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| Kerry blames Islamic State, Assad for 'barbarism' of heritage sites | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:47 AM | |
|  By Lesley Wroughton NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday blamed Islamic State militants and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for destroying cultural treasures in Syria and Iraq describing it as "ugly, savage, inexplicable, valueless barbarism". Kerry broke away from meetings focused on the defeat of Islamic State forces to attend a program entitled "Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ...
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| White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car -prosecutor | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:03 AM | |
|  By Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decorated Iraq war veteran who scaled a fence on Friday night and got into the White House had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and had been arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map on which the executive mansion was marked, a federal prosecutor said on Monday. An internal review of the United States Secret Service will examine how Omar Gonzalez, 42, made it into the White House before being stopped, his previous interactions with the Secret Service, and what must be done to prevent future security breaches. ...
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| Support for gay marriage dips below 50 percent in Pew study | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:02 AM | |
|  REUTERS - Support for gay marriage among Americans has dipped slightly below 50 percent, the Pew Research Center found in a survey released on Monday, even as bans on same-sex marriage have been ruled unconstitutional in a number of states this year. The latest survey by Pew showed 49 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, down from 54 percent when the organization conducted a similar poll in February. ...
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| Arab Bank liable over Hamas attacks - U.S. jury | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:58 AM | |
|  By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday found Arab Bank Plc liable for providing material support to Hamas and said it must compensate victims of two dozen attacks attributed to the Islamic militant group in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Jurors needed less than two days of deliberations to reach their verdict after a six-week trial in Brooklyn federal court, which lawyers described as the first terrorism financing civil case to reach trial in the United States. A trial on damages will be held later. ...
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| French national taken in Algeria, group claims kidnapping | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:56 AM | |
| | By John Irish and Lamine Chikhi PARIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) - A French national was kidnapped in eastern Algeria on Sunday, France's foreign ministry said, and his kidnappers issued a video threatening to kill him if Paris did not halt its intervention in Iraq. The Caliphate Soldiers, a group linked to Islamic State militants, published a video on the Internet soon after the French ministry's announcement on Monday, claiming responsibility for the kidnapping and showing a man who identified himself as Herve Gourdel, 55, from Nice in southern France. ... |
| U.S., Canada allow emergency use of Tekmira's Ebola treatment | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:29 AM | |
|  REUTERS - Canadian drugmaker Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp said on Monday that U.S. and Canadian regulators have authorized the use of its Ebola treatment in patients who have confirmed or suspected infections from the deadly virus. The Vancouver-based company said its treatment, TKM-Ebola, has been administered to patients on an emergency basis and the repeat infusions have been well-tolerated. The drug was administered to Rick Sacra, a doctor who contracted the virus in West Africa, and who has shown promising signs, the Nebraska Medical Center said in a statement. ...
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| U.S. court revives case accusing RBS' NatWest of aiding Hamas | |  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived lawsuits against National Westminster Bank by about 200 victims of attacks in Israel attributed to Hamas who are seeking to hold the bank liable for handling transactions linked to the group. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said a lower court judge erred in dismissing the two lawsuits against the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc unit over its dealings with Interpal, a London-based charity linked to Hamas. Writing for a three-judge appeals court panel, Circuit Judge Pierre Leval said the U.S. ...
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| High-profile New York event highlights Clinton's 'elite' image | |  By Gabriel Debenedetti NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Hillary Clinton rubs shoulders with financial executives and philanthropic giants at the Clinton Global Initiative's meeting this week, it will underscore the tension between her elite connections and populist image likely to feature in her expected 2016 presidential campaign. Seen by liberal critics as a close ally of the global elite, she will have to appeal to middle class voters after facing criticism this summer that she is out of touch. ...
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