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| Wednesday October 15th 2014 |
BREAKING NEWS:
Ebola outbreak: Dallas nurse flew before falling ill
A nurse newly diagnosed
in Dallas with Ebola took a flight from Cleveland the day before she
showed symptoms, US health officials have confirmed.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
seeking to interview 132 passengers who flew on Frontier flight 1143 on
13 October.The nurse, the second to contract the disease in the US, reported symptoms of Ebola on 14 October.
She had treated a Liberian national who died in Dallas on 8 October.
Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed in the US with Ebola, started showing symptoms of the disease just days after he arrived in Texas from Liberia, where he contracted the disease.
The two US female nurses known to be infected with Ebola treated him at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
The CDC said in a statement it would be interviewing the passengers on the Cleveland to Dallas flight because of the "proximity in time between the evening flight and first report of illness the following morning".
The flight crew told CDC investigators that the nurse showed no signs of illness on the flight.
Health officials say Ebola patients are not infectious before they show symptoms.
Israeli police clash with Palestinians throwing rocks in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM – Israeli police in riot
gear have fired stun grenades to break up a group of Palestinians
throwing rocks near sensitive holy sites in Jerusalem's old city ahead
of a Jewish festival.
Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the Palestinians injured three officers in the clashes, which began after Muslim prayers Wednesday at a gate to the Old City, where tensions have been high in recent months.
The
main flashpoint is the hilltop compound that is the holiest site in
Judaism and the third holiest in Islam, in the eastern sector of the
city that Israel captured from Jordan in 1967 and which Palestinians
demand for their future capital.
The Palestinians were protesting against recent visits by Jews to the site. Palestinians view such visits as a provocation and often respond violently.
The militia commander says at least three people have been killed in the fighting so far. He says his militia took a military camp and tanks from Gen. Khalifa Hifter's forces after a suicide bomber blew himself at the camp gates.
A security official allied to Hifter denied the claim. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the fighting in Benghazi.
Hifter's forces are backed by armed residents.
Speaking on local TV late Tuesday, Hifter announced an "armed revolt" on Wednesday against the Islamist extremists who overran army barracks and claimed control over Benghazi earlier this year.
It did not know what data the hackers had accessed but speculated that it was looking for information about the crisis in Ukraine.
Microsoft said it would fix the bug.
A spokesman said that the company would roll out an automatic update to affected versions of Windows.
A spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization later issued the following statement.
"Nato is looking into evidence of potential hacking or other exploitations on its networks that are linked to the internet, in light of this report.
"This analysis is being conducted by our experts using knowledge gained from previously mitigated cyber-campaigns against Nato, to asses any potential ramifications.
"No impact is expected on Nato's classified operational networks, which are isolated from the internet."
U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told The Associated Press in Thessaloniki Wednesday that a withdrawal of all Russian troops was an "important part of bringing normalcy" to the area.
On
Saturday Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered about 17,600 Russian
troops to return to their bases from Rostov. The region in Russia
borders east Ukraine, where pro-Russian insurgents have been battling
government troops since April.
The Kremlin has said troops stationed there were participating in drills, but Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of fueling the insurgency with arms, expertise and fighters.
Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the Palestinians injured three officers in the clashes, which began after Muslim prayers Wednesday at a gate to the Old City, where tensions have been high in recent months.
The Palestinians were protesting against recent visits by Jews to the site. Palestinians view such visits as a provocation and often respond violently.
Cairo rocked by bomb blast after Islamic militants sentenced to death
Twelve people injured in explosion in centre of city following sentencing of seven militants over killing of soldiers last year
A bomb blast in central Cairo has left 12 people injured as a court
sentenced seven Islamic militants to death over earlier terror attacks,
Egypt’s official news agency has reported.
Mena quoted a senior security official as saying that the explosion was caused by a home-made bomb placed in a busy district near a court house and subway station.
The agency quoted health ministry official Mohammed Sultan as saying there were no fatalities but that 12 people were injured.
Egypt has witnessed a series of suicide bombings, assassinations and attacks over the past year after the military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi’s ousting and a subsequent clampdown on his supporters sparked a wave of attacks by Islamic militants targeting mainly police and army.
Most of the attacks were carried by al-Qaida-inspired group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or Champions of Jerusalem, which is based in the northern region of Sinai peninsula, where the Egyptian army has been carrying out a year-long offensive.
Earlier in the day, an Egyptian court sentenced seven convicted militants to death – all but one in absentia – over the killing of 25 soldiers last year.
The ruling focused on chief suspect Adel Ibrahim, also known as Adel Habarra, who is in custody and whom authorities said has been previously convicted in connection to bombings in the Red Sea resort of Taba in 2004, a claim his lawyers denied.
Authorities have said he is a senior member of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. The group did not claim responsibility for the killing of the 25 soldiers.
The decision is to be reviewed by the country’s grand mufti, whose opinion is consultative. A final ruling is scheduled to be issued on 6 December.
Elsewhere in Syria, in a stark reminder of the country's wider civil war, a Syrian lawmaker was gunned down in the central province of Hama — the latest assassination to target a figure linked to President Bashar Assad's government.
In the border town of Kobani, members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, were making progress against Sunni militants, hours after the U.S.-led coalition stepped up airstrikes in and around the town, said Asya Abdullah, a Syrian Kurdish leader.
The U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that U.S. military forces
conducted 18 airstrikes against Islamic State group targets near Kobani
in the past 24 hours, destroying multiple fighting positions and
striking 16 IS-occupied buildings. On Tuesday, the Pentagon had said
that 21 airstrikes against Islamic State targets near Kobani overnight
Monday marked the largest number there in a 24-hour period since the air
campaign in Syria began last month.
Abdullah, the co-president of Syria's powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, told The Associated Press that Kurdish fighters have advanced near the hill of Tel Shair that overlooks part of the town, taking advantage of the air raids that slowed the push by the militants. Abdullah spoke by phone from Kobani.
The cleric was a vocal supporter of the mass anti-government protests that erupted in Eastern Province in 2011.
His arrest two years ago, during which he was shot and wounded by police, triggered days of deadly unrest.
Oil-rich Eastern Province is home to a Shia majority that has long complained of marginalisation at the hands of the Sunni royal family.
Protests began there in February 2011 after the start of the pro-democracy uprising in neighbouring Bahrain, which has a Shia majority and a Sunni royal family.
The Saudi authorities deny discriminating against Shia and blame Iran for stirring up discontent.
'Crucifixion' Sheikh Nimr's brother said he had been sentenced to death by Riyadh's Specialised Criminal Court, which tries terrorism cases, on Wednesday morning.
When the cleric, who holds the rank of ayatollah, went on trial in March 2013 prosecutors called for his execution by "crucifixion", a punishment which in Saudi Arabia involves beheading followed by public display of the decapitated body.
Mena quoted a senior security official as saying that the explosion was caused by a home-made bomb placed in a busy district near a court house and subway station.
The agency quoted health ministry official Mohammed Sultan as saying there were no fatalities but that 12 people were injured.
Egypt has witnessed a series of suicide bombings, assassinations and attacks over the past year after the military overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi’s ousting and a subsequent clampdown on his supporters sparked a wave of attacks by Islamic militants targeting mainly police and army.
Most of the attacks were carried by al-Qaida-inspired group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or Champions of Jerusalem, which is based in the northern region of Sinai peninsula, where the Egyptian army has been carrying out a year-long offensive.
Earlier in the day, an Egyptian court sentenced seven convicted militants to death – all but one in absentia – over the killing of 25 soldiers last year.
The ruling focused on chief suspect Adel Ibrahim, also known as Adel Habarra, who is in custody and whom authorities said has been previously convicted in connection to bombings in the Red Sea resort of Taba in 2004, a claim his lawyers denied.
Authorities have said he is a senior member of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. The group did not claim responsibility for the killing of the 25 soldiers.
The decision is to be reviewed by the country’s grand mufti, whose opinion is consultative. A final ruling is scheduled to be issued on 6 December.
Islamic State Militants And Kurdish Fighters Battle In The Streets Of Syria's Kobani
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Bolstered by intensified U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting militants from the Islamic State group, Kurdish militiamen fought pitched street battles Wednesday with the extremists in a Syrian Kurdish border town near Turkey, making small advances, activists and officials said.Elsewhere in Syria, in a stark reminder of the country's wider civil war, a Syrian lawmaker was gunned down in the central province of Hama — the latest assassination to target a figure linked to President Bashar Assad's government.
In the border town of Kobani, members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, were making progress against Sunni militants, hours after the U.S.-led coalition stepped up airstrikes in and around the town, said Asya Abdullah, a Syrian Kurdish leader.
Abdullah, the co-president of Syria's powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, told The Associated Press that Kurdish fighters have advanced near the hill of Tel Shair that overlooks part of the town, taking advantage of the air raids that slowed the push by the militants. Abdullah spoke by phone from Kobani.
Saudi Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr 'sentenced to death'
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a prominent Shia cleric to death, his brother has said on Twitter.
Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr went on trial in Riyadh last year
after being accused by prosecutors of "sowing discord" and "undermining
national unity". The cleric was a vocal supporter of the mass anti-government protests that erupted in Eastern Province in 2011.
His arrest two years ago, during which he was shot and wounded by police, triggered days of deadly unrest.
Oil-rich Eastern Province is home to a Shia majority that has long complained of marginalisation at the hands of the Sunni royal family.
Protests began there in February 2011 after the start of the pro-democracy uprising in neighbouring Bahrain, which has a Shia majority and a Sunni royal family.
The Saudi authorities deny discriminating against Shia and blame Iran for stirring up discontent.
'Crucifixion' Sheikh Nimr's brother said he had been sentenced to death by Riyadh's Specialised Criminal Court, which tries terrorism cases, on Wednesday morning.
When the cleric, who holds the rank of ayatollah, went on trial in March 2013 prosecutors called for his execution by "crucifixion", a punishment which in Saudi Arabia involves beheading followed by public display of the decapitated body.
Iran’s Rouhani blames rise of Isis on western meddling in Middle East
Iranian president urges west to let regional powers lead battle against jihadis and not let agreement on nuclear policy pass
The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has blamed the rise of Isis on western meddling in the Middle East in a speech to the UN but held out the prospect of closer Iranian cooperation in combating Islamic extremism if agreement could be reached soon on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Rouhani told the UN general assembly on Thursday that regional powers should lead the battle against Isis in Syria and Iraq. Western policies in the region had led to the rise of violent extremism in the first place, he said, and if outsiders wanted to help fight extremism now, they should support the Iranian leadership.
Negotiations aimed at reaching a breakthrough agreement between Iran and six major powers have been continuing on the margins of the general assembly. But a comprehensive accord – in which Iran would accept some curbs on its nuclear activity in return for relief from sanctions – faces substantial obstacles: both sides are far apart on the question of how much uranium-enrichment capacity Iran should be allowed and which sanctions should be lifted first.
In his speech Rouhani blamed the six powers (the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) for being inflexible, saying they risked missing an “historic and exceptional opportunity”.
“If our interlocutors are motivated and flexible, we can reach a longstanding agreement within the time remaining. Then an entirely different environment will emerge for cooperation at regional and international levels, for example in combating violence and extremism in the region.”
The president began his speech by blaming the rise of Islamic State (Isis) militants on the history of imperialism in the region and previous western interventions, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also hinted that western intelligence agencies had helped in the emergence of Isis, using the militants as a proxy to fight against the Syrian regime and thereby “putting the blades in their hands”.
The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, has blamed the rise of Isis on western meddling in the Middle East in a speech to the UN but held out the prospect of closer Iranian cooperation in combating Islamic extremism if agreement could be reached soon on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Rouhani told the UN general assembly on Thursday that regional powers should lead the battle against Isis in Syria and Iraq. Western policies in the region had led to the rise of violent extremism in the first place, he said, and if outsiders wanted to help fight extremism now, they should support the Iranian leadership.
Negotiations aimed at reaching a breakthrough agreement between Iran and six major powers have been continuing on the margins of the general assembly. But a comprehensive accord – in which Iran would accept some curbs on its nuclear activity in return for relief from sanctions – faces substantial obstacles: both sides are far apart on the question of how much uranium-enrichment capacity Iran should be allowed and which sanctions should be lifted first.
In his speech Rouhani blamed the six powers (the US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China) for being inflexible, saying they risked missing an “historic and exceptional opportunity”.
“If our interlocutors are motivated and flexible, we can reach a longstanding agreement within the time remaining. Then an entirely different environment will emerge for cooperation at regional and international levels, for example in combating violence and extremism in the region.”
The president began his speech by blaming the rise of Islamic State (Isis) militants on the history of imperialism in the region and previous western interventions, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also hinted that western intelligence agencies had helped in the emergence of Isis, using the militants as a proxy to fight against the Syrian regime and thereby “putting the blades in their hands”.
Clashes in Libya between Islamist militias, forces of renegade general kill 3 in Benghazi
CAIRO – A local Libyan commander says deadly clashes are underway between Islamist militias and forces loyal to a renegade general who has vowed to take control of the eastern city of Benghazi.The militia commander says at least three people have been killed in the fighting so far. He says his militia took a military camp and tanks from Gen. Khalifa Hifter's forces after a suicide bomber blew himself at the camp gates.
Hifter's forces are backed by armed residents.
Speaking on local TV late Tuesday, Hifter announced an "armed revolt" on Wednesday against the Islamist extremists who overran army barracks and claimed control over Benghazi earlier this year.
Russian hackers used Windows bug to target Nato
Russian hackers exploited
a bug in Microsoft's Windows to spy on computers used by Nato and
western governments, a report indicates.
The same bug was used to access computers in Ukraine and Poland, said cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners.It did not know what data the hackers had accessed but speculated that it was looking for information about the crisis in Ukraine.
Microsoft said it would fix the bug.
A spokesman said that the company would roll out an automatic update to affected versions of Windows.
A spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization later issued the following statement.
"Nato is looking into evidence of potential hacking or other exploitations on its networks that are linked to the internet, in light of this report.
"This analysis is being conducted by our experts using knowledge gained from previously mitigated cyber-campaigns against Nato, to asses any potential ramifications.
"No impact is expected on Nato's classified operational networks, which are isolated from the internet."
NATO chief: alliance seen no 'major movement' of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine border
THESSALONIKI, Greece – NATO's top military commander says the alliance would welcome the withdrawal of Russian troops from a Russian region bordering Ukraine, but that it has seen no "major movement" so far.U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told The Associated Press in Thessaloniki Wednesday that a withdrawal of all Russian troops was an "important part of bringing normalcy" to the area.
The Kremlin has said troops stationed there were participating in drills, but Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of fueling the insurgency with arms, expertise and fighters.
Hong Kong police clear tunnel by force in crackdown on protesters
Ugly scenes as police beat prominent activist and detain dozens more demostrators who want Beijing to allow democratic election
Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers drove protesters from a tunnel
in the dead of night in the worst violence since the street
demonstrations for greater democracy began more than two weeks ago.
Officers, many with riot shields and wielding pepper spray, dragged away dozens of protesters, tore down barricades and removed concrete slabs the protesters used as road blocks around the underpass.
The clampdown comes amid increasing impatience in Beijing over the political crisis in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. A front-page editorial on Wednesday in the People’s Daily of the ruling Communist party’s condemned the protests and said “they are doomed to fail”.
“Facts and history tell us that radical and illegal acts that got their way only result in more severe illegal activities, exacerbating disorder and turmoil,” the commentary said, referring to the activists.
“Stability is bliss and turmoil brings havoc.”
The operation came hours after a large group of demonstrators blockaded the tunnel, expanding their protest zone after being cleared out of some other streets. The protesters outnumbered the police officers, who later returned with reinforcements to clear the area.
Officers took away many protesters, their hands tied with plastic cuffs, and pushed others out to a nearby park.
Police said they had to disperse the protesters because they were disrupting public order and gathering illegally. They arrested 45 activists during the clashes, which police said injured four officers.
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Soldiers and police uncovered about 5,000 warheads, shells or bombs.
The Times based its report on dozens of pages of classified documents, and interviews with soldiers and officials.
The newspaper tracked down 17 US soldiers and seven Iraqi police officers who said they had been wounded during at least six separate incidents.
Some of the weapons were reportedly designed in the US and manufactured in Europe.
They were filled with chemical agents produced in Iraq from ingredients purchased in some cases in the US.
Officers, many with riot shields and wielding pepper spray, dragged away dozens of protesters, tore down barricades and removed concrete slabs the protesters used as road blocks around the underpass.
The clampdown comes amid increasing impatience in Beijing over the political crisis in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. A front-page editorial on Wednesday in the People’s Daily of the ruling Communist party’s condemned the protests and said “they are doomed to fail”.
“Facts and history tell us that radical and illegal acts that got their way only result in more severe illegal activities, exacerbating disorder and turmoil,” the commentary said, referring to the activists.
“Stability is bliss and turmoil brings havoc.”
The operation came hours after a large group of demonstrators blockaded the tunnel, expanding their protest zone after being cleared out of some other streets. The protesters outnumbered the police officers, who later returned with reinforcements to clear the area.
Officers took away many protesters, their hands tied with plastic cuffs, and pushed others out to a nearby park.
Police said they had to disperse the protesters because they were disrupting public order and gathering illegally. They arrested 45 activists during the clashes, which police said injured four officers.
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US 'hid Iraq chemical weapons incidents'
US troops and Iraqi
police were wounded by exposure to abandoned chemical weapons in 2004-11
in a series of incidents largely kept quiet by the Pentagon, a US
newspaper has reported.
The New York Times said the weapons were built by Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.Soldiers and police uncovered about 5,000 warheads, shells or bombs.
The Times based its report on dozens of pages of classified documents, and interviews with soldiers and officials.
The newspaper tracked down 17 US soldiers and seven Iraqi police officers who said they had been wounded during at least six separate incidents.
Some of the weapons were reportedly designed in the US and manufactured in Europe.
They were filled with chemical agents produced in Iraq from ingredients purchased in some cases in the US.
Obama cancels trip to meet on Ebola outbreak
President Barack Obama is cancelling political travel to meet with his Cabinet on the Ebola outbreak.
The White House says Obama is calling off a planned trip to New Jersey and Connecticut and instead will convene Cabinet officials coordinating the government's Ebola response at the White House.
The change comes as a second health worker in Dallas who provided
care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested
positive for the disease.
Obama had planned to speak at a fundraiser for Senate Democrats in Union, New Jersey, and then headline a rally for Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy.
Tom McGuire, who heads the project, said he and a small team had been working on fusion energy at Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works for about four years, but were now going public to find potential partners in industry and government for their work.
Initial work demonstrated the feasibility of building a 100-megawatt reactor measuring seven feet by 10 feet, which could fit on the back of a large truck, and is about 10 times smaller than current reactors, McGuire told reporters.
In a statement, the company, the Pentagon’s largest supplier, said it would build and test a compact fusion reactor in less than a year, and build a prototype in five years.
In recent years, Lockheed has become increasingly involved in a variety of alternate energy projects, including several ocean energy projects, as it looks to offset a decline in US and European military spending.
Lockheed’s work on fusion energy could help in developing new power sources amid increasing global conflicts over energy, and as projections show there will be a 40% to 50% increase in energy use over the next generation, McGuire said.
The huge drop in profits was due to a previously announced $5.3bn mortgage-related settlement with the Department of Justice and other federal agencies.
Most areas of the business improved profitability compared with a year ago.
"We saw solid customer and client activity and improved profitability in most of our businesses relative to the year-ago quarter," said the bank's chief executive Brian Moynihan.
The bank's property business posted a loss of $5.2bn, compared with a loss of $990m a year earlier.
Profits at the asset management arm rose slightly to $813m, while those at the global banking division rose by a quarter to $1.4bn.
The global markets business turned a loss of $875m to a profit of $769m.
On Tuesday, rival JP Morgan reported a profit of $5.6bn for the quarter, while Citigroup posted a $3.4bn profit.
Fox News was first to report in July that at least two computers were stolen from the consulate. While the State Department initially dismissed Fox's report, the new, 18-count indictment against Ahmed Abu Khattala confirms that sensitive and classified information was lost, including the location of the top secret CIA annex.
Abu Khattala, 43, the first militant to be prosecuted for the
Benghazi violence, had initially been charged with conspiracy to provide
support to terrorists, resulting in death. U.S. officials had described
that initial, one-count indictment as a placeholder to allow for him to
be brought into court and for a grand jury to hear more evidence.
The new indictment does not add to the public account of how the attack unfolded but it does include multiple counts that make Abu Khattala eligible for the death penalty if convicted, including murder of an internationally protected person and killing a person during an armed attack on a federal facility. It also accuses him, among other charges, of providing material support to terrorists, malicious destruction of property and attempted murder of an officer and employee of the U.S.
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The White House says Obama is calling off a planned trip to New Jersey and Connecticut and instead will convene Cabinet officials coordinating the government's Ebola response at the White House.
Obama had planned to speak at a fundraiser for Senate Democrats in Union, New Jersey, and then headline a rally for Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy.
Lockheed announces breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
- 100MW reactor small enough to fit on back of a truck
- Cleaner energy source could be in use within 10 years
Tom McGuire, who heads the project, said he and a small team had been working on fusion energy at Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works for about four years, but were now going public to find potential partners in industry and government for their work.
Initial work demonstrated the feasibility of building a 100-megawatt reactor measuring seven feet by 10 feet, which could fit on the back of a large truck, and is about 10 times smaller than current reactors, McGuire told reporters.
In a statement, the company, the Pentagon’s largest supplier, said it would build and test a compact fusion reactor in less than a year, and build a prototype in five years.
In recent years, Lockheed has become increasingly involved in a variety of alternate energy projects, including several ocean energy projects, as it looks to offset a decline in US and European military spending.
Lockheed’s work on fusion energy could help in developing new power sources amid increasing global conflicts over energy, and as projections show there will be a 40% to 50% increase in energy use over the next generation, McGuire said.
Bank of America sees profit fall on mortgage settlement
Bank of America has reported a big drop in profits due to a multi-billion dollar settlement with US authorities.
Net profit for the three months to the end of September was
$168m (£106m), down from $2.5bn a year earlier. Total revenue was
$21.4bn.The huge drop in profits was due to a previously announced $5.3bn mortgage-related settlement with the Department of Justice and other federal agencies.
Most areas of the business improved profitability compared with a year ago.
"We saw solid customer and client activity and improved profitability in most of our businesses relative to the year-ago quarter," said the bank's chief executive Brian Moynihan.
The bank's property business posted a loss of $5.2bn, compared with a loss of $990m a year earlier.
Profits at the asset management arm rose slightly to $813m, while those at the global banking division rose by a quarter to $1.4bn.
The global markets business turned a loss of $875m to a profit of $769m.
On Tuesday, rival JP Morgan reported a profit of $5.6bn for the quarter, while Citigroup posted a $3.4bn profit.
New Benghazi indictment confirms computers with classified information stolen
An indictment Tuesday of a Libyan militant already behind bars for the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans confirms that computers with sensitive and classified information were stolen from the consulate during the assault.Fox News was first to report in July that at least two computers were stolen from the consulate. While the State Department initially dismissed Fox's report, the new, 18-count indictment against Ahmed Abu Khattala confirms that sensitive and classified information was lost, including the location of the top secret CIA annex.
The new indictment does not add to the public account of how the attack unfolded but it does include multiple counts that make Abu Khattala eligible for the death penalty if convicted, including murder of an internationally protected person and killing a person during an armed attack on a federal facility. It also accuses him, among other charges, of providing material support to terrorists, malicious destruction of property and attempted murder of an officer and employee of the U.S.
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