Luhansk and east of the main regional city of Donetsk. After government forces opened up an escape corridor, the trapped units were able to force their way out, military sources quoted by the media said. "Seven service staff and eight border guards were killed and 79 injured," military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists.

WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency Posted: 08 Aug 2014 12:36 PM PDT By Kate Kelland and Felix Onuah LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) - The world's worst outbreak of Ebola that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa represents an international health emergency and could continue spreading for months, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Nigeria became the third African nation, after Sierra Leone and Liberia, to declare a national emergency on Friday as the region's healthcare systems struggle to cope with the advance of one of the deadliest diseases known to man. "The outbreak is moving faster than we can control it," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told reporters on a telephone briefing from her Geneva headquarters. The U.N. agency said all states where Ebola had passed from one person to another should declare a national emergency.

Rival Afghan presidential candidates sign deal to cooperate Posted: 08 Aug 2014 05:29 AM PDT By Lesley Wroughton KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates have signed a deal to cooperate on the formation of a government of national unity, both candidates told a news conference following meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday. A joint declaration that both of the candidates signed, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, did not provide details on the government's framework, except to say that both sides would form commissions to work on its structure. The power sharing deal, agreed verbally during Kerry's last visit to Afghanistan a month ago, was intended to pull the country back from war along ethnic lines after both candidates claimed victory in an election marred by widespread fraud. "One of these men is going to be president but both are going to be critical to the future of Afghanistan no matter what," Kerry told reporters in Kabul.

U.N. seeks Libya ceasefire talks; protesters oppose Congress Posted: 08 Aug 2014 01:19 PM PDT By Patrick Markey and Aziz El Yaakoubi TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A U.N. delegation held talks in Tripoli on Friday to try to broker a ceasefire between armed factions that have turned the Libyan capital and Benghazi into battlegrounds. The violence has sharpened Libya's political divisions, and on Friday several thousand people marched in Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata, to protest against the newly elected parliament that Western countries hope will facilitate reconciliation. The U.N. delegation, led by a representative of the United Nations mission in Libya, UNSMIL, aims to end the violence, help displaced Libyans and alleviate shortages of food and basic services, it said in a statement.

Top Asian News at 12:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 08 Aug 2014 05:02 PM PDT NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Myanmar seeking to calm tensions in the South China Sea between China and its smaller neighbors. Amid concerns about recent provocative steps taken by China and others regarding several disputed territories in the sea, Kerry arrived in Myanmar early Saturday for a Southeast Asian regional security forum, at which the conflicting claims are expected to be high on the agenda.

American doctor with Ebola says he is getting stronger Posted: 08 Aug 2014 05:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - The Texas doctor being treated for Ebola in Atlanta after getting evacuated from West Africa said in a statement on Friday he was "growing stronger every day." Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, said he had received the best possible care from Emory University Hospital infectious disease specialists, who also are treating his colleague, Nancy Writebol, for the deadly virus. "I am writing this update from my isolation room," Brantly said in his first public statement since contracting Ebola. "I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for his mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease." Brantly arrived in Georgia by medical aircraft on Saturday, followed on Tuesday by Writebol, a 59-year-old missionary from Charlotte, North Carolina. They are believed to be the first Ebola patients ever treated in the United States.

Rory McIlroy surges to lead with 67 at soggy PGA Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — On a soggy day at Valhalla, Rory McIlroy put himself in a familiar position — at the top of the leaderboard in the PGA Championship.

Tsonga downs Murray to reach Toronto semi-finals Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:53 PM PDT Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Andy Murray for the first time in six years on Friday with a 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4 win which took him into the Toronto Masters semi-finals. The victory, in just over two and a quarter hours, marked another disappointment for Murray, who has not won a title since his historic success at Wimbledon 13 months ago. The 27-year-old Tsonga's highlights this season have been limited to a pair of semi-finals, at Acapulco and Roland Garros.

WWII vet who found Hitler's top hat dies at 88 Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:45 PM PDT ALBANY, New York (AP) — Richard Marowitz was just a day removed from witnessing the horrors of Dachau when he found a top hat on a shelf in a closet in Adolf Hitler's Munich apartment.

Al-Qaeda executes 15 Yemen soldiers Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:40 PM PDT Al-Qaeda militants on Friday abducted and executed 15 Yemeni soldiers in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military official said. The latest bloodshed comes a day after 11 suspected Al-Qaeda militants and four Yemeni soldiers were killed in attacks on two army posts in the restive province. The soldiers were in a bus when they were ambushed "by an Al-Qaeda commando unit" near the town of Shibam, said the official.

UN: Ebola outbreak a public health emergency Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:38 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization urged nations worldwide to donate money and resources to stop the spread of Ebola as it declared the outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency.

Judge tosses dad's 1990 arson-murder conviction Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:38 PM PDT A South Korean man who has spent 24 years in prison for setting a fire that killed his daughter took a big step toward freedom Friday when a federal judge threw out his murder conviction, ruling it was based on now-discredited arson science.

AP NewsAlert Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:36 PM PDT SEATTLE (AP) — Coroner confirms body found is that of missing Washington girl, rules death a homicide.

1 killed in blast at refinery in northern Mexico Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:23 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's state-owned oil company says one worker died when a gas leak caught fire and shout out flames at a refinery in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

Toronto-area hospital treating Nigeria traveler with flu-like symptoms : TV Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:19 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - A Toronto-area hospital is treating a patient with fever and flu-like symptoms who recently visited Nigeria, where a state of emergency has been declared over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. CBC News said on Friday that the patient has been isolated at the Brampton, Ontario hospital, as a precautionary measure. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that West Africa's Ebola epidemic constituted an international health emergency and the virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people, could continue spreading for months. ...

A guide to daily developments in Iraq Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:13 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military, three years after pulling out of Iraq, launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in the country's northern region Friday, using drones and fighter jets to stem a Sunni insurgency led by the al-Qaida breakaway group.

US judge threatens to find Argentina in contempt Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:09 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge threatened to hold Argentina in contempt of court Friday for continuing to make "false and misleading" statements about its financial crisis, though he quickly added he most desires a peaceful negotiated end to a long-running debt dispute.

Grandson lost during Argentina 'dirty war' emerges Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:08 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A provincial music teacher in Argentina emerged in public Friday for the first time since being abruptly thrust into the limelight as a symbol of his country's reckoning with the brutal dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s.

U.S. official: Iraq supplies Kurdish fighters with ammunition Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:08 PM PDT The Iraqi government delivered a planeload of ammunition to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's semi autonomous Kurdish region, on Friday in an unprecedented act of military cooperation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces, a U.S. official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iraqi security forces, under the command of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Arab, delivered the mostly small-arms ammunition in a C-130 cargo plane to resupply the Kurdish Peshmerga forces as they fight militants from the Islamic State. The Obama administration is working with the Iraqi government to ensure that additional requests from the Kurdistan Regional Government, including mortars and AK-47s, are met "as quickly as possible," the official said.

Obama's Iraq aim: contain, not destroy, extremists Posted: 08 Aug 2014 04:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new military strategy in Iraq amounts to trying to contain, not destroy, the Islamic militant group that now controls much of the country's northern region. That leaves open the questions of how deeply the U.S. will be drawn into the sectarian conflict, and whether airstrikes alone can stop the militants' momentum.

Mexico opens debate over low minimum wage Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — National attention in Mexico has focused on the country's shockingly low minimum wage after the Mexico City government suggested it could act to increase the local minimum.

El Salvador robbery suspect arrested in California Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:52 PM PDT REDWOOD CITY, California (AP) — Authorities in California say they've arrested a man who's wanted in El Salvador for his alleged involvement with a gang that hijacked military and police arms shipments and used them to rob banks.

Lebanon's Hariri back as army enters restive border town Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:46 PM PDT Lebanon's leading Sunni politician Saad Hariri returned from self-imposed exile Friday on a trip to bolster the country's army after clashes with jihadists in the latest spillover from Syria's war. Hariri's visit, his first since 2011, comes after open conflict between the army and jihadists on the border with Syria that has killed 17 troops and left 19 kidnapped. Hariri's trip follows his announcement that Saudi Arabia, one of his chief allies, would give $1 billion to shore up the army and security forces against jihadists. His return to Lebanon also underscores the seriousness of the clashes in the Arsal region in eastern Lebanon on the Syrian border.

Center of Iselle lashes Hawaii's Big Island with wind, rain Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:45 PM PDT The center of Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall on Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain, knocking down trees and causing power outages ahead of a more powerful storm gathering strength behind it. While Iselle weakened into a tropical storm before reaching the islands, it was being closely followed by Julio, a Category 3 hurricane set to reach the area as early as Sunday morning - although the latest forecasts showed it tracking just north of the archipelago. As Iselle bore down, more than 1,200 people flocked to evacuation shelters across the Big Island, according to County of Hawaii Civil Defense, as heavy rains and strong winds pummeled eastern areas of the island from Puna to Hilo.

WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:37 PM PDT Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus on Friday, as the World Health Organisation called the epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives a global health crisis. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the immediate release of 1.9 billion naira ($11.67 million, 8.7 million euros) to fund the fight against the disease as Africa's most populous nation confirmed two more Ebola cases, bringing the total number of infections to nine -- including two deaths. The WHO appealed for international aid to help afflicted countries after a rare meeting of the UN health body's emergency committee, which urged screening of all people flying out of the affected countries in west Africa.

Hawaii relief but warnings as second storm heads for islands Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:34 PM PDT Hawaii breathed a sigh of relief after escaping serious damage from Tropical Storm Iselle on Friday, but officials warned the holiday paradise was not out of the woods as a hurricane churned towards the islands. The Pacific Ocean idyll has spent the week bracing for the unprecedented one-two punch from two powerful storms, Iselle and Julio, expected to make a direct hit on the islands. Hawaii officials said at the height of the storm about 1,000 people had huddled in shelters on the Big Island, with most having already returned home by Friday morning. A flash flood warning for Maui has been cancelled, while about 200 people remain without power on the second largest island.

Obama faces doubts U.S. intervention can turn tide in Iraq Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:34 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as warplanes dropped the first U.S. bombs on Islamic militant targets in northern Iraq, President Barack Obama faced doubts inside his administration and out that the limited mission he circumscribed was enough to shift the balance in a conflict threatening to tear Iraq apart. Backed into a corner after months of steadfastly avoiding direct U.S. military action in the Iraq crisis, Obama has reluctantly ordered intervention in a country that Americans thought they had left behind long ago. "Two FA-18s dropping some 500-pound bombs on (militant) artillery is not going to turn the tide of this conflict," said Ryan Crocker, who served as the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad from 2007 to 2009.

Nigeria confirms two more Ebola cases, nine in total Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:26 PM PDT Nigeria on Friday confirmed two new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in Africa's most populous country to nine, including two deaths. So the total now, we have nine confirmed cases (including two deaths). The same two we told you about: the index case and the health worker," Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told journalists. President Goodluck Jonathan earlier Friday declared a national emergency over the deadly virus.

U.S. military aircraft hit more Islamic State targets in Iraq: Pentagon Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:25 PM PDT The U.S. military carried out two more air strikes against Islamic State forces near the city of Arbil in northern Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said. The attacks, which followed the dropping of two 500-pound bombs on Islamic State positions earlier on Friday, included a drone strike on a mortar position and an attack by four F/A-18 jets on a convoy and a mortar position, a Pentagon statement said. U.S. and European security officials said Islamic State convoys had been heading towards Arbil, capital of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, from south and northeast of the city.

Vice President Biden pledges U.S. support to Iraqi president Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:24 PM PDT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden phoned Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Friday to discuss U.S. military strikes against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq and to press Baghdad to quickly form a new government, the White House said. "The Vice President emphasized the threat ISIL presented to all Iraqis and affirmed the U.S. commitment to support Iraq and all of its citizens - from north to south – as they work to defend the country against this international threat," the White House said in a statement.

Israel-Hamas truce collapses in new violence Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:24 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-day truce collapsed Friday in a new round of violence after Gaza militants resumed rocket attacks on Israel, drawing a wave of retaliatory airstrikes that killed at least five Palestinians, including three children.

US cool to Argentina world court bid over default Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An attempt by Argentina to sue the U.S. in the world court appears unlikely to get off the ground.

US stocks buck turmoil weighing on global markets Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:22 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A burst of buying Friday in U.S. stocks defied slumps in other markets and offered hope for investors shaken by geopolitical turmoil. Major U.S. stock indexes closed up around 1 percent, buoyed by signs that tensions in Ukraine might be easing.

Muslim Brotherhood stages massive pro-Hamas rally in Jordan Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:18 PM PDT By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - More than 15,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered at a pro-Hamas rally in Jordan's capital on Friday, with many chanting "death to Israel" and urging the militant Palestinian group to step up rocket salvos against Israeli towns and cities. The evening rally, the largest such protest in Amman in years, saw scores of masked youths dressed in the uniform of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stage a mock military parade to the cheers of a flag-waving crowd. The Muslim Brotherhood, the ideological counterpart to Hamas and Jordan's largest political group, is seeking to take advantage of a rise in anti-Israeli sentiment arising from the Jewish state's month-long offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza officials say at least 1,880 Palestinians, many of them civilians, have died in the offensive, which Israel says is aimed at ending Hamas rocket strikes on Israeli territory and rooting out the tunnels the Islamist militant group uses to funnel supplies and launch raids.

US warns Russia against intervention in Ukraine Posted: 08 Aug 2014 03:18 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States warned Russia on Friday that any further intervention in Ukraine, including under the pretense of delivering humanitarian aid, would be viewed as "an invasion of Ukraine."

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