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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama calls containment of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a national security priority for the United States. In a wide-ranging interview aired today on NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama says the American military will be helping set up isolation units and equipment in West Africa and providing security for public health workers flocking in from around the world. But he says "it's still going to be months before this problem is controllable."
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. bombers and fighter jets have been targeting Islamic State extremists in the Iraq's Anbar province. U.S. military officials say the airstrikes destroyed a command post for the group and several vehicles, two of which were carrying anti-aircraft artillery. Meanwhile, in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," President Barack Obama says he'll lay out his strategy for stopping the militants this week to lawmakers and the American public.
SPARTAK, Ukraine (AP) — Shelling and other clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists are throwing the cease-fire agreement in eastern Ukraine into deepening peril. At least two houses hit by artillery fire blazed today in the rural village of Spartak, which lies just north of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk. A man whose house was struck says rebels had fired from a spot nearby, and that apparently provoked a retaliatory attack from Ukrainian government troops.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has told Afghanistan's two presidential candidates that it's important to complete a power-sharing deal as soon as possible so the country can form a new government. The candidates are trying to negotiate a power-sharing agreement to settle their dispute over the election results and pave the way for a national unity government.
DETROIT (AP) — More than 200,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Michigan following Friday night's storm. Power companies say it may be Tuesday before some customers have their electricity back. The storm generated 75 mile-per-hour winds and blacked out more than 450,000 power customers in all. Police say one man in the Detroit suburb of Warren was electrocuted.
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