Link: https://www.rt.com/news/400395-syria-deir-ezzor-siege/

Islamic State terrorists are gathering their remaining forces in Deir ez-Zor to prepare for a decisive battle as the Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, pushes to retake the besieged city, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Syrian government forces supported by Russian Aerospace forces are swiftly pushing from three directions towards Deir ez-Zor at the moment. The foothold around the city is the last stronghold of terrorists on Syrian soil,” General Sergey Rudskoy, spokesman for the Russian General Staff.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/line/

Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah has used weaponized drones against the Islamic State group across the border in war-ravaged Syria, its media arm said on Monday. A source on the ground said it was the first time that Hezbollah had deployed weaponized drones against IS in Syria, where the Shiite movement is fighting to bolster President Bashar Assad’s forces.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/%E2%80%98BLOODIEST_24_HOURS%E2%80%99_OF_PHILIPPINES_DRUGS_WAR%2C_AS_32_SHOT_DEAD_BY_DUTERTE%E2%80%99S_POLICE/60359/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Thirty two suspected drug dealers were killed in police shootouts in the Philippines on Tuesday night, during the bloodiest 24 hours so far of a state war on drugs that has killed over 7,000 people in the last year. 107 were arrested. Officers also confiscated over 200 grams of methamphetamine, 786g of marijuana, and firearms.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/399731-trump-infrastructure-revoke-flood-risk/

President Donald Trump has unveiled new plans to speed up approval processes for highways and other infrastructure projects, by revoking an environmental regulation aimed at protecting against the effects of climate change.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/NYT_Shocking_Report%3A_US_%22Ally%22_Ukraine_Is_Source_Of_North_Korean_Missile_Engines/60306/0/38/38/Y/M.html

NYT alleges that North Korea has been making black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines from a Ukrainian factory citing "expert analysis being published Monday and classified assessments by American intelligence agencies."According to the report, analysts who studied photographs of Kim Jong-un, inspecting the new rocket motors concluded that they derive from designs that once powered the Soviet Union’s missile fleet.

Link: http://www.moneynewsmagazine.com/economy/the-dollar-store-economy-dollar-general-openings-account-for-80-of-new-stores-in-the-us/

While other retail outlets are dropping like flies Dollar General is growing to fit a new niche: the millions of broke Americans that still need food and need cheap goods. Traditional retail is going through an extinction event.The most popular job in the US isn’t manufacturing but working in retail. In other words, the top employment sector is one in which things are sold, not made.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/399564-bitcoin-record-high-cryptocurrency/

The bitcoin digital currency has smashed another record, reaching $4,251 on Monday. The market capitalization of the world's most popular cryptocurrency has surged $15 billion in the last week. . The cryptocurrency is up 320 percent in the year to date. 42 percent of bitcoin acquisitions are made through Japanese yen. Tokyo has recognized bitcoin as legal tender, and many major shops are accepting it.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/399620-white-nationalists-convicted-texas-gangs-associates/

An investigation targeting white supremacists with long and violent criminal histories and who sold illegal drugs in north Texas has ended with 89 convictions – the largest prosecution of violent white supremacist gangs in US history. Members convicted in the lawsuit belong to groups such as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, the Aryan Circle, the Irish Mob, the Dirty White Boys, the White Knights, and Peckerwood.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/399621-israeli-billionaire-steinmetz-detained/

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Israeli police detained billionaire Beny Steinmetz and four other men Monday, as part of an international fraud investigation spanning four continents.

The detainees allegedly "acted together and methodically with the prime suspect in order to create and present fictitious contracts and deals... on a foreign country in order to transfer funds and launder money," an Israeli police spokesperson said as cited by Reuters.

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40920338

Eighteen people have been killed and about 20 have been wounded in a "terrorist attack" in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says.

Gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a restaurant, witnesses were quoted as saying.

The attack is now over, authorities say, with at least two assailants killed by security forces.

A jihadist attack on a nearby cafe killed 30 people in January last year.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/panic-buying-grips-america-ahead-of-world-war-iii-never-seen-it-at-these-levels-we-can-barely-keep-up-says-leading-preparedness-distributor_082017

As reported by CBS Detroit, one Army Surplus store owner reports that preparedness equipment is flying off the shelves:lot of water prep stuff, food, MREs — the military meals, radiation antidote called potassium iodide. stops your thyroid from absorbing radiation.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/399473-charlottesville-car-rampage-video/

Extremely graphic footage shows the moment a car crashed into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring 19 other people. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called the incident a “terrorist attack with a car used as a weapon.”

The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, as anti-fascist protesters flocked to downtown Charlottesville to oppose a far-right rally.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/399505-pompeo-zakharova-north-korea/

There’s no “imminent” threat of a nuclear war between the US and North Korea, according to CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who explained that Donald Trump’s threats against Pyongyang describe only a possible response for “certain actions.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/399493-kuwait-oil-spill-beaches/

The Kuwaiti authorities are working to contain an oil spill that has tarred the beaches and left long black slicks in the area of Ras al-Zour, but activists have accused it of covering up the full scale of the damage.

On Saturday, the government announced that boats and crews were dispatched to drop containment booms in the area, a kind of floating barrier to stop the oil spill moving further. According to the state-run Kuwait News Agency, the authorities’ priorities were first to secure waterways, power plants and water facilities.

Link: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-08-09/fbi-raided-paul-manaforts-house-in-july

FBI agents raided the home of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in late July, seizing documents and other materials related to the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Link: http://www.whitehousewhispers.com/world/guams-worries-grow-as-tensions-rise-between-us-north-korea/

Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after Pyongyang announced it was examining plans for attacking the strategically important U.S. territory.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/LAPD_Still_Trying_to_Launch_Police_Drones_Despite_Public_Outcry/60238/0/38/38/Y/M.html

LAPD proposed testing an “unmanned aerial system” during a one-year pilot program. Assistant Chief Beatrice Girmala told the Police Commission that the idea was to use a small drone to help officers during certain types of incidents, such as and reports of potential bombs or active shooters. The devices, she said, could help gather crucial information as such situations unfold, without putting officers at risk. The LAPD would draw up clear guidelines before flying the drone and each use would require the approval of a high-ranking department official,

Link: https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201708091056301605-trump-opioid-crisis-emergency/

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said in a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. "The president certainly believes that we will treat it as an emergency and it is an emergency," Although the White House is considering all possible options to fight the opioid crisis, the Trump administration has no intention to declare a national emergency at this time because the issue can be resolved without it.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201708091056306864-paris-vehicle-hits-soldiers-operation/

The injured soldiers belong to Operation Sentinelle, an operation introduced in the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2015. Reuters quotes Levallois Mayor Patrick Balkany as saying that a there is "no doubt it was a deliberate act." July 14, 2016, a terrorist in a truck rammed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the southern city of Nice, leaving 86 people dead.

Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/08/542305822/photos-a-massive-wildfire-is-now-blazing-in-greenland

In a region better known for its ice and snow, it's a fire that now has scientists struggling to learn more. Since at least the end of last month, a stretch of land in western Greenland has been alight with a with a "sizable wildfire," NASA says. NASA notes the fire, while not unprecedented in Greenland, still makes for an "unusual event" on an island mostly covered by ice. NASA satellites have detected an "exceptional" number of wildfires in 2017.