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President Barack Obama imposed new sanctions against several Russian banks, energy and defense firms, in an effort to stop alleged Russian support of separatists in Ukraine.

Russia plans to reopen an electronic listening post in Cuba that was used during the Cold War, the BBC reported.

Russia is considering ‘surgical retaliatory strikes’ after a Russian citizen was killed over the weekend, RIA Novosti reported.

The Islamic State (IS) seized control of the city of Deir ez-Zor, the sixth largest city in Syria, when rival jihadist groups, Jabhat al-Nursa and Ahrar al-Sham, withdrew their forces. They now control nearly 100 percent of the Deir Ez-zor province.

The recent Ebola outbreak is the worst on record as its reached into the capitals of three countries in West Africa.

Ukraine accused Russia of building up its troops along its border and said Russian Army officers joined separatists fighting against government troops.

Tripoli’s International Airport was forced to close and came under fresh rocket attacks by a Libyan militia group Monday night. At least one person died, and 12 planes were damaged.

Typhoon Rammasun, packing winds of 75 mph with gusts to over 90 mph, is expected to hit the Philippines later today.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — the BRICS nations — will launch their own version of the World Bank this week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned any nuclear deal leaving Iran the capability to enrich uranium would be “catastrophic,” as significant gaps remain with a six-month interim deal with Iran expires on July 20.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters tried to force their way into two synagogues in Paris as police tried to quell the riots.

The U.S. military expects the Islamic State to target Baghdad International Airport in the next weeks, trying to cut off Iraq’s lifeline of military aid flowing to Iraq.

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan and triggered a tsunami warning near the site of the Fukushima nuclear power facility — the epicenter of a nuclear crisis following a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The Islamic State seized radioactive material from a Mosul university when it took control of the city last month it was revealed just days after jihadists captured a former Saddam Hussein chemical weapons factory.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will hold a rare face to face meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Vienna to determine Iran’s commitment to reaching a nuclear agreement with the West.

Over fresh allegation of U.S. espionage, Germany ordered the expulsion of the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country on Thursday.

The BRICS nations are setting up a $100-billion fund to steady currency markets, as well as a development bank.

With a July 20 deadline rapidly approaching, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei revealed that it ultimately wants 190,000 nuclear centrifuges — nearly 20 times more than world powers want to allow.

North Korea continued development of its missile program and launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, the Washington Times reported.

Russia expected to have radar-evading ballistic missiles by 2021, according to the Washington Times.