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• How the Paris Attacks May Change the US Strategy Against ISIS
• France deploys aircraft carrier to support Syria raids
• Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State
• The Latest: Belgium calls off Spain game
• Russia 'outraged' at accusations it killed civilians in Syria
• Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Nov 17
• President Obama: US boots on the ground against ISIS 'a mistake'
• CIA chief warns Islamic State may have other attacks ready
• France IDs top Paris attacks figure, seeks unity to bomb IS
• How sophisticated were the Paris terror attacks?
• The Comedian picks up Jennifer Aniston to co-star with Robert De Niro
• German diplomat takes over as U.N. envoy to Libya on Tuesday
• Kerry arrives in Paris in show of U.S. support after attacks
• Belgium's Molenbeek: fear grips suburb-turned-Islamist hotbed
• Seven UK terror plots 'stopped' in last year: Cameron
• Retired Army colonel accused in Colorado trooper's death
• Obama: 'No Specific' Intelligence Warned of Paris Attacks
• DC Comics February 2016 Covers and Solicitations
• US approves $1.29 bn sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
• U.S. Republican candidates vow tougher approach on Islamic State
• Exclusive: After Paris, Americans want U.S. to do more to attack Islamic State - poll
• US says it destroyed 116 Islamic State fuel trucks
• EU’s preemptive move on African migration
• Crude prices gain after IS oil operations targeted
• Oil prices rise as tensions mount after Paris attacks
• Despite Paris, Obama rejects calls for shift in ISIS fight
• More than 10,000 on French list of potential terror suspects
• Capitol Police: No specific threat to Capitol but be careful
• Coalition jets pound IS 'capital' in Syria, oil trucks
• Anonymous hacking network declares war on IS: video
• Obama rules out U.S. troops on ground to fight Islamic State
• 'They'll think we are the enemy': refugees in Germany fear backlash
• Obama heads for Asia with eyes on Middle East
• US to increase intel sharing with France
• UK should 'think again' on Syria air strikes: minister
• Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries
• U.S. to boost intelligence sharing with France after attacks
• German police detain Algerian in connection with Paris attacks
• As Hawks Call for Aggressive Action, Obama Sticks to His Strategy for ISIS
• US Republicans on Paris: What happened to shock and awe?

How the Paris Attacks May Change the US Strategy Against ISIS Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:45 PM PST While France will ramp up its military attacks against ISIS in Syria as a result of the deadly terror attacks in Paris, it is likely that the U.S. will not increase the number of aircraft targeting ISIS or insert more troops into Iraq and Syria. President Obama said as much in a news conference today in Turkey at the G20 Summit. The current strategy calls for using airstrikes to check ISIS's territorial advances in Iraq and Syria, training and working with the Iraqi military to retake ISIS territory inside Iraq and working with rebel groups in Syria that are already fighting ISIS.

France deploys aircraft carrier to support Syria raids Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:43 PM PST France's president said Monday its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier would be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria as Paris intensifies a bombing campaign against the Islamic State group there. "The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will set off on Thursday for the eastern Mediterranean, which will triple our capacity to take action," Francois Hollande told lawmakers in Versailles, outside Paris.

Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:40 PM PST By Chine Labbé and Crispian Balmer PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia on Monday to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State following the attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terrorism in France. "France is at war," Hollande told a joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles, promising to increase funds for national security and strengthen anti-terrorism laws in response to the suicide bombings and shootings that killed 129. Parliamentarians gave Hollande a standing ovation before spontaneously singing the "Marseillaise" national anthem in a show of political unity after the worst atrocity France has seen since World War Two.

The Latest: Belgium calls off Spain game Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:19 PM PST PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):

Russia 'outraged' at accusations it killed civilians in Syria Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:13 PM PST By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia told the United Nations on Monday it was "outraged" by allegations that it had killed civilians in Syria and destroyed civilian infrastructure as a U.S.-based rights group accused Moscow's air force of bombing 10 medical facilities in October. Russia launched air strikes in Syria to help bolster forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad at the end of September, but Western powers accuse Moscow of targeting anti-Assad rebels instead of Islamic State militants.

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Nov 17 Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:01 PM PST Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - ATHLETICS Russia will not boycott Rio Olympics over doping ban MOSCOW - Russia will not boycott the Rio Olympics after being suspended from the International Association of Athletics Federations over a doping scandal, RIA news agency cited Russian Olympic Committee head Alexander Zhukov as saying. ...

President Obama: US boots on the ground against ISIS 'a mistake' Posted: 16 Nov 2015 03:53 PM PST The Paris attacks have triggered a fresh round of calls for sending American ground troops into Syria to root out a terrorist organization that has now demonstrated with deadly clarity that it intends to strike targets around the world, including in the West. Perhaps most significantly, President Obama remains firmly opposed to the idea, as he stated again Monday at a press conference in Turkey. Sending a large number of troops to Syria would be a "mistake," Mr. Obama said, because once again it would be the US trying to tackle a problem that ultimately can only be solved by local populations.

CIA chief warns Islamic State may have other attacks ready Posted: 16 Nov 2015 03:20 PM PST By Jonathan Landay, Mark Hosenball and John Irish WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director John Brennan warned on Monday that the attacks in Paris claimed by the extremist Islamic State movement were not a "one-off event" and that the militants may have similar operations ready to launch. Foiling those plots, however, could prove difficult because Europe's intelligence and security resources are severely stretched trying to keep track of the hundreds of European extremists who have returned home from fighting in Syria and Iraq. "A lot of our partners right now in Europe are facing a lot of challenges in terms of the numbers of individuals who have traveled to Syria and Iraq and back again, and so their ability to monitor and survey these individuals is under strain," Brennan said.

France IDs top Paris attacks figure, seeks unity to bomb IS Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:58 PM PST France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing "infidels" and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois ...

How sophisticated were the Paris terror attacks? Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:48 PM PST In the wake of the attacks on Paris that "bear the hallmarks of terrorism" carried out by the Islamic State, CIA Director John Brennan said Monday that the coordinated shootings were "fairly sophisticated." His view echoed statements over the weekend by French intelligence officials. Some analysts, however, have pushed back against the notion that the attacks required particularly advanced levels of planning, coordination, or training. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

The Comedian picks up Jennifer Aniston to co-star with Robert De Niro Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:32 PM PST Jennifer Aniston will co-star in Robert De Niro and screenwriter/producer Art Linson ( Fast Times at Ridgemont High , Fight Club , Into the Wild )'s long-gestating drama,  The Comedian . Aniston is slated to be in a "close relationship" with the legendary actor, who plays a Don Rickles-esque "toxic insult comic," according to Deadline. Taylor Hackford ( An Officer and a Gentleman , Ray ) will direct the film. Now 72, De Niro previously starred as a stand-up comic in the Martin Scorsese-directed 1982 black comedy,  The King of Comedy . He played the creepy aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin, who decides stalking a late-night talk show host is his way to fame. While it was well-received by critics, the film made just $2.5 million at the box office (on a $19 million budget) according to Box Office Mojo. Related : Memento is getting a remake, so get ready for your mind to be boggled again For The Comedian , it sounds like De Niro will play a different sort of not-so-nice comic. He'll certainly have good material to work with though, as Variety notes that Comedy Central Roast's Jeffrey Ross wrote his stand-up routine in the script. Also upcoming for De Niro is David O. Russell's  Joy , where the legendary actor will play the father of Jennifer Lawrence's character. Deadline notes that Aniston's character will meet De Niro's character at a wedding. The actor best known for her starring role in Friends is in the midst of shooting The Yellow Birds , about two young soldiers in the Iraq War. Her most recent roles on the silver screen were as Dr. Julia Harris in Horrible Bosses 2 , and as Claire Bennett in Cake . Cinelou, which also funded Cake , is financing The Comedian. Art Linson will produce the film with John Linson, Cinelou's Mark Canton, and Courtney Solomon. The American film production and distribution company finished the Eddie Murphy-starring and Bruce Beresford-directed  Henry Joseph Church  earlier this year.

German diplomat takes over as U.N. envoy to Libya on Tuesday Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:32 PM PST Veteran German diplomat Martin Kobler will take over from Bernardino Leon of Spain as the top United Nations envoy to Libya on Tuesday, the U.N. press office said. "The leadership transition comes at a critical time for Libya," it said in a statement released on Monday. "Mr. Kobler is committed to ensuring continuity of United Nations facilitation of the Libyan dialogue process, building on what Libyan parties have achieved to date," the statement added.

Kerry arrives in Paris in show of U.S. support after attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:30 PM PST U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on Monday to pay respects to those killed in last week's attacks in the French capital and to stress Washington's support for a key ally in the war against Islamic State militants. Kerry's visit comes three days after gunmen killed more than 130 people in attacks on bars, a concert hall and a soccer stadium in Paris. The U.S. Secretary of State will express "shared resolve to continue countering violent extremism here and around the world", State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

Belgium's Molenbeek: fear grips suburb-turned-Islamist hotbed Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:26 PM PST Brussels' Molenbeek area, long infamous in Belgium's capital city for its crime and unemployment, has emerged once again as a European hotbed of Islamist extremism where residents say they live in fear. "We are between two fires, the fire of white people and the fire of the Islamist extremists," Abderrahman, 55, told AFP as he stood opposite a police barrier. Residents also say many parents worry about their sons leaving to fight with Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, where a lack of economic opportunities for ethnic minority youths has created widespread disaffection.

Seven UK terror plots 'stopped' in last year: Cameron Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:25 PM PST British security services have foiled at least seven terror plots in the past year, with fighters returning from Syria posing a growing threat, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday. "Our security services have foiled no fewer than seven different terrorist plots right here in Britain over the past year alone," Cameron said in a speech in London. Cameron had earlier said that the plots were foiled in six months, but later clarified that the period was actually a year.

Retired Army colonel accused in Colorado trooper's death Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:12 PM PST DENVER (AP) — A retired Army colonel struck and killed a Colorado State Patrol trooper with his truck as she was investigating a crash south of Denver, then fled before he was arrested on homicide and drunken driving charges, authorities said Monday.

Obama: 'No Specific' Intelligence Warned of Paris Attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:10 PM PST President Obama said today that there was "nothing specific" in America's intelligence gathering that could have predicted the horrific terrorist attack in Paris, while Iraqi officials claim that their intelligence service tried to sound the alarm just 24 hours before the tragedy unfolded. "Every day we have threat streams coming through the intelligence transit... and the concerns about potential ISIL [ISIS] attacks in the West have been there for over a year now, and they come through periodically," the president said at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. Late Sunday Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari told reporters that Iraqi intelligence had learned that "some countries, in particular France, would be targeted by ISIS." Jaafari said Iraq notified both the U.S. and Iran about the threat.

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US approves $1.29 bn sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia Posted: 16 Nov 2015 01:45 PM PST The United States has approved a $1.29 billion deal to replenish the Saudi air force's arsenal, depleted by its controversial bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen. Congress has 30 days to block the sale but is unlikely to do so, and shipment of the more than 19,000 smart bombs is urgent, with strikes continuing daily. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia has long been one of the US arms industry's most avid customers, and the deal between the close allies is no surprise in the current climate.

U.S. Republican candidates vow tougher approach on Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2015 01:40 PM PST Republican presidential candidates vowed on Monday to take a tougher approach toward Islamic State militants, with Jeb Bush saying a larger Middle East troop presence is needed and Donald Trump saying he would consider closing some mosques in the United States. The impact of Friday's attacks in Paris on the U.S. campaign for the November 2016 presidential election has been swift and powerful, with national security suddenly thrust back to the top of voter concerns. In a Reuters-Ipsos poll of 1,483 U.S. adults conducted after the attacks, 63 percent said a Paris-style assault could happen near them, and 60 percent said more should be done to counter Islamic State.

Exclusive: After Paris, Americans want U.S. to do more to attack Islamic State - poll Posted: 16 Nov 2015 01:39 PM PST By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans want the United States to intensify its assault on the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, but most remain opposed to sending troops to Iraq or Syria, where the militant group is based, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. After years of prolonged conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans appear reluctant to become embroiled in another war even as they push for more action. The poll - conducted over the weekend after the suicide bomb and shootings in Paris - also found that 63 percent of Americans were fearful that a Paris-style attack could happen near them, suggesting that national security could emerge as a theme in the campaign for the November 2016 presidential election.

US says it destroyed 116 Islamic State fuel trucks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 01:30 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new twist to an intensifying campaign to squeeze Islamic State oil revenues, U.S. warplanes have destroyed 116 oil-hauling trucks in eastern Syria that were a key part of a smuggling operation that brings the group an estimated $1.4 million a day.

EU’s preemptive move on African migration Posted: 16 Nov 2015 01:11 PM PST With Europe and the United States each engaged in sharp debates over migrants – whether from Syria or Mexico – it is worth noting a new political consensus to do something about it. Last week, European and African leaders met in Malta and agreed to address the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa. At the summit, the European Union offered an initial $2 billion for a "trust fund" to help African countries create jobs, curb people smugglers, improve border security, and increase channels for legal migration.

Crude prices gain after IS oil operations targeted Posted: 16 Nov 2015 12:58 PM PST Crude prices pushed higher Monday after US-led coalition jets targeted the Islamic State group's oil operations in retaliation following the deadly attacks on Paris. At the end of trade, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in December added $1.00 at $41.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent North Sea crude for January rose nine cents to $44.56 a barrel in London deals.

Oil prices rise as tensions mount after Paris attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 12:56 PM PST Oil prices rose on Monday after strong losses last week, as Friday's deadly attacks in Paris raised geopolitical tensions that some said could threaten global oil supply. France carried out air strikes overnight in Syria against Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, and on Monday called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to overcome the group. Oil price gains were limited, however, in a day that saw prices switch from positive to negative and back again, as traders sought to make sense of what the attacks and their aftermath might mean for oil supply and demand.

Despite Paris, Obama rejects calls for shift in ISIS fight Posted: 16 Nov 2015 12:44 PM PST ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday firmly rejected calls for a shift in U.S. strategy against the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, saying Republicans who want to send ground troops into the volatile region are "talking as if they're tough" but fail to understand the potentially grave consequences.

More than 10,000 on French list of potential terror suspects Posted: 16 Nov 2015 12:27 PM PST France has listed more than 10,000 people suspected of being radicalised or potential security threats, including homegrown assailant Omar Ismail Mostefai who killed scores of people at Paris's Bataclan music on Friday. "There are more than 10,000 people who are on the fiche S list," Prime Minister Manuel Valls said over the weekend.

Capitol Police: No specific threat to Capitol but be careful Posted: 16 Nov 2015 12:11 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers and their aides should use the tunnels between congressional buildings and take other precautions, but there are no specific threats against the Capitol following the Paris terrorist attacks, the police agency that provides security for Congress said in a memo to lawmakers' offices Monday.

Coalition jets pound IS 'capital' in Syria, oil trucks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:41 AM PST US-led coalition warplanes have pounded the Islamic State group in Syria after the Paris attacks, with French raids hitting IS stronghold Raqa and another strike destroying dozens of oil tankers. In its first major military response to Friday's attacks in Paris, France said 12 of its warplanes had hit IS positions in Raqa, the jihadists' de facto Syrian capital. In Paris, President Francois Hollande said France would "intensify" operations in Syria.

Anonymous hacking network declares war on IS: video Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:33 AM PST The Anonymous hacking network declared war on the Islamic State in a Youtube video Monday, sparking a combative response from the jihadist group's affiliates, a security expert said. The "hacktivist" collective vowed vengeance for attacks in Paris on Friday, claimed by IS, that left 129 dead and hundreds injured, some of them critically. "Our country, France, was hit in Paris on November 13 around 2200 (2100 GMT) by multiple terrorist attacks claimed by you, the Islamic State," the figure said in a gravelly, computer-altered voice.

Obama rules out U.S. troops on ground to fight Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:31 AM PST By Matt Spetalnick BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against Islamic State on Monday despite the deadly attacks in Paris, saying putting more U.S. troops on the ground as sought by his political critics "would be a mistake." Speaking after a G20 summit in Turkey, Obama described the attacks in France that killed 129 people as "a terrible and sickening setback" and vowed to redouble efforts to destroy Islamic State, even as the group threatened to strike Washington. Mindful of the difficulties that the United States had in controlling Iraq after its invasion in 2003, Obama is very reluctant to commit American ground forces to Middle East conflict zones.

'They'll think we are the enemy': refugees in Germany fear backlash Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:30 AM PST By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Germany fear that the attacks in Paris could further shift public opinion against the Berlin government's welcoming asylum policy. About a dozen men, smoking heavily, discussed the deadliest attacks in Europe since 2004 outside Berlin's Tempelhof airport, an imposing structure built by Hitler to showcase Nazi power and now functioning as a shelter for asylum-seekers. The backdrop to their conversation on Monday was a chorus of demands by right-wing European politicians to halt the flow of migrants into Europe, which some see as providing ideal cover for Islamic State to smuggle in militants -- even if there is as yet no proof.

Obama heads for Asia with eyes on Middle East Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:21 AM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After years of red-eye flights across the Pacific and marathon summits, President Barack Obama had hoped to arrive in this Southeast Asian capital and tout progress in his seven-year charm offensive in Asia: His campaign to move away from the cycle of crisis in the Middle East and toward the rising region was finally yielding results.

US to increase intel sharing with France Posted: 16 Nov 2015 11:08 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration announced Monday a new intelligence-sharing arrangement with France designed to more readily and quickly allow joint military planning in the campaign against the Islamic State.

UK should 'think again' on Syria air strikes: minister Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:56 AM PST Britain should "think again" about taking part in air strikes on Islamic State jihadists in Syria, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Monday, after attacks in Paris that left at least 129 people dead. "We have to think again about how we can help hit ISIL (another term for IS) harder and that leads inevitably to considering strike operations in Syria," Fallon said. IS has claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday and French President Francois Hollande has called them an "act of war".

Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:53 AM PST Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a website used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday's Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed. The message to countries involved in what it called the "crusader campaign" was delivered by a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified in subtitles as Al Ghareeb the Algerian.

U.S. to boost intelligence sharing with France after attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:40 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will make it easier to share planning information and intelligence with France after the Paris attacks, the Pentagon said on Monday. "In the wake of the recent attack on France, we stand strong and firm with our oldest ally, which is why the U.S. and France have decided to bolster our intelligence sharing," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper have issued new instructions to U.S. ...

German police detain Algerian in connection with Paris attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:00 AM PST German police have detained an Algerian man in a refugee reception center in connection with the attacks in Paris, officials said on Monday. The man, detained in the town of Arnsberg in western Germany, is being investigated on suspicion of having told Syrian refugees at the center in recent days that fear and terror would be spread in the French capital. The senior public prosecutor in Arnsberg, Werner Wolff, said checks were being made into whether the allegations were credible.

As Hawks Call for Aggressive Action, Obama Sticks to His Strategy for ISIS Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:52 AM PST Washington isn't quite ready to hit the panic button about the U.S. strategy to fight the Islamic State in the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris that left at least 129 people dead. "There will be an intensification of the strategy that we've put forward," President Obama said Monday during a press conference at the Group of 20 summit in Turkey. Related: Will France Call on NATO to Join the Fight Against ISIS?

US Republicans on Paris: What happened to shock and awe? Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:45 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Monday tried to appeal to U.S. voters jittery about terrorism by decrying President Barack Obama's policies as half-hearted and suggesting that a U.S. ground war against the Islamic State may be inevitable.

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